News Update Indigo Airlines manager shot dead in Patna 13 Jan 202113 Jan 2021 A 40 year old indigo airlines manager, Rupesh Kumar Singh, was allegedly shot dead by criminals near the Shashtri nagar police station in Patna. A police official on Wednesday said…
News Update Entitlement of compensation under Section 357A (4) can be availed by victims even prior to the enactment 29 Dec 2020 Case title - District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others [WP(C).No.7250 OF 2014(E)]. A landmark judgement was passed by Kerala High Court about the Section 357A…
News Update Patna HC quashes criminal proceedings of foreign nationals accused in Tablighi Jamaat 29 Dec 2020 tA Single Judge bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad of the Patna High Court quashed criminal proceedings against nationals of Bangladesh, Malaysia and Australia who had visited the Nizamudin Markaz…
News Update Bombay HC reduces punishment to life imprisonment for man who assaulted his pregnant wife and relatives with a knife 24 Dec 2020 According to the prosecution, the incident took place on October 24, 2015, at Walkhed. Krishna Pawar, a 35-year-old labourer from Jalna district used to suspect his wife’s character and harass…
News Update Rape by HIV positive man not attempt to murder: Delhi HC 10 Dec 2020 While upholding the conviction of an HIV positive man In a rape case, the Delhi high court has given the order to set aside conviction under an attempt to murder…
News Update Section 118 of Kerala Police Act, 2011 criminalising publication of threatening or defamatory content withdrawn 26 Nov 2020 An ordinance was signed by the Governor of Kerala, Mohammad Arif Khan on 25th November, 2020 in response to the criticism received for the section. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government had…
News Update Minor was gang-raped in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district 25 Nov 202025 Nov 2020 A 14 year old tribal girl was raped by four anonymous persons in the Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh.This incident occurred on the night of Sunday, near the Kotwali police station…
News Update Three Arrested and 315 Kg of Cannabis seized in Delhi 22 Nov 2020 Three people were arrested and 315 kg of cannabis worth Rs. 30 Lakh was seized, as informed by the police official.The name of the three local are Dharmender Yadav (30),Naveen…
News Update Supreme Court has held that depression cannot be considered as unsound mind under section 84 of IPC 1 Nov 2020 The petition was filed by an ex-army officer who was dismissed by the Lucknow bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal in 2018 after attacking his senior officer with stones. The…
News Update FIR need not be an encyclopedia, only reporting of crime is required: Karnataka High Court 31 Oct 2020 On November 20, 2018, the sister of the deceased (Keshava) reported to the police that her brother-in-law Govindaraju informed her that Keshava had been assaulted near Hennur Bande. She went…
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