Two get 7-year jail terms in Kadapa teak tree murder
A Kadapa district court has sentenced P. Manindra and P. Nagendra to seven years in prison for the murder of Bheemishetty Lakshmi Narasimhulu in March 2023. The victim, 29, was attacked after…
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Supreme Court admits plea against Ram Rahim acquittal in journalist murder
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander…
President assents to law raising Supreme Court strength to 38
The President has given assent to a law increasing the strength of the Supreme Court from 34 judges to 38, LiveLaw reports on August 12. The expansion comes as the court deals…
MP court quashes 2009 murder conviction over wrong FSL report
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has acquitted two men convicted of murder in 2009, noting that the forensic science laboratory report relied on by the trial court belonged to an unrelated case.…
Brij Bhushan says Hooda family conspired after WFI election win
Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday alleged that a conspiracy was hatched against him by the Hooda family after he defeated Congress leader Deepender Hooda in the wrestling body's…
Tarun Tejpal’s daughter rejects complainant’s ‘father figure’ claim
Cara Tejpal, daughter of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, has dismissed as an "absolute untruth" the claim that the complainant in the rape case against her father was a childhood friend who…
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of 20 in murder case over identical witness accounts
The Supreme Court has upheld the Bombay High Court's order acquitting 20 people convicted of murder, ruling that the trial court relied on eyewitness accounts that were improbably identical. Justice Sanjay Karol…
Delhi court acquits Brij Bhushan in wrestlers’ sexual harassment case, calls allegations false
A Delhi court has acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers. Additional Chief…
Court Acquits Brij Bhushan, Calls Allegations False and Politically Motivated
A Delhi court has acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and ex-assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment case, calling the allegations "false, fabricated, and politically…
Rajasthan High Court commutes 9 death sentences, acquits 2
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur has disposed of all pending death-sentence reference cases, commuting nine death penalties and acquitting two convicts. The first reference in State Vs. Arjun Singh was decided…
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