Delhi Court Convicts CBI Officials For Assault, Trespass During IRS Officer's Arrest In 2000; Holds Raid Malafide

A Delhi Court today convicted two Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for offences of assault, criminal trespass and mischief during the arrest of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in 2000, holding that the search and arrest operation was carried out with “malafide intent” and in abuse of official powers. Judicial Magistrate First Class Shashank Nandan Bhatt of Tis Hazari Courts convicted Inspector V.K. Pandey and DSP Ramneesh under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427...

Srinagar Court Denies Protection To Cable Operator Against JioStar, Cites Suppression Of Piracy FIR, Illegal Broadcast Of Pakistani Channels

A Srinagar court has vacated an ex-parte ad-interim injunction that was granted to a local cable operator against JioStar India Private Limited, holding that the plaintiff had suppressed material facts including lawful disconnection of signals due to non-payment of dues exceeding ₹2 crore, pendency of criminal proceedings for piracy, and illegal retransmission of banned Pakistani channels. The court reiterated that a party seeking equitable relief must approach the court with clean hands.The...

Delhi Court Seeks ED's Response On Jacqueline Fernandez's Plea To Turn Approver In Rs. 200 Crore Money Laundering Case

A Delhi Court on Friday issued notice on a plea filed by Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez to turn approver in the Rs. 200 crores money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts sought response of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and listed the matter for hearing next on April 20. The actress...

BJP's Yogesh Goudar Murder| Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni & 15 Others Sentenced To Life Imprisonment By Bengaluru Court

In the BJP Leader Yogesh Goudar Murder case, Congress MLA and Former Minister of the State, Vinay Kulkarni, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and Rupees 30,000 fine for the offences under Section 302 IPC r/w 120B IPC.Special Court Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat pronounced the quantum of sentence at 4.20 PM today [April 17] when the accused, including Vinay Kulkarni, was physically...

Accused In TCS Nashik Case To Approach Nashik Court For Pre-Arrest Bail Citing Pregnancy

In a development in the ongoing investigations in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik BPO sexual harassment and religious coercion case, one of the accused Nida Khan, who was initially described as an HR head and later as a tele seller, would soon be filing an anticipatory bail plea to ensure she is not put behind the bars, citing her pregnancy as one of the grounds. Confirming the...

TNNLU Students Protest Over Vice Chancellor's Remark Saying Women Students Wearing Shorts Invites Sexual Harassment

The students of Tamil Nadu National Law University have staged a protest against the remarks made by the Vice Chancellor, V Nagaraj, stating that women students wearing shorts invite sexual harassment and causes a distraction for faculty members. In a statement issued by the student community on April 15 condemning the VC's remarks, the student body said that the VC had made...

Odisha Court Sentences 7 Persons To 3-Yr-Imprisonment For Fraudulently Registering SIMs, Illegally Sharing OTPs With Pakistani Agents

A Court in Odisha's Khurda district convicted seven persons accused of fraudulently pre-registering mobile SIMs and illegally sharing one-time passwords (OTPs) with foreign nationals, including agents belonging to Pakistan, for earning commissions. Finding the acts of the accused as threat to national security, Mr. Amit Kumar, the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM),...

Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre Partners With JustAct For Tech-Enabled Arbitration And ODR

The Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre (NPAC) has entered into a strategic partnership with JustAct, an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform, to launch “NPAC — powered by JustAct.” NPAC, a not-for-profit arbitration institution incorporated in 2005 and designated under Section 11(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by the Madras High Court, has been a significant player...

CBI Seeks Remission-Less Life Term For Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, Others Convicted For Murder Of BJP's Yogesh Goudar

The Central Bureau of Investigation told a Bengaluru court on Thursday (April 16) that life imprisonment without remission must be awarded to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and others who were convicted for the murder of BJP leader Yogesh Goudar. The pronouncement on quantum of sentence is listed for tomorrow i.e. Friday. On Wednesday the special court had convicted Vinay Kulkarni and sixteen...

'Sufficient Material To Proceed': Delhi Court Takes Cognizance Of PMLA Complaint Against Robert Vadra, Others

A Delhi Court yeses took cognizance of a prosecution complaint filed by ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against businessman Robert Vadra and several others in connection with Gurugram land deal case. Special judge Sushant Changotra of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that ED's prosecution complaint discloses “sufficient prima facie material” to proceed against the...

Delhi Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking FIR Against Mahua Moitra For Tweet Over Ganga Iftar Party Arrests

A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea seeking registration of FIR against TMC leader Mahua Moitra for her tweet against the recent arrest of 14 Muslim men accused of organizing an Iftar party and consuming non-veg items on a boat in the Ganga in Varanasi and throwing bones and food waste into the river.Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri of Saket Courts issued notice on the...

First-Year Law Student Found Dead At NUJS Kolkata Campus

A first-year student of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, was found unresponsive on campus and was subsequently declared dead, according to a statement issued by the student body.The deceased, identified as Juven Joss Jebin, was “found unresponsive behind the Boys' Hostel on the Main Campus” and was “subsequently pronounced deceased by the...