Kerala Court Closes Anticipatory Bail Plea Moved By Malayalam Actor Unni Mukundan, Notes Offences Alleged Are Bailable

The District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam closed the anticipatory bail petition moved by Malayalam film actor Unni Krishnan Mukundan, more popularly known as Unni Mukundan, today (May 31).Judge Honey M. Varghese passed the order after prosecution filed objection, stating that all the offences registered in the FIR are bailable.The actor was represented by Adv. Saiby...

MLA Abbas Ansari Convicted In 2022 Hate Speech Case By UP Court, Gets Two-Year Jail Term

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mau District today convicted Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with the 'Hisab-Kitab' hate speech case. He has been sentenced to two years in jail, which means he is likely to lose his legislative assembly membership.The case against Ansari pertained to a statement he made, threatening government officials with payback at an election rally in Mau district...

Karkardooma Court Judges Hearing Delhi Riots Cases Transferred

Two judges of the Karkardooma Court hearing the cases concerning the 2020 North-East Delhi riots have been transferred. The two judges are Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, who was hearing framing of charges in the larger conspiracy case related to the riots involving charges under the stringent UAPA and Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala. Trial in the Delhi riots...

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case | Uttarakhand Court Convicts Resort Owner, 2 Others; Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment

A Court in Uttarakhand's Kotdwar today convicted three men, including the son of now-expelled BJP leader and his two aides, in connection withthe 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Reena Negi sentenced all three accused to life imprisonment. Pulkit Arya, the son of a former BJP leader and his two associates, Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta,...

NCLT Mumbai Deputy Registrar Arrested By CBI For Accepting Rs 3 Lakhs Bribe

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 29 arrested two persons including the Deputy Registrar of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai bench for demanding and accepting Rs 3 lakhs as a bribe.As per a press release issued by the CBI, a city-based hotelier had filed a complaint with the CBI against Deputy Registrar - Charan Pratap Singh, and two others including a...

P&H High Court Senior Advocates' Association Honours Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma & Anil Kshetarpal On Proposed Transfer

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association on Thursday (May 29) felicitated Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Anil Kshetarpal on their recent proposed transfers recommeded by the Supreme Court collegium. Justices Sharma and Kshetarpal were recently recommended for transfer by the Supreme Court Collegium. Justice Sharma has recommended to be transferred to his...

CJ Ramesh Sinha Launches FASTER Cell, E-Certified Copy Services At Chhattisgarh HC; Digitisation Centres In 5 District Courts

In a move towards modernising the judicial landscape of Chhattisgarh, Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha, on Tuesday, virtually inaugurated five Digitisation Centres, one each at the District and Sessions Court of Dhamtari, Kondagaon, Uttar Bastar Kanker, Bastar at Jagdalpur & Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh). Chief Justice Sinha also launched FASTER Cell & e-Certified...

Details Of Journalist Rana Ayyub's X Account, Tweets Awaited: Delhi Police To Court In FIR Over Posts 'Insulting Hindu Deities'

The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed an action taken report before a Delhi Court in a case registered against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly insulting Hindu deities and spreading anti-India sentiment through her posts on 'X' (formerly Twitter) platform.The police filed the ATR before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Himanshu Raman Singh of Saket Courts. The Police has said that...

Former Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Sureshwar Thakur Appointed As Chairman Of Punjab NRI Commission

The Punjab Government on Tuesday appointed former judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Sureshwar Thakur as the Chairman of that Punjab State Commission for NRIs.Justice Thakur retired from the High Court on May 16 after having served as a High Court judge for over 11 years.Justice Sureshwar Thakur, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, has had a long and illustrious career in the...

Patnagarh Parcel Bomb Case: Odisha Court Convicts Prime Accused Punjilal Meher, Sentences Him To Life Imprisonment

More than seven years after a deadly parcel bomb blast took the lives of two in Odisha's Patnagarh sending chills down the spine of the entire nation, a Sessions Court on Wednesday convicted its prime accused Punjilal Meher and has sentenced him to imprisonment for life.Ms. Sonali Pattanaik, Additional Sessions Judge, Patnagarh has drawn the curtains in the contentious case after days of...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 4 High Court Chief Justices

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of four Chief Justices of High Courts. In its meeting held on 26th May, 2025, the Supreme Court collegium recommended the transfer of Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava to Madras High Court, Tripura High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh to Telangana High Court, Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice...

Malayalam Actor Unni Mukundan Accused Of Assaulting Manager Moves Kerala Court For Anticipatory Bail

Malayalam film actor Unni Krishnan Mukundan @ Unni Mukundan has moved the District Court, Ernakulam after an FIR was registered against him at the Infopark Police Station by Vipin Kumar.The allegation against the actor was that he assaulted the de facto complainant, who claimed to be the Professional Manager of the actor, in the basement of a DLF flat in Kakkanad. It is stated in the FIR that...