News for 'Indian Penal Court'

Uddhav aide booked for assaulting civic employee

Uddhav aide booked for assaulting civic employee

Rediff.com27 Jun 2023

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a first information report (FIR) against Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MLC and former Maharashtra minister Anil Parab and four others for allegedly assaulting and threatening a civic engineer, an official said.

SC nixes Prof Saibaba's acquittal, asks HC to hear case by new bench

SC nixes Prof Saibaba's acquittal, asks HC to hear case by new bench

Rediff.com19 Apr 2023

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Bombay high court order acquitting former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in a Maoist links case and remanded it back to the high court for fresh consideration on merits within four months.

CBI arrests defence journalist, Navy ex-commander in spying case

CBI arrests defence journalist, Navy ex-commander in spying case

Rediff.com17 May 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested freelance journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi and former Navy commander Ashish Pathak for allegedly collecting sensitive information on defence matters and passing them on to foreign intelligence agencies, officials said on Wednesday.

Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA gets 2-yr imprisonment

Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA gets 2-yr imprisonment

Rediff.com11 Oct 2022

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vikram Saini and 11 others were sentenced to two years imprisonment in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case by a special MP/MLA court on Tuesday.

Malegaon case: Pragya skips court date for 2nd time this month

Malegaon case: Pragya skips court date for 2nd time this month

Rediff.com19 Dec 2020

While five accused remained present in the court, judge P R Sitre expressed displeasure over the absence of two others. The court then directed all the seven accused to appear before it on January 4.

Karnataka HC bars action against Aaj Tak editor Sudhir Chaudhary's till Sep 19

Karnataka HC bars action against Aaj Tak editor Sudhir Chaudhary's till Sep 19

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

The Karnataka high court has directed the police not to take precipitative action against Aaj Tak news channel's consulting editor Sudhir Chaudhary in an FIR filed against him, but said that there was a prima facie case against him, and it should be investigated.

Nuh violence: How a judge, her 3-year-old daughter escaped narrowly

Nuh violence: How a judge, her 3-year-old daughter escaped narrowly

Rediff.com3 Aug 2023

When they were returning from the medical college, about 100-150 rioters attacked them near the old bus stand on Delhi-Alwar road

SC expunges remarks against sitting judge of Gauhati HC in 2017 verdict

SC expunges remarks against sitting judge of Gauhati HC in 2017 verdict

Rediff.com13 Nov 2023

A bench of justices AS Bopanna and PS Narasimha clarified that the rest of the high court judgment would continue to be in force.

SC asks Teesta, husband to cooperate with Gujarat police

SC asks Teesta, husband to cooperate with Gujarat police

Rediff.com1 Nov 2023

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in connection with a case filed against them over alleged misappropriation of funds.

SC upholds CBI probe against Shahjahan Sheikh, expunges HC remarks

SC upholds CBI probe against Shahjahan Sheikh, expunges HC remarks

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

In a setback to the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed its plea challenging a Calcutta high court order transferring to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in Sandeshkhali, allegedly by supporters of the now suspended TMC local strongman Shahjahan Sheikh.

Groping without skin contact not sexual assault under POCSO: HC

Groping without skin contact not sexual assault under POCSO: HC

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

"The act of pressing of the breast of the child aged 12 years, in the absence of any specific detail as to whether the top was removed or whether he inserted his hand inside top and pressed her breast, would not fall in the definition of 'sexual assault'. It would certainly fall within the definition of the offence under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code," it said.

Delhi court rejects Lashkar charge against two

Delhi court rejects Lashkar charge against two

Rediff.com13 Nov 2009

Ganai and Hajjam were arrested on December 10, 2006, following a tip-off by a team of Delhi police special cell officials led by Inspector M C Sharma, who was killed in the Batla House encounter in Delhi last year. The police, which claimed to have recovered 1.5 kg explosives and Rs 6 lakh hawala money from their possession, however, could not prove the charges in court

Poonam Pandey gets protection from arrest in porn case

Poonam Pandey gets protection from arrest in porn case

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

Pandey has been arrayed as an accused in the FIR along with actor Sherlyn Chopra.

