His lawyers moved the application, submitting that the clergyman was arrested after a three-day-long interrogation by the probe team.
The Kerala high court on Wednesday declined to stay further proceedings pending in a lower court against Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and posted for Thursday the case relating to alleged disrespect to the national anthem.
Two Muslim men appeared in court on Monday on charges of brutally hacking to death a British soldier on a London street in May. Michael Adebolajo, 28, made his first court appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London since being charged by police for the murder of soldier Drummer Lee Rigby.
Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on fast for more than 12 years demanding repeal of the 'draconian' Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Manipur, was re-arrested by state police, officials said on Thursday.
The actor was involved in a brawl with a South Africa-based businessman in February this year.
A 26-year-old man, who tried to light a fire inside a Gurdwara in Melbourne and then punched a man, was arrested on Wednesday by the Australian police on charges of damaging the complex.
Following are the central extracts of the court affidavit of Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last week.
England cricketer Ben Stokes can be selected for next month's tour of New Zealand after being charged with affray this week, the England and Wales cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
A Kolkata sub-divisional magistrate's court on Thursday sent Ponzi king Sudipto Sen and two other accused to police custody for 14 days over their role in the Saradha chit fund scam. Media reports said the bail pleas of the three swindlers had been rejected and that they were charged for fraud and criminal breach of trust under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
Salman's counsel Hastimal Saraswat said the actor could not appear before the court due to his pre-scheduled shooting plans.
A non-bailable arrest warrant was on Monday issued by a city court against Sanjay Dutt for failing to appear in a case of alleged threat to a film producer after which the actor gave himself up and secured bail.
In a major setback to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, a magistrate's court in Mumbai on Thursday accepted the plea of the Maharashtra government that he should be tried under section 304 (II) of Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to order), a graver offence, in the 2002 hit and run case.
Out of the 19 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, eight including former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah on Friday appeared before a magistrate's court in Mumbai.
Goswami was arrested on Wednesday morning by Raigad police from his residence at Lower Parel in Mumbai for allegedly abetting the suicide of architect and interior designer Anvay Naik, and was taken to the Alibaug police station in neighbouring Raigad district.
Harishwar, a teacher at a Meerut college, filed the case on Wednesday at the additional chief judicial magistrate's court, against Kejriwal for misleading supporters to believe that Team Anna will keep its distance from mainstream politics.
The Kerala high court on Wednesday declined Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor's plea to quash a case against him for allegedly insulting the National anthem and directed him to approach the trial court for discharge.
A British court rejected the appeal by Ravi Shankaran, a key accused in the Naval War Room leak case, against his extradition to India after an assurance was given by the Central Bureau of Investigation that his bail will not be opposed once he is brought back to face trial.
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday kept in abeyance till November 2 a non-bailable warrant issued against Union Minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in an illegal granite quarrying case.
Hearing of the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Salman Khan was on Monday deferred to April 8 by a sessions court which accepted his lawyer's prayer for time to file a document even as the actor did not make a personal appearance.
Police spokesman Hassan Haneef confirmed that the former president has been arrested after the Hulhumale magistrate court ordered the police to produce him before it. He was arrested from the residence of former housing minister Mohamed Aslam, who is a native of that island
The charges against the diamond merchant centre around his firms Diamonds R Us, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamonds making fraudulent use of a credit facility offered by the Punjab National Bank, known as 'letters of undertaking'.
Former England soccer captain John Terry appeared in court on Monday charged with racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October.
A local court here has issued a nonbailable warrant against Karnataka Forest Minister C P Yogeshwar after he failed to appear before it in connection with Mega City Scam cases filed against him.
The police has listed 30 witnesses in the case including absconding accused Vidyadhar's mother who has allegedly named Chintan in her statement.
Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been charged with committing sexual assault on board a train, police said on Monday.
A local court on Tuesday remanded the woman -- who was arrested for trespassing into the ISRO premises -- to four days police custody, said the police. Buela N Sam was produced before the 10th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court and remanded to police custody.
Bihar Police Additional Director General Sunil Kumar had earlier said that the five men were engaged by contract killer Mian, known to be close to Shahabuddin.
Bodoland Peoples' Front Member of Legislative Assembly Pradeep Brahma, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the recent violence in Assam, has been granted bail by the Gauhati high court.
Nityananda, whose whereabouts remained unknown since the latest case of assault and threat to life was registered on June 8, turned up at the judicial magistrate's court surprising the police who were on the lookout for him
A 38-year-old Sikh woman has been charged in connection with the attack on the 1984 Operation Blue Star hero K S Brar here last September, taking to four the number of people accused in the case. "Harjit Kaur appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm on Lieutenant General KS Brar," a Metropolitan police spokesperson said.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The Delhi police on Tuesday once again failed before a court in New Delhi to get the custody of Aruna Chaddha to confront her with fresh documents recovered at the behest of Gopal Kanda, former Haryana minister and key accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case.
The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan arrested two Communist Party of India-Marxist functionaries on Thursday on the charge of helping the assailants, police said.
Sanjeev Khanna, the step father of Sheena Bora and a key accused in the sensational murder case, was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till September 21.
Three of the five accused in the gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old girl in a bus will plead not guilty to the charges and claim trial, advocates seeking to represent them said on Tuesday.
A 25-year-old Indian taxi driver, accused of raping a young female passenger and then fleeing the country, has been granted conditional bail by an Australian court in Melbourne.
Bulk of fast-track proceedings completed, with defence cooperating in avoiding delays; court examination of accused & rival arguments remain
The Delhi police will file its chargesheet in connection with the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in the metropolitan magistrate's court in Saket on Thursday.
The bomb had exploded atop a bus stop in Dadar. The main objective of Bhatkal behind hatching the conspiracy and planting the bomb was to trigger communal conflagration in Mumbai, IM member Nadeem Sheikh said in his 25-page confession.
Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of Lieutenant General (retired) Kuldip Singh Brar, the hero of the 1984 Operation Bluestar, British police said on Monday.
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