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A consumer commission in Patna has directed LIC to pay over Rs 8.5 lakh to the mother of a policyholder who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered in 2006, holding that it was absurd to insist on a civil court s declaration that the insured had died in order to
The Delhi High Court recently acquitted a man sentenced to life imprisonment for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, observing that merely because there is an observation of the trial court about the survivor becoming uncomfortable and perturbed when she
Recently, the Supreme Court acquitted a bus driver working for Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) of any wrongdoing after it was found that he did not negligently act in an incident where a lady fell from the bus while getting down from it. The
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi High Court not to grant a stay on any trials of the coal block allocation scam cases and asked the court to decide on the pending appeals of accused within four weeks to ensure their rights are not adversely af
Seven years, a trial, and a major electoral victory later, the message has returned to trouble Vasava, now AAP s state working president and one of its most prominent tribal voices in Gujarat. The 38-year-old leader is currently in jail following a separate Ju
Welcome to The Daily Catch-Up, your three-minute evening briefing from The Indian Express. Jharkhand s student protests and the JPSC controversy remain in focus today
Gonda: A week after acquittal in a sexual harassment case, former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday alleged that a conspiracy was hatched against him after he defeated Congress leader Deepender Hooda in the wrest
Observing that raising slogans against the government in a democracy does not amount to sedition by itself, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently upheld the acquittal of persons accused of vandalising and setting ablaze an electricity office when violence
The Calcutta High Court has come down heavily on Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) for allegedly allotting berths to unreserved passengers in exchange for money, observing that vacant berths were being sold like vegetables in a market. The court made the rema
Four decades after a young married woman s death, the Allahabad High Court has acquitted her husband and in-laws accused of poisoning her, holding that zinc phosphide is not a poison that can be administered slyly due to its bitter taste and bad smell, and tha
The Jharkhand High Court acquitted a man who had spent over two decades fighting a conviction under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, after a Forensic Science Laboratory report established that the substance recovered from him was bhang and n
The Special CBI Court's verdict acquitting all eight accused in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pavanraje Nimbalkar brought to an end one of Maharashtra's longest-running political murder trials. Among those acquitted on Saturday were a former state ministe
A Mumbai court on Saturday acquitted eight people, including former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Padamsinh Patil, in the 2006 murder of Congress politician Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver. Patil, the main accused, is the brother of Maharashtra
The Delhi High Court held last week that individuals who have been acquitted or discharged or whose cases have been quashed are entitled to have their names de-indexed from name-based internet search results. In doing so, the court stated that the right to inf...
Disposing of a batch of petitions seeking to enforce individuals right to be forgotten, the Delhi High Court Friday directed search engine operators and legal database platforms such as Indian Kanoon to de-index name-based search functionality with respect to...
A court in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday acquitted senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan s son, Abdullah Azam Khan, in a case related to the alleged use of forged documents to obtain a passport. Abdullah, the son of jailed senior Azam Khan, was convicted...
The Calcutta High Court recently set aside the seven-year rigorous imprisonment sentence awarded to a man in a rape case, observing that the grave charge cannot be treated as a conditional grievance that is waived upon the execution of a marriage registration....