The bail plea of one of the accused in the Delhi gangrape case Vinay Sharma is expected to be heard on Monday. The accused has sought his bail to prepare for entrance exams for the Indian Air Force. ...
09:20 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Maharashtra Governor on Sunday forwarded expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's letter seeking pardon for Sanjay Dutt to Maharashtra State Home Department. The Bollywood actor, who has already undergone imprisonment of 18 months, was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court in 1993 Bombay serial blasts case. ...
02:42 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Pistorius' lawyers said he might eventually need to run at track meets again to earn money. ...
05:10 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central and Jammu and Kashmir governments on a plea seeking the quashing of a criminal case against a 12-year-old boy and implementation of a law on juvenile offenders in the state. ...
05:43 AM, Mar 12, 2013
A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of constable Arvind Dabas, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case. While rejecting his bail plea, the court said it did not have jurisdiction to hear it. ...
05:19 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Amid demands of death for rapists, a Parliamentary panel today suggested that President should not consider clemency pleas in rape and murder cases and said mercy petitions should be disposed of within three months and reasons for granting clemency should be made public. ...
11:49 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The last hope of Sahara Group to get more time to refund Rs 24,000 crore to its investors was on Monday dashed in the Supreme Court which dismissed its plea and pulled it up for not complying court's earlier order to return the money by first week of February. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, which had earlier extended the deadline to two companies of the group for...
06:47 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the state government on a petition filed by members of the erstwhile royal family of Bhopal, including Sharmila Tagore, on the issue of government's "interference" with the 800 acres of land near Bhopal's Upper Lake. ...
10:40 PM, Feb 13, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy pleas of four associates - Gnanprakasham, Simon, Meesekar Madaiah and Bilavendran - of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan. ...
05:03 PM, Feb 13, 2013
A local court on Monday dismissed the bail petition filed by Surendra Babu, a JDS leader and husband of Kannada TV actress Hemashri and prime accused in her murder in 2012. ...
10:44 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has quashed an ENT surgeon's selection to AIIMS under orthopaedically handicapped category despite scoring less than the qualifying marks, saying such relaxation was not mentioned while inviting applications. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and Maharashtra governments on a petition by a Muslim constable asking if he was entitled to grow a beard as a matter of religious belief and practice. ...
12:42 AM, Jan 23, 2013
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing on Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines's plea challenging Karnataka High Court's order to deposit around Rs 185 crores with the Income Tax Department as tax deducted at source (TDS) from its employees' wages. A bench headed by Justice DK Jain deferred the hearing for four weeks after senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the airlines, submitted that "serious negotiations are going on between the...
09:21 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor's plea to quash a case against him for allegedly insulting the national anthem and directed him to approach the trial court for discharge. Disposing of the petition, Justice VK Mohanan directed Tharoor to approach the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court for discharge and granted him time till Febuary 16 to move the trial court....
04:03 PM, Jan 16, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought replies of the Centre and the city police to a plea for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Constable Subhash Tomar's death owing to alleged injuries received by him during the anti-rape stir in Delhi. "Issue notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi Government and the Delhi Police. Responses be filed within seven days," said Justice GP Mittal, taking note...
02:40 PM, Jan 15, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy plea of death row convict Saibanna Ningappa Natikar, who had murdered his wife and daughter. ...
04:53 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 4 the hearing on a regular bail plea of jailed YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Justice B Seshasayana Reddy adjourned the hearing on the bail plea moved by the Kadapa MP to January 4 to enable the CBI to file a status report on the progress of investigation into the case. ...
09:54 PM, Dec 26, 2012
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of YSR Congress party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in a disproportionate assets case. ...
11:06 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said he would raise the demand for special status state for Bihar at the National Development Council meeting. The chief minister whose party JD(U) had organised a massive rally on November 4 on the demand said, "I will raise the issue in the forthcoming meeting of the National Development Council." Contesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plea that other states would make similar demands...
10:44 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict for December 5 as to whether the plea of former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma, challenging the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President, deserves a "regular hearing" or not. "Arguments concluded. We shall pass the order on December 5," a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said after Ram Jethmalani, counsel for Sangma, wrapped up arguments with the...
08:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
