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Breaking | Tahir Hussain, Others Get Life Imprisonment For Murder Of IB Staffer Ankit Sharma During Delhi Riots
A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts pronounced the order.The Court also sentenced other convicts, namely Javed, Anas, Nazim and Kasim, to life imprisonment.The Delhi Police had sought death penalty for Hussain as well as other four convicts.While...
All-Women Law Officers' Team To Represent Karnataka Govt Before All-Women Judges At Dharwad Bench On August 1
In a historical development in women's representation in the judiciary, an all-women lawyer team is directed by the Advocate General to represent the State Government before the Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which will be presided over exclusively by women judges on August 1. This initiative was taken to celebrate International Women's Day. The allotment of law officers is as follows:Division BenchesCourt Hall 2: Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice KG Shanthi Jurisdiction:...
Savarkar Wrote Book Questioning God's Existence & Religious Beliefs : Grandnephew Tells Court
In a development in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday (July 30) Satyaki Savarkar, accepted before a special court in Pune that his grandfather and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, wrote the 'controversial' book सावरकरांचे विवज्ञानविनष्ठ विनबंध (Savarkar's Science-oriented Essays) which criticised the religious beliefs, existence of God and 'redefined' Sanatan Dharma as an 'eternal truth' based on 'laws of nature' which needs to...
IBCMantra To Be Launched At Delhi High Court On August 4; Justice Vikram Nath To Lead Inaugural Ceremony
The IBCMantra, a free online commentary platform dedicated to insolvency and bankruptcy law, will be formally launched at the Delhi High Court on August 4, 2026, in the presence of Judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, senior members of the Bar, and legal practitioners.The platform, titled "IBCMantra – The Law and Practice of Insolvency and Bankruptcy", has been authored...
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan To Deliver Keynote At Launch Of Judicial Transparency Index Report
The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and JALDI (Justice, Access & Lowering Delays in India) will launch the report titled 'Judicial Transparency Index: Assessing Disclosure of Information by the Supreme Court and the High Courts' on August 1, 2026, at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi. The event will bring together judges, senior advocates and legal researchers to deliberate...
Delhi Court Cancels Arrest Warrant Against SFI Leader Aishe Ghosh In 2021 Protest Case
A Delhi court on Thursday cancelled the non-bailable warrant issued against Students' Federation of India (SFI) leader Aishe Ghosh in connection with a 2021 case relating to a protest held outside Bangla Bhavan.Judicial Magistrate First Class Vijayshree Rathore of Patiala House Courts cancelled the NBW after she physically appeared before the Court today.The court has cancelled the...
Delhi Court Stays Arrest Warrant Against SFI Leader Aishe Ghosh In 2021 Protest Case
A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the execution of a non-bailable warrant issued against Students' Federation of India (SFI) leader Aishe Ghosh in connection with a 2021 case relating to a protest held outside Bangla Bhavan.The FIR pertains to a demonstration organised in front of Bangla Bhavan in 2021. Ghosh has been booked for offences including alleged disobedience of an order promulgated by...
MP Court Acquits 11 Accused of Communal Violence In Khargone During Ram Navami 2022
An MP Court has acquitted 11 men accused of committing communal violence during the Ram Navami Procession on April 10, 2022, in Khargone. The Fourth Additional Session Judge Mukesh Nath noted that the prosecution failed to prove the alleged offences against the men beyond reasonable doubt. Per the prosecution, a group of Muslim men had attacked Hindu Homes with stones and petrol bombs,...
Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case: MP Court Denies Bail To Former Judge Giribala Singh
A Bhopal Court, on Saturday (July 25), denied the bail application filed by the retired Judge Giribala Singh, who is booked in a case involving dowry harassment and the death of model-actress Twisha Sharma, her daughter-in-law. First Additional Sessions Judge Ram Pratap Mishra, noting that the case diary contained sufficient material to indicate her involvement in the alleged offence and that...
Telangana State Legal Services Authority Holds Sensitisation Programme For Teachers Appointed As Child Protection Officers
The Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA) on Friday conducted one-day sensitisation programmes for 608 teachers nominated as Child Protection Officers in Government High Schools across Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Sangareddy, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar districts under "Mission Bal Suraksha, Shiksha and Nyay, 2026".The programmes were organised as part of the implementation of the...
Delhi Riots: Police Seek Death Penalty For Tahir Hussain, Others In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case
The Delhi Police on Monday told a Delhi Court that it is seeking death penalty for former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain and other men in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.The submission was made before Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts, who was hearing arguments on the quantum of...