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A day after a father tortured his daughter’s alleged rapist to death, he told police that he did not mean to kill but could not bear that his pregnant 14-year-old would find no justice. “I burned his genitals once, he screamed. I did it again, he shuddered. When I did it the third time..he did […]

A three judge benchof the Supreme Court, consisting of Chief Justice of India HL Dattu, Justice Bobde and Justice Sapre pronounced that “the provisions of SICA, in particular Section 22, shall prevail over the provision for the recovery of debts in the RDDB Act.” The appeal had first come up before the Bench of Justice

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice A.K. Sikri dismissed Nithari serial killer Surinder Koli’s review petition. The plea sought review of the judgment that had upheld death penalty awarded to him. Arguing for Koli, Ram Jethmalani asserted, “One innocent life is more important than anything

The Kerala High Court upheld the liquor ban in Kerala State in view of the revised Abkari Policy of the Government of Kerala. Through the revised abkari policy, the Kerala government had limited sale of liquor to five-star bar hotels and government-run retail outlets. The High Court, however, allowed four-star and heritage bar hotels to

A court in Sri Lanka has convicted five Indian fishermen for smuggling drugs into the island nation. Arrested in 2011, the anglers have been awarded the death penalty by the local court. With time until November 4 to file an appeal, the Indian Government too has made a statement and has reportedly said, “The Indian

The Supreme Court Thursday suspended defamation proceedings in five cases initiated by the Tamil Nadu government against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for making critical observations against former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice UU Lalit, while suspending the proceedings before a Chennai court, also issued notice to the central

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant temporary bail to 2002 Naroda Patia riots case convict Babu Bajrangi, who sought one week’s release for  the treatment of his ailing son. Justice G R Udhwani rejected the bail application of Bajrangi, a former VHP member, after examining all relevant medical documents. The High Court

LUCKNOW: Judicial magistrate Gyan Prakash on Tuesday rejected the plea of Bollywood Karan Johar, director of Hindi film ‘Khabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’ to close a case against him in which it has been alleged that he insulted the National anthem in the said movie. The court observed that prima facie the allegations appeared to be

BANGALORE: A four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a teacher at her school in North Bangalore on Tuesday. The girl, an LKG student of a private international school near Jalahalli Cross, off Tumkur Road, was subjected to medical tests and later admitted to a private hospital in Yeshwantpur. Acting on a complaint filed by her

NEW DELHI: A principal’s daughter was found dead at her home located within the campus of the prominent school here, police said on Wednesday. The body of 29-year-old Anjana Saini, daughter of DR Saini, principal of Delhi Public School, RK Puram was found at their home on Wednesday morning. Police suspect that she committed suicide