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Shelf that invasive selfie-indulgenceA humorous 'Selfie Doctrine' proposes rules to curb intrusive self-photography. Key commandments include obtaining consent before photograp...- Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn crypto fraud convictionSam Bankman-Fried's bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence has failed. The appeals court found prosecutors' evide...
- Paris court finds 10 people guilty of cyberbullying French Presidnt's wife Brigitte MacronTen individuals faced court in Paris for cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron. False claims about her gender and sexuality we...
- Amine Mojito sentenced to six months in prison over fake syringe prank on strangers; what is it? Here’s what you need to knowFrench influencer Amine Mojito received a prison sentence. He faced legal action for fake syringe attacks on strangers. Mojito filmed himse...
- Centre finds death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill 'excessively harsh', Guv sends it back to stateWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita Bill to the state government due to serious objections raised by the Centre...
- What is the new UK law for criminals? Will they have to face longer jail time?The British government has unveiled intentions to introduce a law compelling offenders to be physically present in court during the declara...
- Showing undue sympathy by reducing sentence may adversely affect faith in efficacy of law: SCA bench of Justices Surya Kant and A S Oka, which was dealing with an appeal against a judgement of the Bombay High Court, enhanced the sen...
- Road Rage Case: Navjot Sidhu gets A Year's Jail TermThere was a necessity of maintaining a reasonable proportion between the seriousness of the crime and the punishment, said the bench. The c...
- In 2019 general elections, no bar on candidates charged with murder or rape40% of the BJP candidates have a criminal case against them. Congress, with 39%, is hardly any better.
- 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Justice Sanjiv Khanna recuses from hearing Sajjan Kumar's appealThe bench then ordered that the plea of Kumar be listed before an appropriate bench to which Justice Khanna was not part and adjourned the ...
- Surplus is a technical issue, it was right to refer it to committee: P ChidambaramThe surplus issue must be examined by technically qualified people, says the former finance minister
- Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence: Case’s international shift may help Nawaz Sharif one-up Pakistan armyThe ICJ decision puts a lot of pressure on Pakistan, and more particularly its army, to not carry out the death sentence handed out to Jadh...
- Doctrine of tooth for tooth, eye for eye can't be applied: Delhi High CourtJitender, a former Delhi University student, who was awarded 30 years jail term by a trial court in a murder case, was directed by the cour...
- Death sentence rate highest in Delhi, Jammu & KashmirA person convicted of murder in Delhi or Jammu & Kashmir has the highest probability of being handed the death penalty than anywhere else i...
- Courts should impose punishment befitting crime to reflect public abhorance: SCBefitting punishment should be awarded by courts to the guilty so that "public abhorrence" of the offence committed is reflected, the Supre...
- Crimes against women: Supreme Court bats for stricter punishmentIn recent years, the rising crime rate, particularly violent crimes against women has made the criminal sentencing by the courts a subject ...
- Pakistan hangs 4 more, takes total number of executions to 59 since December lastPakistan lifted moratorium on death penalty in all cases where capital punishment had been handed down by a court.
- Learning outcomes low in rural India: StudyReport said that percentage of children in Class II who still cannot recognize numbers up to 9 has increased from 11.3 per cent in 2009 to ...
- Jail term reduction on ground of long trial not justifiable: SCThe agony faced by a person because of long trial cannot be a reason for a court to take a lenient view while punishing the accused.
- Revisit sentencing policy for rash driving: SC to governmentThe Supreme Court has asked the government to revisit the sentencing policy which provides for two years of jail for rash driving.
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