Can't Say If Savarkar Was Released By British On Condition Not To Participate In Political Movements : Grandnephew To Court

Continuing his cross-examination before a special MP/MLA court in Pune, Satyaki Savarkar has stated he cannot say whether his granduncle and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar was released from prison on condition to not participate in any political or revolutionary movement.Satyaki is being cross-examined in the criminal defamation complaint that he has filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly defaming Savarkar by delivering a speech in London. Gandhi's counsel Milind...

Delhi Court Reserves Verdict In Wrestlers' Sexual Harassment Case Against BJP's Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, Order Likely On August 3

A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved its final verdict in the case against BJP leader and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh alleging that he sexually harassed women wrestlers.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts will pass the order of conviction or acquittal on August 03. The verdict has been reserved after hearing the prosecution, the complainants as well as the accused persons in length. The proceedings took place in camera. Senior Advocate...

MP Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Of Kumbh Mela Star's Husband In POCSO Case

A Madhya Pradesh Court on Wednesday (July 1) rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Mohammad Farman, the husband of the viral Kumbh Mela star, observing that the dispute over the wife's date of birth is subject matter of trial and cannot be considered in the husband's anticipatory bail hearing. The Special POCSO Judge Ravi Zarola in his order said:"The documents presented by...

WB Assembly Passes 'Public Safety Act' Providing For Detention Up To One Year, Property Seizure For 'Anti-Social Activities'

The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, a legislation that significantly expands the State's powers to deal with organised crime by providing for preventive detention of alleged "goondas" for up to one year, externment orders, and seizure and confiscation of properties linked to anti-social activities.The...

West Bengal Assembly Passes Bills To Restructure OBC Reservation, Removes 77 Communities From List Following 2024 Calcutta HC Verdict

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two Bills overhauling the State's Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation framework by removing 77 communities from the OBC list and restructuring the reservation regime in line with the directions issued by the Calcutta High Court in 2024.The legislation amends both the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and...

AMMA Row: Kerala Court Directs Police To Register FIR On Actor Ansiba Hassan's Complaint Against Tini Tom

The Judicial First Class Magistrate VIII, Ernakulam on Tuesday (June 30) directed the Kadavanthra police station to register a complaint based on Drishyam-actress Ansiba Hassan alleging Tini Tom of abusing her with words like 'Jihadi', etc. Smt. Kavya Soman, Magistrate passed the order yesterday in a private complaint filed by Ansiba before the Magistrate, following the refusal of the police...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case: MP Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Giribala Singh, Samarth Singh; CBI Seeks Voice Samples

A Bhopal Court, on Tuesday (June 30), extended till July 14, the judicial custody of retired Judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh who are booked in a case involving dowry harassment and death of model-actress Twisha Sharma.Twisha, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12. An FIR has been lodged under BNS Sections 80(2) (dowry death), 85...

MP Judge Faces Communal Attack After Convicting Cow Vigilantes In Lynching Case

A judge in Madhya Pradesh has come under severe communal attack after she delivered a verdict convicting cow vigilantes in a lynching case.Earlier this month, Tabassum Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge of Narmadapuram district, had sentenced 7 men to life imprisonment for lynching Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed, a truck driver, in 2022, over suspicions of cow smuggling.On the day of...

"Even Death Penalty Would Not Be Adequate": Pune Court Awards Death Sentence To 65-Yr-Old For Rape, Murder Of 3 Yr-Old Girl

A special court in Pune on Monday (June 29) handed down death sentence to a 65-year-old man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl, after considering his antecedents of outraging modesty of his grand-niece and a village woman and even sexually assaulting animals. Special Judge SR Salunkhe held that the instant case was a 'rarest of rare' as the accused - Bhimrao Prabhakar...

AI Should Assist Judges, Not Replace Human Decision-Making: Justice N. Kotiswar Singh At CIEC Brussels Dialogue

Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Judge of the Supreme Court, on Monday said that while Artificial Intelligence has significant potential to improve judicial administration, the responsibility of judging must remain exclusively with human judges. He emphasized that constitutional values, judicial independence, empathy, fairness, and human wisdom cannot be replicated by machines, and that AI should function only as an assistive tool rather than a substitute for judicial reasoning or the Rule of...

Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: Pune Court Extends Police Custody Of Fiance, Friend Till July 03

A Pune Court on Monday (June 29) extended the police custody of Ketan Agarwal's fiancée and her friend, who are accused of pushing him into a deep gorge off Lohagad Fort, till July 3. As per PTI report, the accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary were produced before the court today wherein the prosecution argued the need for investigating certain aspects. On June 23 the court had remanded...

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Donation Row | Faizabad Bar Association Resolves Not To Represent Accused

The Faizabad/Ayodhya Bar Association today passed a resolution stating that none of its members will represent the 8 accused arrested in connection with the alleged misappropriation of donations for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The resolution adds that if any Bar member still wishes to represent the accused, they must submit an application and deposit a contribution (sahyog dhanrashi) of ₹5...