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MUMBAI: Aruna Shanbaug’s death on Monday, after 42 years of being in a vegetative state that was caused by a brutal sexual assault by ward boy Sohanlal Valmiki, has led to a spate of angry questions about the “lenient” punishment he walked away with. One on almost everyone’s lips is: Can’t he be tried again […]

NEW DELHI: An MBA student of Hissar-based Jindal Global University, who was allegedly raped by her seniors, has approached the Supreme Court saying police were trying the protect the accused at the behest of a Haryana MP and sought that the case be handed over to CBI. The 21-year old 2nd year student of integrated

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, Haryana government, CBSE and Medical Council of India on a bunch of petitions demanding cancellation of the 2015-16 All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) examination on grounds of largescale irregularities. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and U U Lalit sought responses by May 21

COIMBATORE: Days after state Q-branch sleuths interrogated Maoist leader Roopesh and his wife Shyna, the couple is set to be shuttled between Kerala and Karnataka where they face a number of cases. The two would be taken to Kerala on May 20 and to Karnataka on June 8. They were supposed to be produced before

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed death sentences on a woman and her lover who wiped out her entire family — parents, two brothers, sister-in-law and two minors – after heavily sedating them to remove opposition to their love affair and also to grab the family property. The apex court, which is generally

BHAGALPUR: The Bhagalpur District Bar Association (BDBA) has sought support from the legal fraternity in Banka, Munger, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Begusarai, Khagaria, Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj, Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Araria and other districts for establishment of a Patna high court bench in Bhagalpur. The BDBA has also appealed to MPs and MLAs besides panchayat members of

NEW DELHI: A whistleblower, who makes public secret and confidential documents of the government or its agencies, cannot be prosecuted if it was done in public interest and to expose corruption, the Supreme Court said. It turned down former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha’s plea seeking action against the whistleblower who provided CBI’s confidential documents including

NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment to former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that probe against him is needed for allegedly protecting accused of coal scam. A bench headed by Madan B Lokur said that Sinha meeting various accused multiple times, when the probe against them was on, is highly

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that no one had the poetic license to use a historically respected person like Mahatma Gandhi as a character and attribute obscene words to him in any fiction, poetry or any type of literary work. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said if an author, writer

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government’s circular which said that the government will pursue the case against any person for making defamatory allegation against its employees. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra stayed the circular issued on May 6 allowing the government to proceed against a person who