Delhi Court Accepts CBI Closure Report Against Satyendar Jain Over PWD Hiring Case; Says No Incriminating Evidence Found

A Delhi Court has accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case registered against AAP leader Satyendar Jain and others over allegations of irregular engagement of professionals in the PWD and payments made from unrelated project funds.Special judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that despite several years of investigation,...

Judiciary Always Safeguarded Free & Fair Elections : Justice Surya Kant

The judiciary has been at the forefront of safeguarding free and fair elections in India, said Justice Surya Kant, Judge of the Supreme Court. He said that the judiciary acted as a stabilising force to ensure that the "blood of democracy continues to flow unblemished."Justice Kant was speaking at the First Annual Shri HL Sibal Memorial Lecture at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, organised...

Dharmasthala Burial Case: Trial Judge Recuses Pointing Out He Studied In Law College Run By Veerendra Heggade Family

A trial court judge who passed an ex-parte interim gag order in the Dharmasthala burial case has recused stating that he studied at a law college run by Veerendra Heggade's family.Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Rai had earlier restrained the media and YouTube channels from publishing "defamatory content" against Harshendra Kumar D–brother of Dharmasthala...

Judges & Lawyers Of Punjab & Haryana High Court Shun Cars On 'Green Commute Day'

Lawyers, employees, and judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on working Saturday observed 'Green Commute Day'—an initiative by a group of High Court lawyers known as the 'Feed Goal Team.'Senior advocates and other lawyers arrived at the High Court in buses especially arranged from various parts of Panchkula and Chandigarh, supporting sustainable commutation. Chief Justice Sheel...

Malegaon Blasts : Special Court Rejects Argument That ATS Wanted To Implicate RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

The special NIA court in Mumbai while acquitting all the seven accused including Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit from the 2008 Malegaon Blasts case cited the differing theories of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the weak testimonies of witnesses forcibly 'obtained' by the ATS sleuths and the failure of the prosecution to bring on record...

[Liquor Policy] Accused Can't Inspect Digital Devices Resulting In Privacy Violation Of Co-Accused Or Third Party: Delhi Court

A Delhi Court today observed that an accused cannot request for inspection of digital device belonging to co accused or other individuals, containing private or third party data, without justified reasons as the same amounts to a fishing expedition and can violate their right to privacy.Special judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that before requesting such inspection which...

BREAKING | Bengaluru Court Sentences Former MP Prajwal Revanna To Life Imprisonment In Rape Case

A Special Court in Bengaluru today sentenced Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna to life imprisonment after he was convicted in the first rape case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Rural Police Station of Hassan District.On Friday Additional City Civil And Session Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat had also convicted Revanna in the rape case for all chargesThe...

Chhattisgarh NIA Court Grants Bail To Two Kerala Nuns Arrested Over Allegations Of Conversion & Trafficking

A Special NIA Court in Bilaspur granted bail to two Kerala Christian Nuns Preethy Mary and Vandana Francis who were arrested on allegations of unlawful religious conversion and human trafficking of three women from Narayanpur last week by the Chhattisgarh police.They were arrested from the Durg police station last week on July 25 and have been under judicial custody since then. They were...

'Alleged Acts Not Part Of Official Duty': NIA Court Rejects Col Purohit's Sanction Plea, Says Charges Though Unproven Not Baseless

The special NIA Court while acquitting all the accused in the 2008 Malegaon Blast case, particularly Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Prasad Purohit, held that just because the prosecution failed to prove its case against him, it cannot be said that the serious allegations against him were 'baseless or without foundation' and therefore junked his argument that the prosecution should have...

NIA Court Says Pragya Thakur Had Taken Sanyas, No Evidence Of Conscious Possession Of Explosive-Laden Bike; But Rejects Her Torture Claim

While acquitting the seven accused from the 2008 Malegaon Blast Case, particularly former parliamentarian and BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, the special NIA court held that the prosecution failed to prove that she was in 'conscious' ownership of the explosive-laden LML Freedom motorcycle just before the blast. Special Judge AK Lahoti even refused to accept the theories of the...

'Sentence Not Contemplated In Law': Delhi Court Sets Aside Magistrate's 'Hands In Air' Punishment For Accused

A Delhi Court on Friday set aside a Judicial Magistrate's order directing accused persons to stand in court with their hands straight in the air as a punishment for wasting judicial time and failing to furnish their bail bonds in time. Noting that such a sentence is not contemplated in law, the Court also advised the Judicial Officer concerned to properly read and understand the legal...

'Even Judges Make Mistakes, Shouldn't Shy Away From Accepting Them': Kashmir Court Expunges Critical Remarks Made Against Wrong Magistrate

The Principal Sessions Judge, Anantnag, has expunged certain remarks made against a Judicial Magistrate in a previously passed order, acknowledging that the comments were based on a factual error and were directed at the wrong officer.The remarks, originally made while deciding a revision petition, questioned how a Magistrate of the 2024 batch, despite receiving full training at the...