A 70-year-old man was beaten to death by his neighbours over a car parking issue, police said on Friday. According to police, Gopal Khandelwal had a dispute with his neighbour Prabhu Thakaria over car parking in Shanti Colony on Thursday night. Seeing the dispute escalating, Thakaria's two sons also came …...Read More

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday upheld the order of a lower court which sentenced, to death, the convict in the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Hyderabad. The high court dismissed an appeal by the convict against the order of the Metropolitan Sessions Court in the 2017 …...Read More

The court was hearing a bail application of the accused. (Representational) A court here has directed the Delhi Police to take legal action against a woman for registering a false rape case, saying the special privileges given to women should not be used as "sword" to settle personal scores. Additional …...Read More

The bench set aside a lower court's order allowing a DNA test The Kerala high court has ruled that courts cannot allow DNA testing in all cases, but only in those matters where a strong prima facie case is made out in favour of the person who seeks the test. …...Read More

The three laws came into force throughout the country from July 1. (Representational) The West Bengal government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court to review the three new criminal laws, an official said on Wednesday. A notification in this regard was …...Read More

A 473-page charge sheet was filed and the trial was on for the last 10 months (Representational) A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after …...Read More

The bench said undue emphasis is laid on compensation to justify the power of compulsory acquisition. Compulsory acquisition of private properties will be unconstitutional if proper procedure is not established or followed before depriving a person of their right to property, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. In a significant …...Read More

The court was dealing with "deficiency in service" under the Consumer Protection Act. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the complaint alleging "deficiency in service" against advocates would not be maintainable under the Consumer Protection Act (CP Act) as it noted that the legal profession is unique in nature …...Read More

Captain Saurabh Kalia was born on January 29, 1976, in Amritsar, Twenty-five years ago, Captain Saurabh Kalia became the first Indian army officer to be killed in the Kargil War. He was captured by Pakistani forces along with five other soldiers and subjected to brutal torture for 22 days before …...Read More

The court pronounced the verdict after examining 16 witnesses (Representational) A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a court in Odisha's Balasore district on Monday for raping a girl. Special judge of POCSO court Ranjan Kumar Sutar also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the …...Read More