The Assam government has requested the Gauhati High Court to establish a fast-track court to expedite the trial in the Zubeen Garg death case, a move welcomed by the singer's wife, who seeks stringent punishment for those responsible.
The Assam Cabinet has decided to request the Gauhati High Court to establish a fast-track court to expedite the trial in the Zubeen Garg death case, following a request from the singer's family.
A court in Bangladesh on Thursday denied bail to a Hindu priest and a former International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) leader in a sedition case.
Telugu actor Allu Arjun has been granted regular bail in a case related to the death of a woman in a stampede at the premiere of his film 'Pushpa-2' in Hyderabad. The actor was arrested on December 13 and released on interim bail on December 14. As part of the bail conditions, Allu Arjun must appear before the investigating officer every Sunday and cannot leave the country without permission.
He added that Tunda was arrested by the security agencies in 2013 at Nepal Border and was shifted to Delhi.
A Hindu leader in Bangladesh, Chinmoy Krishna Das, had his bail hearing in a sedition case postponed for a month due to the absence of a lawyer to represent him. The hearing was scheduled for December 3rd, but was adjourned to January 2nd, 2024. Das was arrested on November 25th for alleged sedition and has been denied bail since. The incident has sparked protests from his supporters and has highlighted concerns about the safety of minorities in Bangladesh. The postponement of the bail hearing further delays a decision on his release.
The court also directed Delhi police to preserve vigilance report in the matter.
Ending all uncertainty over the trial in the criminal defamation complaint filed by former Union minister M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani, a Delhi court on Thursday sent back the case to the judge who was hearing it for two years.
The remand of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and seven others was extended by 14 days by a local court in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju, and IT firm's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas moved their bail applications in the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions judge in the Nampally criminal court complex. Their bail pleas were rejected by the designated court for CBI (XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others on charges of money laundering in the National Herald case. The chargesheet, filed on April 9, names Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey as accused persons. The case pertains to the alleged fraudulent takeover of properties valued over Rs 2,000 crore belonging to the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of the National Herald news platform. The ED alleges that Young Indian, a private company "beneficially owned" by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, "acquired" AJL properties for a mere Rs 50 lakh, significantly undervaluing its worth. The case has been transferred to Special Judge Vishal Gogne's court for further proceedings.
This means the AAP leaders will have to appear before the trial court when it fixes the date of the next hearing.
BJP MLA and complainant Purnesh Modi, in his reply filed earlier in the same court, opposed Gandhi's plea for a stay on conviction saying the Congress leader is a 'repetitive offender' who is in the habit of making defamatory statements.
Zia was spearheading a violent nationwide campaign to topple Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League government.
Mumbai court issues summons to cricketer Prithvi Shaw on social media influencer's plea
Following the order, Raju and others are likely to move the high court.
Kejriwal told the court that he was unable to appear before it due to the ongoing Budget session of the Delhi assembly.
The 7th metropolitan sessions judge of the Nampally court acquitted Mohammed Abdul Kaleem, Mohammed Abdul Raoof alias Imran, Shujauddin, Mohammed Faseehuddin, and Mohammed Sohail who were arrested in September last by the special investigations team.
All the accused were acquitted on Wednesday by the seventh additional metropolitan sessions judge for lack of evidence.
In a suspected case of road rage, two judges and the driver of the car they were travelling in were attacked by unidentified motorcyclists in south Delhi on Thursday evening.
The trial in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi was on Thursday committed to sessions and proceedings in the fast track court would commence from January 21.
A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea for stay on conviction in a defamation case that saw him being disqualified as Lok Sabha MP by observing he should have been "more careful with his words" since he was a member of Parliament and the then president of the country's second largest political party.
A sessions court in Surat on Thursday said it would pronounce on April 20 its order on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea for a stay to his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark.
A Delhi court on Monday set aside an order seeking explanation from the Delhi Police Commissioner on why legal action should not be taken against him for non-submission of a report in a February 2020 riots case.
Seven university students and chief of a banned Islamist group were charged for the murder of an atheist blogger in 2013.
Mujeeb Ahmad, a suspected Hyderabad-based operative of terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Hyderabad on the charges of sedition and collecting arms to wage war against the country.
Balakrishna was remanded to judicial custody for allegedly opening fire at two persons, including film producer B Suresh, on Thursday last.
The Editor and two other journalists of leading Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi, who were arrested for allegedly hurling castiest remarks at a Dalit leader, were released from jail in Hyderabad on Friday after a local court granted them bail.
A special court has stayed the summons issued against BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain by a magisterial court in New Delhi on a woman's complaint alleging rape and criminal intimidation.
Poonawala will now have to appear before a principal district and sessions judge at Saket in New Delhi on Friday.
She can also apply for anticipatory bail on Thursday.
The crime, which took place inside a parked tempo in the wee hours, had sent shockwaves through the city and evoked the memories of the 2012 Delhi gangrape case due to the brutal
A Delhi court has come down heavily on the police for its 'lackadaisical attitude' in probing the 2020 riots cases and asked the Police Commissioner to take appropriate action ensuring proper, expeditious investigation into them.
A Gujarat high court judge on Wednesday recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal challenging the order of the Surat sessions court that declined to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark.
Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive in the Mumbai carnage, appeared before court for the first time through video conferencing from his prison and the trial in the terror attack is set to begin from March 23.
NCP activist Munna Tripathi moved the court against Thackeray last July in connection with the article, based on a speech by the Sena chief, saying it was "provocative" and meant to cause communal disharmony.
A stay order could have paved the way for Gandhi's reinstatement as Member of Parliament (MP).
Delhi Court on Wednesday issued summons to Reliance group chairman Mukesh Ambani and its managing director Anil Ambani
A local civil court in Hyderabad has issued an interim stay restraining Netflix from airing its web series Bad Boy Billionaires-India on a petition filed by B Ramalinga Raju who was convicted in the multi-crore accounting scandal of Satyam Computer Services Limited. The XXV Additional Chief Judge B Prathima, while issuing notices to Netflix Inc in USA, Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP and the nodal officer, department of electronics and information technology, posted the matter for further hearing on November 18 when the plea came up on Tuesday.
A Delhi court on Wednesday upheld a magisterial court order for in-camera proceedings in the case of December 16 gang-rape of 23-year-old girl and restraining media from reporting it.
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