The Supreme Court Friday stayed the trial of Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, facing charges of pressurising his official driver to make a false statement in connection with the alleged inaction of the Narendra Modi government during the 2002 riots in the state. The apex court bench of Justices Aftab Alam ...

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court has convicted and awarded rigorous imprisonment to three people in a case filed by the CBI, cheating the public sector Indian Bank to the tune of Rs 14.45 lakh. On completion of the trial, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Egmore convicted Mahavirchand Surana, the prime accused in the ...

Bollywood actor Simran Sood, an accused in the murder of New Delhi-based businessman Arun Kumar Tikku, was further remanded to police custody by a local court till April 23. She is also an accused in the kidnapping and murder of aspiring film producer Karan Kakkar, Simran was produced in the court ...

The Rajasthan High Court Thursday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other agency officers on allegations of harassment by a local politician during investigation into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said. The notices were issued to CBI director, a deputy inspector general ...

The Rajasthan government Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court for restraining the media from reporting on matters related to police probes in criminal cases for protecting the rights of the accused. The state government told the constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice R.P. ...

A West Bengal court Thursday sent a man to three days' police custody for allegedly assaulting a retired scientist and molesting his daughter. "Gautam Pal has been sent to three days' police custody by a court here. He has been charged with several offences including non bailable ones under the Indian ...

Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, accused in the Feb 13 Israeli embassy car blast case, Thursday told a Delhi court that the damaged vehicle should not be released for inspection by an insurance surveyor. He opposed an application filed in the court seeking the vehicle's release and said that the plea ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Odisha government on a petition seeking to restrain the release of jailed Maoists in exchange for captive BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. A bench of justice TS Thakur and justice Gyan Sudha Misra asked the respondents to file a ...

Bihar will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district, a minister said Wednesday. Bihar Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes Welfare Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi said here that the ...

A major clash broke out in the Meerut district jail this morning between the prisoners and the security personnel in which several people were injured. Policemen, who rushed inside, also fired in air to control the prisoners who torched properties inside the jail. Official sources said the clash started last evening after ...