Source: indiatoday.in local court on Monday will hear the bail of the law student arrested for trying to extort Rs 5 crore from Chinmayanand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader she has accused of rape. The former Union minister’s own bail petition in the sexual assault case is coming up for hearing that day. On
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com SHAHJAHANPUR: An Uttar Pradesh court has rejected the bail application of BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who was arrested in a sexual-assault case following rape allegations by a law student. Shahjahanpur chief judicial magistrate has rejected the bail application of Chinmayanand on Monday, saying it should be moved in the sessions court, the former
Source: firstpost.com Khunti: A differently- abled man was killed and two others were seriously injured after they were allegedly beaten up by a mob over suspicion of slaughtering a cow in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Monday. The incident happened after local residents allegedly spotted Kalantus Barla, Fagu Kacchap and Phillip Horo with the carcass of
Source: moneycontrol.com A 2004 sexual harassment case against angel investor Mahesh Murthy has been quashed by the Bombay High Court. The court noted that the complainant has not “properly explained” why a case was filed 14 years after the incident. The suburban Bandra Police had registered the case against Murthy in March 2018 under Indian Penal
Source: indiatoday.in Shehla Rashid, JNU student leader and aspiring politician from Kashmir, is the latest target of the sedition law. Her tweets on alleged army excesses in Kashmir prompted Supreme Court lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava to file a complaint with the Delhi Police. Given that the complaint cites a cognisable offence under the Indian Penal
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the grant of bail to Bhushan Steel’s former chief financial officer Nittin Johari, arrested by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office for alleged fraudulent activities. A Bench led by Justices N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Ajay Rastogi referred to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in past decisions
Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the van driver of a private school was arrested for allegedly molesting a four-year-old student following a protest by people at the school, the Haibowal police booked 152 protesters for damaging the school property. Two of the accused were identified as Davinder Singh alias Kharku, and Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha
Source: indiatoday.in In a relief to Kashmiri political activist Shehla Rashid, Delhi court on Tuesday granted her interim protection from arrest in the sedition case. Shehla Rashid has been booked for her social media posts about alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. Delhi Police on September 6 had lodged the case against Shehla
Source: hindustantimes.com In the past three weeks, the economic offences wing (EOW) of Navi Mumbai police arrested three people for allegedly illegally selling a plot owned by City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) with bogus documents. Apart from booking the accused for cheating under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police also
Source: hindustantimes.com Senior Communist Party of India (M) leader Sheikh Abdul Ghani was booked by the police in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior on Wednesday for allegedly selling a book on the abrogation of Article 370 a day earlier, officials said. The 74-year-old Ghani, who is a retired employee of BSNL, was booked for promoting enmity between
