Refusing to order a blanket ban on firecrackers on Diwali, the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the Centre’s failure to carry out its earlier directive to give wide publicity to the ill effects of bursting of crackers, including sound and air pollution. The union government has not complied with the October 16 order, […]
A court here on Tuesday convicted a 39-year old man of robbing, raping, burning and killing a techie from Andhra Pradesh in January last year. Women Court special judge Vrushali Joshi finding Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap guilty and will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Wednesday. Mumbai Police spokesperson Dhananjay Kulkarni said that the prosecution successfully […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday informed a court here that they will quiz Indian Mujahideen operative Waqas to establish the missing links in the 2010 Jama Masjid attack case. Police told the court that they will later seek custody of Waqas, a Pakistani national who is currently being questioned in the 2011 illegal […]
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal’s aide Asadullah Akhtar was in touch with Mohammad Atif Ameen, who died in the 2008 Batla House shootout, for planning Delhi serial blasts, Delhi police told a court here Monday. Police said the Central Forensic Science Laboratory report has confirmed that voice sample of Akhtar […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to explain why extra allowances are being paid to MPs. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the central government to appraise it whether the MPs are getting double their travelling expenses while travelling on the railways. It asked […]
Goa Police have been directed by a trial court to file a First Information Report (FIR) against both the Congress and the BJP state units for illegally accepting Rs.5 crore each from a foreign-registered mining company, Vedanta. Vedanta Resources has a significant presence in the Goa mining sector. The order, passed Friday evening by Judicial […]
The Calcutta High Court Thursday gave a week’s time to the West Bengal government to reply on whether or not the CBI should probe the alleged gangrape and murder of a 16-year-old girl. The court directed the Mamata Banerjee government to ensure the security of the victim’s family, which has expressed fears in the matter. […]
A Delhi court has acquitted a man of rape charges after observing that the victim had admitted that they had a consensual physical relationship. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat held Kamaljeet Singh innocent of the accusation made in a police complaint but which the young woman withdrew in her statement to a magistrate. The court […]
A day after the the Uttar Pradesh government appointed eight information commissioners, the decision was challenged before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC). In a writ petition, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, among the 600 plus applicants for the eight posts, alleged that the selection process was arbitrary, and sought […]
Private schools in the Indian capital Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a government notification on the criteria for nursery admissions. The plea filed by the Action Committee of Unaided Private Schools challenged the Dec 18 notification of Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, claiming it was “absolutely illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction”. The […]