Source: dnaindia.com A charge sheet was filed on Saturday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) against six accused in the conspiracy and murder of eminent scholar MM Kalburgi. “The charge sheet was filed under sections 120(B), 302, 449, 109, 201 r/w 35 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1A), 25(1B) and 27(1) of the
Source: hindustantimes.com PUNE A Pune sessions court acquitted an accused charged with assaulting a head constable of Kondhwa police station in 2016. The court received the documents of the case on January 23, 2018, and the decision was taken on August 14, 2019. The accused, identified as Akram Gulab Khan (23), resident of Nawazish Park
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com New Delhi:The Indian Army has punished a Major General by dismissing him from service in relation to sexual harassment of a lady officer. On Friday, the sentence was ‘promulgated’, meaning it was sent to the formation where the officer is currently posted and he was informed about it. Following an Army General Court
Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to suspended IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, who was arrested for alleged drunken driving that caused the death of a journalist. Dismissing the plea moved by the state government challenging a magistrate court’s order granting bail to Venkitaraman, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan
Source: indiatoday.in A 25-year-old man from Hyderabad died and an Uttar Pradesh resident was injured in a paragliding accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred at Shanag area near Manali. Two persons were injured and taken to a hospital, where doctors declared one of them brought dead, district Superintendent
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has ruled that the benevolent provision under Section 436-A of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is not applicable for granting bail to an accused facing trial for an offence for which maximum punishment prescribed under law is imprisonment for life. The provision under Section 436-A of CrPC is applicable
Source: indianexpress.com As Jammu & Kashmir loses its special status with Monday’s Presidential order, the region will witness a tectonic shift in laws governing the state. From property-related laws, criminal laws to crucial central laws like Right to Information & Education — these will be among the many that will be applicable to the proposed Union Territories (UTs),
Source: thehindu.com In furtherance of the recommendations made by the apex court in Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India, the Rajasthan government has introduced the Rajasthan Protection From Lynching Bill, 2019. If it gets passed, Rajasthan will be the second State after Manipur to have a dedicated law criminalising mob lynching as a special offence,
Source: indiatoday.in Rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar has finally been expelled from the BJP. He had been booked by the CBI over his alleged involvement in the accident of the Unnao rape survivor that happened on Sunday, July 29. Sengar, who is an MLA from Bangarmau assembly of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh was arrested
Source: thewire.in Jaipur: Rajasthan parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal introduced two Bills in the assembly on Tuesday to check incidents of honour killing and mob lynching in the state. ‘The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill-2019’ and ‘The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill-2019’ were
