Sultanpur Court Says Defamation Complaint By BJP Office-Bearer Against Rahul Gandhi May Have Been Politically Motivated

Court says complaint narrative appeared "prima facie suspicious, unrealistic and uncorroborated" and may have been politically motivated.

Sultanpur Court Acquits LoP Rahul Gandhi In 2018 Defamation Case Over Remarks Against Amit Shah

An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district today acquitted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for allegedly making a 'defamatory' statement about then BJP President Amit Shah in 2018. Gandhi was present in court when Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shubham Verma pronounced the verdict. The defamation case, filed by BJP Leader Vijay Mishra in...

Kochi Mercedes-Benz Crash: Juvenile Justice Board Grants Bail To Minor Accused

The Juvenile Justice Board, Ernakulam on Monday (October 26) has granted bail to the 17-year-old minor, who was the driver of a Mercedes-Benz car that led to a fatal accident in Cheranaloor, Kochi on the early hours of Sunday (October 25).As per media reports, the luxury car driven by the teen rammed into the scooter, which was ridden by a 55-year-old street food vendor named Jayabalakrishnan...

Undertrial Prisoner Produced Before Mumbai Court Escapes From Police Custody, FIR Lodged

A routine production of an undertrial prisoner, booked in an attempt to murder case, before the Dindoshi Court in Mumbai on Friday (October 23) took a shocking turn when the undertrial prisoner pushed the police officer and escaped from custody. The Mumbai Police has now lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused identified as Ibrahim Sajid Mujawar.According to the FIR lodged...

Lakhimpur Kheri Case | Trial Judge Replaced After Supreme Court Seeks Allahabad High Court's Remedial Action On Victims' Concerns

The trial in the October 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, in which Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is the prime accused, will now be heard by a new district judge.This development comes within a month of the Supreme Court directing the Allahabad High Court to examine concerns raised by the victims' families regarding the trial judge's...

Savarkar Condemned Gandhi's Murder : Kin Tells Pune Court

During his cross-examination before a special MP/MLA court in Pune last week (October 14), Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, said that he did not support Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and claimed that Vinayak Savarkar himself had condemned the killing of the Father of the Nation.Satyaki had filed a criminal defamation complaint against Congress...

Superior's 'OK' Reply To Leave Request On WhatsApp Not Conclusive Proof Of Leave Approval: CAT Allahabad

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Allahabad has held that a superior officer's response on WhatsApp as "OK" to a leave request by a junior officer cannot by itself, be treated as conclusive proof of leave approval by the competent authority. This when the administrative work of the department was under the charge another officer who was the competent authority for considering...

Bengaluru Court Awards ₹3.67 Crore Damages To Whistleblower-Employee For Wrongful Termination From Willis Towers Watson

The Court also ordered perjury proceedings two company executives.

Durga Puja Stampede | West Bengal Govt Forms SIT Headed By Retired Judge In Consultation With Calcutta High Court

The West Bengal Government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by retired Justice Anindita Roy Saraswati, to investigate the stampede that occurred near the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata on October 17, 2026, stating that the team was formed in consultation with the Calcutta High Court.An order issued by the Office of the Chief Secretary on October...

UP Court Sentences Woman, Lover To Death For Strangling Husband And Planting Live Snake To Pass Off Murder As Snakebite

The court said that the accused's "filmy style" attempt to pass off murder as snakebite made the crime fall in the "rarest of rare" category.

Tiger Shroff Firing Case: Mumbai Court Remands Accused To Police Custody Till October 31

A Magistrate Court on Wednesday (October 21) remanded three men, arrested for allegedly attacking Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, to police custody till October 31. The three men - Rehan R, Phool Singh (from Sonipat, Haryana) and Ritik Kumar (from Begusarai, Bihar) were arrested from Kota, Rajasthan. Advocate Satyavrat Joshi, appearing for one of the assailants informed Live Law that the police...

CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Released From Judicial Custody

A Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi on Wednesday (October 21) ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from judicial custody.They have been under detention since October 14 after they entered Jantar Mantar and unfurled the national flag as part of protests against the CEC in breach of prohibitory orders.The two were earlier remanded to five days of judicial custody...