Ranas' speech crossed the freedom of speech line but no sedition: Court

Ranas' speech crossed the freedom of speech line but no sedition: Court

Rediff.com6 May 2022

Member of Parliament Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana have "undoubtedly crossed the line of freedom of speech" guaranteed under the Constitution, but mere expression of derogatory or objectionable words may not be a sufficient ground for invoking the charge of sedition against them, a special court in Mumbai has said.

Who is leaking CBI information in Sameer Wankhede case, asks HC

Who is leaking CBI information in Sameer Wankhede case, asks HC

Rediff.com21 Jul 2023

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and SG Dige said the media reports have said the information is from Central Bureau of Investigation sources.

Gay sex legalised by Delhi High Court

Gay sex legalised by Delhi High Court

Rediff.com2 Jul 2009

In a path-breaking judgment, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults, holding that the law making it a criminal offence violates fundamental rights. However, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, will continue for non-consensual and non-vaginal sex.

Teesta part of plot to frame then Guj CM Modi in 2002 riot cases: SIT to court

Teesta part of plot to frame then Guj CM Modi in 2002 riot cases: SIT to court

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

The Mumbai-based activist, currently in jail in Gujarat, has sought bail.

Man held for 'raping' girl in Gujarat, police call it 'love jihad' case

Man held for 'raping' girl in Gujarat, police call it 'love jihad' case

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

Asim Nizam Shaikh, a resident of Khergam town of Navsari district, was arrested on Tuesday from Vasai near Mumbai 'in a case of love jihad', as per a police statement.

NIA seizes properties of Canada-based 'terrorist' who threatened Hindus

NIA seizes properties of Canada-based 'terrorist' who threatened Hindus

Rediff.com23 Sep 2023

Tightening its noose around Canada-based 'designated individual terrorist' Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) confiscated a house and land of the self-styled general counsel of the outlawed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) outfit in Punjab's Amritsar and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Saturday, an official said.

Ex-MLA among 12 booked for Haryana leader's murder, govt assures CBI probe

Ex-MLA among 12 booked for Haryana leader's murder, govt assures CBI probe

Rediff.com26 Feb 2024

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Monday said the probe into the killing of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)'s state unit chief Nafe Singh Rathee will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation even as 12 people including a former MLA were booked in connection with the murder.

Gujarat Cong chief Jignesh Mevani gets 6-month jail in 2016 case

Gujarat Cong chief Jignesh Mevani gets 6-month jail in 2016 case

Rediff.com16 Sep 2022

A court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Gujarat Congress Working President and MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months' simple imprisonment in a 2016 case of rioting.

PM tweet row: Mevani rearrested in another case hrs after getting bail

PM tweet row: Mevani rearrested in another case hrs after getting bail

Rediff.com25 Apr 2022

Mevani, an MLA supported by the Congress, was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections related to voluntarily causing hurt, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty and others, police said.

Savarkar's grandson files defamation suit against Rahul over London address

Savarkar's grandson files defamation suit against Rahul over London address

Rediff.com12 Apr 2023

The grandson, Satyaki Savarkar, said his lawyers have moved the city court with a complaint under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code.

Rajkot fire: 3 top officials shifted; HC 'doesn't trust' state machinery

Rajkot fire: 3 top officials shifted; HC 'doesn't trust' state machinery

Rediff.com28 May 2024

The Gujarat high court on Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost, as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility where a massive fire killed 27 persons.

Judge who discharged Sharjeel Imam recuses himself from Jamia violence case

Judge who discharged Sharjeel Imam recuses himself from Jamia violence case

Rediff.com11 Feb 2023

"Due to personal reasons, the undersigned hereby recuses from hearing the matter. Accordingly, let the present matter be put up before the principal district and sessions judge, southeast district, Saket court, for February 13 at 12 pm with a request to transfer the matter," the judge said in an order passed on Friday.

Atiq killing: UP Police recreates crime scene

Atiq killing: UP Police recreates crime scene

Rediff.com20 Apr 2023

Members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the forensic team visited the area outside Colvin Hospital to understand the sequence of events leading to the killing of Ahmad and his brother on the night of April 15.

