New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 29) set July 30 to hear pleas challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court acquitting domestic help Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih set July 30 to hear … Read more
New Delhi: Four accused in a 2009 bank robbery case in Dombivli were acquitted by a court in Thane. A copy of the order dated on March 24 was made available on Tuesday. On November 13, 2009, three men breached the Union Bank of India branch on Manpada road in Dombivli, which falls under the … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man of charges of raping a minor saying it it was a case of adolescent love and the physical relations were established consensually between the two and therefore, to convict the man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act would be a perversity … Read more
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that its appeal against the trial court order acquitting former telecom minister A Raja and 16 others in the 2G spectrum allocation case was “ripe for hearing”. The CBI counsel urged Justice Vikas Mahajan to either fix multiple dates to … Read more
Bilaspur: The Chhattisgarh High Court set aside a trial court convicting a husband for rape and unnatural sex with his wife, who later died, saying if the age is a major, then any sexual intercourse or sexual act by the husband with her wife cannot be termed as rape and absence of consent of wife … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 28) acquitted a man who was on death row for raping and killing a 23-year-old Mumbai techie in 2014, saying it was extremely unsafe to sustain his conviction. A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice KV Viswanathan , while acquitting Chandrabhan Sudam … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (January 6) said it would hear on March 25 a batch of pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court order acquitting domestic help Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih, while posting … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (November 29) stayed a Madras High Court order that restored a disproportionate assets (DA) case against former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam and his family members. A bench comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice S V N Bhatti, while hearing a plea filed by Panneerselvam, also issued … Read more
Jaipur: A Sati Nivaran Special Court has acquitted eight persons accused of glorifying the death of Roop Kanwar on the first anniversary of her “Sati” act (a practice where a wife immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband), a banned practice in India, giving them the benefit of doubt. Roop Kanwar’s case is … Read more