Lucknow Court Rejects Ex-IPS Officer's Plea For FIR Against CM Yogi Adityanath Over Alleged False Election Affidavits

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow District last week rejected a plea moved by former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur seeking registration of an FIR against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for allegedly filing false election affidavits before the Election Commission. Briefly, Thakur's application filed under Section 173(4) BNSS sought the Court's directions to the police...

Man Acquitted In Mumbai Blasts Case Seeks ₹9 Crore Compensation For 9 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment

A decade after his acquittal from the 2006 Mumbai Serial Bomb Blasts Case (7/11 Mumbai Blasts Case), Wahid Shaikh has now demanded Rs 9 crore for his 9 years of incarceration and also the atrocities and torture he was subjected to in the prison as an under-trial.Wahid Shaikh said he has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Madras HC Judge Justice M Sundar As Chief Justice Of Manipur High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Madras High Court judge Justice M Sundar as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur. In a tweet, the Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said that Justice M Sundar will take charge as the Chief Justice of Manipur with effect from the date he assumes charge of the office consequent upon the superannuation of Justice...

NALSA 3rd National Lok Adalat 2025 – “From Adversity To Amity: Over 2.42 Crore Cases Harmoniously Resolved

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) successfully organized the 3rd National Lok Adalat of 2025 on 13th September 2025, across Taluks, Districts, and High Courts in 29 States and 8 Union Territories. The Lok Adalat was convened under the distinguished leadership of Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Chief Justice of India & Patron-in-Chief, NALSA, and Justice Surya Kant,...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Settles 143 Cases In Lok Adalat, Awards ₹6.25 Crore Compensation

The National Lok Adalat at the Punjab and Haryana High Court today saw 143 cases settled out of 443 listed, with compensation worth Rs 6,25,61,176 awarded, mostly in motor accident claim cases.The exercise was held under the supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, Chairman of the Committee. Ten...

Can't Encroach Upon ECI Jurisdiction To Determine A Person's Eligibility For Inclusion In Voter List: Delhi Court In Sonia Gandhi Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday said that it cannot encroach upon the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of India by entertaining plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for purportedly getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts dismissed in...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Umar Khalid Calls Delhi Police FIR A 'Joke', Says Evidence Fabricated To Implicate Him

Umar Khalid on Thursday told a Delhi Court that he has spent five years in custody in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, calling it a “joke of an FIR.”The submission was made by Senior Advocate Trideep Pais before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts while opposing framing of charges against Khalid. The case relates to FIR 59 of 2020 investigated by...

Delhi Court Refuses To Order FIR Against Sonia Gandhi For Inclusion In Voter List Prior To Acquiring Indian Citizenship

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts pronounced the order. Detailed copy is awaited.Order was reserved by the...

Rahul Gandhi Opposes Plea Seeking Directive On Pune Police To Submit Fresh Report In Defamation Case Over Remarks Against Savarkar

In the ongoing defamation case over his remarks against right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (September 10) opposed an application that sought a directive to the Pune Police to furnish a report, it initially awaited from YouTube USA with regards to the allegedly defamatory speech the Leader of Opposition Party (LOP) delivered against Savarkar....

Delhi Court Reserves Verdict On Plea Seeking FIR Against Sonia Gandhi For Inclusion In Voter List Prior To Acquiring Indian Citizenship

A Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved order on a plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts reserved the verdict in the plea filed by Vikas Tripathi seeking...

Delhi Court Orders NDTV Journalist Gargi Rawat To Pay ₹10K As Damages To Abhijit Iyer Mitra In Defamation Case

A Delhi Court on Monday directed NDTV journalist and news anchor Gargi Rawat to pay Rs. 10,000 as damages to commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra in a defamation suit filed by him in 2019. While Mitra sought Rs. 20 lakh as damages for loss of his reputation, District Judge Satyabrata Panda awarded only Rs. 10,000 damages to him noting that he was "no stranger" to the controversy and had himself,...

Bengaluru Court Directs Prison Authorities To Provide Basic Amenities To Actor Darshan Accused In Murder Case

A session court on Tuesday directed jail authority to provide basic minimum amenities as prescribed by the Karnataka State Government in the Karnataka prisons and Correctional Services Manual-2021, to actor Darshan who has been arrested in the Renukaswamy Murder Case. Additional Session Judge Irappanna Pavadi Naik said “Jail Authorities are directed to treat Accused No.2, 6, 7, 11 and...