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Observing that medical evidence indicated accidental death and not murder, the Delhi High Court recently acquitted a man accused of raping and murdering a 60-year-old woman who he claimed was “like his mother”. The court of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Mukta Gupta acquitted 45-year-old Achey Lal who had been awarded life imprisonment by the […]

Washington: The deadline set by the US court for the petitioners to respond to the “suggestion of immunity” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when he was the chief minister, ends on Tuesday. The “suggestion of immunity” was submitted by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, on

NEW DELHI: The police Monday apprehended a 15-year-old boy who they said raped two minor girls in south Delhi’s Amar Colony early this year. The teenager was also facing a probe in four more such cases, they said. He was apprehended from a juvenile drug de-addiction centre in south-east Delhi where he was under treatment

In a move that is bound to speed up the justice delivery system in the country, the judges of the Supreme Court have informally met and decided that the judgments that will now be delivered will be kept short. “Lean, to-the-point judgments delivered in quick time” is the message that the judges are informally circulating

Delhi appears to be headed for assembly elections with the BJP declining Lt Governor Najeeb Jung’s invitation to form the government, and both the Congress and AAP favouring immediate polls to end the eight-month-long political uncertainty. Indications are that Jung, who met leaders of the three political parties — Satish Upadhyay and Jagdish Mukhi of

The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notices to state government on a bail petition moved by suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma who is lodged in jail in a graft case by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Sharma was arrested by ACB officials on September 30 in the graft case in which he is alleged to

Hearing a public interest litigation filed by an NGO that had stated that a large number of cattle are transported from India to Nepal to be slaughtered at the Gadhimal festival, which happens once in five years and is scheduled for November 28 and 29 this year, the Supreme Court today ordered that Centre should

The Justice Mukul Mudgal committee’s final report, submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday, has reportedly named a key member of India’s World Cup-winning team and touched upon his links with illegal bookmakers and match fixers. The player is not a Team India regular anymore but was a big draw for his team in IPL last year, the

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday posted the plea by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case related to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for final hearing December 2. Justice VP Vaish said he will start hearing the case on regular basis December 2.

Two persons have been arrested by the Bangalore police for posting obscene comments on the Facebook page of a young woman whose family is embroiled in a bitter feud with the head pontiff of the well known Ramachandrapura Mutt in Karnataka. The Banashankari police in south Bangalore arrested Sanath Palapaddi a farmer from the Mysore