Details Of Journalist Rana Ayyub's X Account, Tweets Awaited: Delhi Police To Court In FIR Over Posts 'Insulting Hindu Deities'

The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed an action taken report before a Delhi Court in a case registered against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly insulting Hindu deities and spreading anti-India sentiment through her posts on 'X' (formerly Twitter) platform.The police filed the ATR before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Himanshu Raman Singh of Saket Courts. The Police has said that...

Former Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Sureshwar Thakur Appointed As Chairman Of Punjab NRI Commission

The Punjab Government on Tuesday appointed former judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Sureshwar Thakur as the Chairman of that Punjab State Commission for NRIs.Justice Thakur retired from the High Court on May 16 after having served as a High Court judge for over 11 years.Justice Sureshwar Thakur, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, has had a long and illustrious career in the...

Patnagarh Parcel Bomb Case: Odisha Court Convicts Prime Accused Punjilal Meher, Sentences Him To Life Imprisonment

More than seven years after a deadly parcel bomb blast took the lives of two in Odisha's Patnagarh sending chills down the spine of the entire nation, a Sessions Court on Wednesday convicted its prime accused Punjilal Meher and has sentenced him to imprisonment for life.Ms. Sonali Pattanaik, Additional Sessions Judge, Patnagarh has drawn the curtains in the contentious case after days of...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 4 High Court Chief Justices

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of four Chief Justices of High Courts. In its meeting held on 26th May, 2025, the Supreme Court collegium recommended the transfer of Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava to Madras High Court, Tripura High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh to Telangana High Court, Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice...

Malayalam Actor Unni Mukundan Accused Of Assaulting Manager Moves Kerala Court For Anticipatory Bail

Malayalam film actor Unni Krishnan Mukundan @ Unni Mukundan has moved the District Court, Ernakulam after an FIR was registered against him at the Infopark Police Station by Vipin Kumar.The allegation against the actor was that he assaulted the de facto complainant, who claimed to be the Professional Manager of the actor, in the basement of a DLF flat in Kakkanad. It is stated in the FIR that...

Anna University Sexual Harassment Case: Chennai Court Finds Accused Gnanasekaran Guilty, Sentence On June 02

A Chennai Court has found Gnanasekaran, sole accused in Anna University sexual assault case, guilty.Sessions Judge M Rajalakshmi will pass an order on sentence on June 02. When questioned about his sentence, Gnanasekaran requested the court to give him minimum sentence since he had an elderly mother and a daughter studying in Class VIII.On 23rd December 2024, when the girl and her male...

CAT Issues Contempt Notices To Cabinet Secretary, 2 Other Officials On IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi's Plea

In a significant order passed last week, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench [Circuit Nainital] has issued contempt notices to Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Apurva Chandra, and Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission P Daniel in connection with a case concerning the downgraded appraisal report of Indian...

Varanasi Court Rejects Complaint Against LoP Rahul Gandhi Over Alleged 'Lord Rama A Mythological Figure' Remark

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi District today rejected a criminal complaint filed against Congress Leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his alleged remark on Lord Rama, referring to him as a 'mythological' figure during an interactive session in the US last month. The complaint, rejected for being non-maintainable, was moved by Advocate...

Lawyer Moves NHRC Against Alleged Re-Arrest & Detention By Assam Police Of Indians Earlier Declared As Foreigners

An advocate practising in the Gauhati High Court has written an "urgent complaint" to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asking it to take suo-motu cognizance of the "arbitrary re-arrest and detention of Indian citizens and previously released declared foreigners" in Assam by the police as of May 23. The letter further seeks "immediate intervention" by the Commission to prevent...

Spying Case | Haryana Court Sends YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra To Judicial Custody

Haryana-based YouTuber and travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on May 16 for allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agencies, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Court in Haryana's Hisar District. Malhotra's police remand ended today. On May 22, her police custody was extended by four days. Since the police did not seek her further remand today, she was sent...

Delhi Court Accepts Police's Cancellation Report In POCSO Case Against Former WFI President Brij Bhushan Singh

A Delhi Court on Monday accepted Delhi Police's cancellation report in the POCSO case registered by a minor wrestler against former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.The matter was before Additional Sessions Judge Gomati Manocha of Patiala House Courts. The case status of the matter reads “cancelled” and “case disposed.” The Delhi...

Calling Hardworking Woman's Earning 'Haraam Ka Maal' Insults Her Modesty: Delhi Court Convicts Man U/S 509 IPC

A Delhi Court has recently observed that the word “haram” means something is earned through ill-gotten or bastardised means and is bound is insult modesty of any hardworking woman.“The word Haram is not a word which is used simply to insult a person. The word Haram means something which is forbidden and earned with ill-gotten/bastardised means. The word is bound to insult the modesty of...