Kashmiri woman separatist Asiya Andrabi convicted in UAPA case

In a significant development, a special court here on Wednesday convicted Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi and two others for offences including conspiracy to wage war against the country and......

Medha Patkar acquitted in defamation case filed by Delhi L-G Saxena

A court in New Delhi on Saturday acquitted social activist Medha Patkar in a criminal defamation case filed by Delhi L-G V K Saxena, saying the prosecution failed to prove that she made the alleged......

Marital rape: Misalignment in IPC sections 377 and 375, says HC

The Delhi high court on Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in 2018, and the......

Kerala school teacher gets life term for raping 10-year-old student

A court on Saturday sentenced a school teacher, who was also a Bharatiya Janata Party activist, to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl at Palathayi in Kerala's northern district Kannur.......

SC grants relief to shuttler Lakshya Sen in forgery case

The FIR, filed in December 2022 by M G Nagaraja, alleged that the 24-year-old Paris Olympian, along with his brother Chirag Sen, had fudged their age to get into playing age-group tournaments since......