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'Knelt before America, surrendered India': Nishikant Dubey alleges Congress 'handed over' Sir Creek, Siachen to Pakistan on US ordersBJP MP Nishikant Dubey has accused the previous Congress government of compromising India's sovereignty. He alleges that under the guise of...
SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertrialsThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission regarding a PIL seeking voting rights for undertrial prisoners. ...
Erin Patterson’s suppressed evidence uncovered; deadly fungi PDFs, a plot to kill her husband with chicken curry and odd Facebook postsNew evidence has surfaced in Erin Patterson's triple-murder case, revealing previously suppressed pre-trial details. Prosecutors alleged Pa...
Court punches holes in CBI case against Yes Bank's Rana KapoorA special CBI court granted bail to Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor, criticizing the CBI for failing to start his trial promptly. The court...
Bail for Rana Kapoor: Keeping him in jail any further would be 'pre-trial conviction', says courtA special CBI court in Mumbai granted bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in a fraud case, stating that further incarceration without tria...
Batla House Encounter: HC refuses to confirm death penalty to Ariz Khan, awards life termThe Delhi High Court has commuted the death penalty of Ariz Khan to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 2008 Batla House encounter...
Moscow court extends pre-trial detention of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months: IfaxWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on charges of espiona...
Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses plea of death row convict Mukesh against rejection of mercy pleaThe bench said all relevant material including judgements pronounced by trial court, high court and Supreme Court were placed before the Pr...
Jigisha murder case: Death row convict challenges convictionThe trio are also facing trial for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan, killed a year before Jigisha.
Salman Khan files caveat in SC in 2002 hit-and-run caseBollywood superstar Salman Khan has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking to pre-empt any ex-parte order in the appeal filed by the M...
SC upholds pre-Trial confiscation of ill-gotten wealth of corrupt babus, politiciansThe Supreme Court has upheld two laws enacted by Bihar and Odisha to confiscate the ill-gotten wealth of corrupt bureaucrats and politician...
Accused can't be kept in custody for indefinite period: Supreme CourtSupreme Court today said speedy trial was the "right of the accused" who cannot be kept in custody for an indefinite period if trial is unl...
- SC asks Centre to amend Air Force Act
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to bring an amendment in the Air Force Act so that pre-trial detention of a solider is considered as...
- Gupta feels strongly about his innocence, says lawyer
Former McKinsey head Rajat Gupta's lawyer says the Indian-American Wall Street executive feels strongly about his innocence in the high-pro...
- Sardarpura riot case: 31 convicted, 42 acquitted
The quantum of punishment is likely to be pronounced later in the day by principal District and Session Judge S C Srivastava after hearing ...
- Bail, not jail
Imprison people after they are proved guilty, not before they have been tried.
- Kanimozhi arrested: Assumed guilty
Arresting high-profile people before a trial ends does not constitute a clean-up.
- Need for pre-trial penalty in India
India must reform a system in which 70% of those jailed have not been convicted.
- Mumbai attacks trial to start next week: Court
The trial of the lone Islamist militant suspect captured by police during the Mumbai attacks will begin next week, a court heard on Monday.
- HC hands out death to Mattoo killer
Ten years after the rape and murder of 23-year-old law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, the Delhi High Court on Monday sealed the fate of conv...