Source: theprint.in New Delhi: Facing legal ordeal for 40 years, a milkman booked for selling adulterated milk in 1979 and handed 6-months jail term with Rs 1,000 fine, was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. When an accused is made to suffer the penal consequences, the legal provisions of law have to be construed
Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president, and the Election Commission on a petition filed by Saritha S. Nair, an accused in the solar scam, challenging the election of Mr. Gandhi from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. The court also issued notice to Hibi Eden and
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra Police for failing to file a First Information Report (FIR) in the alleged multi-crore scam pertaining to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank despite orders. The HC questioned the ‘powers’ of the Maharashtra Police for closing the case without filing an FIR. A
Source: indianexpress.com Four petitions have been filed in the Gujarat High Court challenging the notifications declaring areas in four districts in the state as ‘disturbed areas’. Although the petitions were supposed to be heard Thursday, due to paucity of time it could not be taken up. The four separate petitions challenging the notifications declaring areas
Source: business-standard.com The Delhi High Court (HC) on Thursday quashed a lower court’s order charging some executives working at Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and the company under various sections of the Official Secrets Act. A single-judge Bench of Justice Sunil Gaur said since the said documents, against which the charges were framed, were already in
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court, in a majority judgment of 2:1, confirmed the death sentence of a man for the gruesome rape of a 10-year-old child and the double murder of her and her seven-year-old brother in Coimbatore nine years ago. The majority decision of Justices Rohinton Nariman and Hemant Gupta on Thursday concluded that the convict, Manoharan,
Source: thehindu.com The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government to conduct a re-postmortem examination of P. Linganna, who died in an alleged exchange of fire with the police near Nandi hillock of Rollagadda village outskirts in Bhadadri-Kothagudem district on Wednesday. While the Bhadradri-Kothagudem police, in an official statement, said the 43-year-old Linganna
Source: indiatoday.in Rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar has finally been expelled from the BJP. He had been booked by the CBI over his alleged involvement in the accident of the Unnao rape survivor that happened on Sunday, July 29. Sengar, who is an MLA from Bangarmau assembly of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh was arrested
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has directed Shyam Baba Charitable Trust to deposit Rs 1.25 crore with the Collector of Cuttack by August 20, the next date of hearing on a contempt case filed against it. The High Court had registered a suo moto contempt case after the Trust did not respond to notices issued
Source: telegraphindia.com The high court on Wednesday granted bail to a lifer who had been in jail for the past 20 years for allegedly shooting at a jewellery trader, snatching his belongings and killing his driver in 1999. The division bench of Chief Justice T.B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee said the appeal moved by
