'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
'They also think that if all opposition parties rally behind him, then 2024 will be Rahul versus Modi and that will be advantage BJP'
Accused Wahid Ansari and Farhan Khot were also awarded life imprisonment in the 2002-2003 bomb blasts case.
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The Union cabinet also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases.
The Centre said the remission of sentence will have "international ramifications".
The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the two persons, who were sentenced to three years in jail for rioting in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on the plea of victims' families challenging the trial court verdict acquitting them of murder charges.
'People are talking about my character and about my performance. That is overwhelming for me.'
In a major setback to actor Salman Khan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Rajasthan high court's stay order on his conviction in blackbuck hunting case.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to take a decision on Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's fresh mercy plea by March 27 or else it will decide on the issue of commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of his mental condition.
Chautala, who was convicted in the teachers' recruitment scam case, is now planning to pursue a BA course.
The court held that Salman was driving under the influence of alcohol and also did not have a driving license.
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'That is how our machinery operates and sees every prisoner.'
Bollywood film 'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui, held guilty for raping a US researcher, was on Thursday sent to seven years in jail by a Delhi court which said that he took advantage of the situation when she was alone in his house.
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A group of nuns of Kuravilangad convent in Kottayam district of Kerala, who have been standing with the survivor in her fight, were on the verge of tears when they said they were yet to believe such a verdict came out from the court and they did not know what has happened.
The second year BA student was abducted when she was walking back home after alighting from a bus. She was subsequently gang-raped and murdered.
India has the lowest labour force participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world, points out Aakar Patel.
A total of 820 ex-paramilitary soldiers and 26 civilians were put on trial and Dhaka metropolitan sessions court judge Md Akhtaruzzaman gave life imprisonment to 158 rebel soldiers and jail terms of three to 10 years to 251 others, while 271 were acquitted.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the parties concerned to file their written submissions within a week.
A special court on Friday sentenced Maya Kodnani, BJP MLA and former minister in the Narendra Modi government, to 28 years imprisonment and handed life term to Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case.
"These foot soldiers of forces inimical to India and bent upon sabotaging the peace and tranquillity here, besides posing a serious threat to its unity, sovereignty and integrity, have to be neutralised," the court noted in its 7-page order
The other accused in the case was acquitted by the court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a Rajasthan government's appeal challenging High Court's order staying conviction of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the black buck hunting case in which he was awarded five-year jail term by a trial court.
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A Pakistani military court has sentenced a former soldier to death and another to life imprisonment, while awarding prison terms to five civilians for their roles in the 2009 attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The Gujarat high court has admitted the enhancement appeal filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (through state government) in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case and also condoned the delay in filing the enhancement appeal.
"The prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the presence of Manu Sharma at the site of the offence," a bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar said, upholding the Delhi High Court verdict. The apex court also upheld the conviction as well as sentence of four years jail term of Vikas Yadav, son of controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav and, Amarjeet Singh Gill, an MNC executive, for the destruction of evidence.
Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala on Monday returned to Tamil Nadu to a grand reception, days after completing her four-year jail term in Bengaluru in a corruption case, amid indications of a confrontation with the ruling party which she once controlled.
After Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Haryana has become the third state where the assembly has approved the provision of capital punishment for such sexual offenders, the House was informed.
A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul allowed the review plea filed by the victim's family on the issue of the sentence awarded to Sidhu.
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If Sasikala wants to stay in active politics, she will have to go to EPS crawling, reports Aditi Phadnis.
As the court delivers its verdict on Thursday on the conviction of the Talwars in 2008 double murder case in Noida, here's a timeline in the case.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape and granted leave to the parties to file an appeal before the Supreme Court.
A few hours after her release, Manning posted a photo that showed her in a pair of new black Converse sneakers with the caption: 'First steps of freedom!!'
Ilyasi's daughter Aaliya, who was present at the time of pronouncement of the verdict, expressed happiness and said she always had trust in her father.
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