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Preeti Rathi acid attack case: Bombay High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment

Source:- indiatoday.in he Bombay high court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to the murderer of Preethi Rathi, who had been attacked with acid in 2013, to life imprisonment. The division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Prakash D Naik, while reading out the judgement in their chamber, upheld the conviction of 25-yr-old

Pattoor land scam: VS moves Kerala High Court

Source:- newindianexpress.com KOCHI: VS Achuthanandan, chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission of Kerala, on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court order dismissing his complaint seeking a Vigilance probe into the alleged encroachment into the land of the Kerala Water Authority at Pattoor,in  Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Vigilance Court rejected his complaint on the ground the

Illegal minor mineral mining case: CBI searches across Uttar Pradesh

Source:- thehindu.com CBI registered an FIR following an inquiry as per the Allahabad High Court’s directive. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted searches at more than 20 places, including premises linked to former Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prajapati and former Lok Sabha MP Ghanshyam Anuragi, in connection with alleged illegal mining of minor

3 men sentenced to life for rape, murder of 8-year-old Kathua girl

Source:- hindustantimes.com Three men convicted for gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua were on Monday sentenced to life in jail. A Pathankot court, which had convicted six people a few hours earlier, sentenced three others to five years for destroying evidence to shield the rapists. Sanji Ram, a retired revenue department official, Deepak

Next stop for life, the Supreme Court

Source:- denvercatholic.org It is inspiring to see states across the country significantly restrict abortion this year, primarily by banning the destruction of life within the womb once a fetal heartbeat is detected. These laws are also a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that nationalized the question of abortion and legalized

Tripura: IPFT MLA marries girl who had accused him of sexual harassment

Source:- nenow.in Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Dhananjoy Tripura on Monday said that he had married a tribal girl who had accused him of sexual harassment a month ago. As per reports, the couple got married at Chaturdas Devata temple in Agartala on Sunday. In order to obtain the marriage certificate, they are supposed to submit

Telangana Congress to move high court over MLAs’ defection; TRS says ‘serve people first’

Source: mynation.com Hyderabad: After as many as 12 MLAs crossed over to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the state, a disgruntled Congress has decided to move high court on June 10. The party has also announced state-wide protests against the Assembly Speaker’s decision in recognising their merger. The Congress also alleged that the

Punjab CM seeks speedy trial of rape cases, urges Chief Justice of High Court to devise a mechanism

Source: business-standard.com Expressing concern over delay in trial of rape cases, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Krishna Murari to put in place a fast track trial mechanism, and also advise the subordinate courts, under his jurisdiction, to complete the trial of such