The government has asked for a 60-day pause in the case to 'allow incoming leadership personnel adequate time to consider the issues'.
A United States federal appeals court in New York has reserved the decision in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
'The most serious issue is that of shooting a lawyer in the chest. That news has been buried.'
The Friday morning encounter of all the four accused in the brutal rape-and-murder case of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian last month in Hyderabad triggered a nationwide debate on justice delivery, with one side supporting it as speedy justice and the other raising concerns over 'extra-judicial' measures. Here is a look at the legal status of some rape cases which shook the country.
A district court in the United States has sentenced a former schoolteacher for the second time to 15 years in prison after an appeals court directed it to reconsider the original conviction, for providing material aid to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. The former school teacher was found guilty of acting as an assistant to LeT leader Mohammed Ajmal Khan, during his visits to the US in 2002 and 2003, and helping Khan transfer 50,000 paintball pellets to Pakistan.
Cohen, 52, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports on the incident, the court initiated proceedings at 1 pm, Registrar General (RG) Dinesh Kumar Sharma said.
A Vadodara court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat in connection with an obscenity case.
'There's a lot of confusion. It started because the President's tweet was all-encompassing.' 'It has been watered down over the last few days though to more narrow classes of immigrants.'
Former MLA Ranveer Yadav was convicted in a murder case that dates back to 1988. M I Khan reports from Patna.
Fabindia's chief executive officer and managing director, who were summoned by the Goa police in connection with the voyeurism case, failed to appear before the investigating officer on Tuesday, even as the police summoned 11 employees of the outlet for questioning.
A court in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam founder and Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly Vijaykanth after he failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation case filed by the Jayalalithaa government.
The prostitution scheme was masterminded by Kishan Modugumudi and his wife Chandra, 31 where they charged clients up to $3,000 (Rs 2.04 lakh) for each sexual encounter.
A Mississippi man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sending poison-laced letters to United States President Barack Obama and two other officials.
Former American footballer O.J Simpson's Nevada criminal case will go to a parole board for his conviction in 2008 for kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports collectible dealers.
Mohanti has been evading police teams from Orissa and Rajasthan since August 24, 2007. A Jaipur court had declared the officer an absconder on the charge that he had helped his son jump parole and go into hiding.
A US court in Wisconsin has reserved its decision in the alleged human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal after completing hearing in the matter.
Arvind Ltd would pay $3.2 million to Ralph Lauren to settle a lawsuit the US-based luxury fashion house filed in 2013.
Metro Cash & Carry India plans to recruit about 325 people within a week to kick start its operations and commence pre-construction work at the southern end of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata.
Two cops were killed in a terrorist hit-and-run attack on the Jammu and Kashmir police outside the district court complex in south Kashmir Pulwama town on Monday afternoon.
A special team of Nepal Police arrested Samshul Hoda along with three others from Tribhuvan International Airport.
The 19-year-old Chechen-origin suspect is charged with conspiring to use "weapon of mass destruction", faces death penalty if convicted by the court.
A 20-year-old Sikh-American student has won a significant legal battle in the United States with a court allowing him to enrol in an army programme without removing his articles of faith like the beard and turban.
A US court has dismissed a case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal accusing him of being involved in human rights violations.
An American man -- who produced the anti-Islamic film that had outraged the Muslim world -- has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity. United States District Court Judge sentenced Mark Basseley Youssef after he admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and the state's Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Tuesday, described the acquittal of former Congress Member of Parliament Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, as one of the saddest days in Indian history.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Sahera, Jetha Bharwad, was on Friday arrested in connection with the firing incident during the recent Assembly polls, after the court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, police said.
Odisha on Monday got its first fast-track court here to deal exclusively with cases of sexual offences against women.
A Nevada woman has sued Cristiano Ronaldo and is participating in a police investigation of the global soccer star for an alleged rape at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009, according to a complaint filed by her lawyer.
In a major embarrassment to the Congress government at the centre, a court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday directed the state police to register a case against two UPA ministers for giving false assurances to the people of Telangana on the issue of its statehood.
A US judge has dismissed much of a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport's rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for children.
Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel was on Tuesday charged in a Brisbane Court with grievous bodily harm of a patient in a case related to a surgery the doctor performed in 2004.
A woman, who is on trial for allegedly keeping an Indian immigrant as slave in her mansion in upstate New York, told jurors that her late husband made every important decision during the time she allegedly forced her former employee to work as an illegal servant.
The move will have a major impact on Indian women as they are the major beneficiary of the Obama-era rule.
Star Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan has been reportedly asked to appear in court over a child maintenance case.
The settlement is subject to fairness review and approval by the court.
In a major relief to former Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Sen Yadav, the Allahabad high court on Monday set aside a district court's order, which had sentenced him to life imprisonment in a case of abduction and murder of a Dalit girl.
When important people are involved in insider trading, only quick and firm action against them sends a powerful message.
On behalf of Manorama Devi, advocate Qaiser Sarfuddin filed the bail petition in the court of (in-charge) District Judge S N Singh who posted the matter for hearing on Monday.
He will now have to submit to the two-year jail term handed down to him.
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