New bill: Death row convict can't appeal if Prez rejects mercy plea

New bill: Death row convict can't appeal if Prez rejects mercy plea

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

Article 72 of the Constitution empowers the president to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of anyone convicted of any offence.

Murdered air hostess was not sexually assaulted; siblings claim body

Murdered air hostess was not sexually assaulted; siblings claim body

Rediff.com5 Sep 2023

Family members of a flight attendant who was brutally killed allegedly by a housekeeping staffer of her building in Mumbai, have taken possession of her body and left for their native place in Chhattisgarh, while the accused was remanded to police custody till September 8 by a court on Tuesday, an official said.

Out on bail, BJP MLA's son fires at tribal in MP, victim hospitalised

Out on bail, BJP MLA's son fires at tribal in MP, victim hospitalised

Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

Following the incident, the police registered a case against 40-year-old Vivekanand Vaishya, Morba police station inspector Ashok Singh Parihar said.

POTA court convicts al Qaeda man

POTA court convicts al Qaeda man

Rediff.com22 Jul 2005

Mohammad Afroze has been found guilty under Sections 120-b (conspiracy) and Section 126 of the Indian Penal Code (committing depredation on territories of power at peace with the Government of India).

Rahul sentenced in offence that was not serious: Gujarat HC told

Rahul sentenced in offence that was not serious: Gujarat HC told

Rediff.com29 Apr 2023

Justice Hemant Prachchhak of the high court took up the criminal revision application filed by Gandhi challenging the April 20 order of the sessions court.

In court Alt News' Zubair denies posting content to gain popularity

In court Alt News' Zubair denies posting content to gain popularity

Rediff.com31 Oct 2022

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who is being probed for posting an alleged objectionable tweet against a Hindu deity in 2018, denied before the Delhi high court the claim of the city police that he posted content that triggers religious sentiments to gain popularity.

From Ayodhya to adultery: CJI Chandrachud's landmark verdicts

From Ayodhya to adultery: CJI Chandrachud's landmark verdicts

Rediff.com9 Nov 2022

Counted as a judge who enriched the 'verdict docket' of the apex court, Justice Chandrachud is viewed as sharp, articulate and forward looking.

Faridabad court convicts two in Nikita murder case

Faridabad court convicts two in Nikita murder case

Rediff.com25 Mar 2021

A fast-track court in Haryana's Faridabad on Wednesday convicted two men in connection with the murder of Nikita Tomar, five months after she was shot outside her college in a crime caught on camera.

Congress to hold silent protest at Gandhi statue in support of Rahul

Congress to hold silent protest at Gandhi statue in support of Rahul

Rediff.com8 Jul 2023

Venugopal said not just the Congress but the entire nation has "condemned this erroneous conviction and disqualification, and resolved to stand by Rahul in this noble fight".

Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak and Dhoot sent to judicial custody till Jan 10

Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak and Dhoot sent to judicial custody till Jan 10

Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

The Kochhars were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last Friday. Dhoot was arrested on Monday. The three were produced before special judge S H Gwalani at the end of their earlier remand on Thursday.

Sudha Bharadwaj to be released, court sets tough bail conditions

Sudha Bharadwaj to be released, court sets tough bail conditions

Rediff.com9 Dec 2021

The court also asked her not to indulge in any activity 'similar to the activities on the basis' of which a first information report (FIR) has been registered against her for offences under the Indian Penal Code and the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).

CBI custody of Chanda, Deepak Kochhar and Dhoot extended till Dec 29

CBI custody of Chanda, Deepak Kochhar and Dhoot extended till Dec 29

Rediff.com28 Dec 2022

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court here on Wednesday extended till December 29 the CBI custody of former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot in connection with a loan fraud case. The probe agency arrested Kochhars last Friday after questioning them briefly. Dhoot was arrested on Monday.

SC-appointed SIT to challenge acquittals in Naroda Gam case

SC-appointed SIT to challenge acquittals in Naroda Gam case

Rediff.com24 Apr 2023

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) will challenge before the Gujarat high court the recent acquittal of all 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case by a special court, sources said.