News Update Sub standard quality of testimony of victim, absence of scuffle injuries: Bombay High Court acquits rape, POCSO accused 1 Feb 2021 The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, on January 15, acquitted a 26-year-old accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for the offence of…
News Update UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news 1 Feb 2021 An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…
News Update Case of the National Herald: Delhi court abolishes criminal proceedings against Motilal Vora, the late Congress leader 31 Jan 2021 In the National Herald Case, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court come from different sources the criminal proceedings against Congress leader Motilal Vohra. After the late Congress leader's counsel placed his death…
News Update Kunal Kamra reacts to the notice of contempt of the Supreme Court, refusing to apologise 29 Jan 202129 Jan 2021 Before the hearing on a contempt case against him, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court arguing that if influential individuals and organisations continue to display…
News Update Sourav Ganguly hospitalised again with discomfort in chest, Another angioplasty to be taken soon 27 Jan 202127 Jan 2021 BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was taken to Apollo Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday after he complained about being unwell. He was admitted at CCU 142 unit, a separate room inside…
News Update Amazon moved the High Court of Delhi to prosecute Kishore Biyani 27 Jan 2021 Amazon has moved the Delhi High Court to seek enforcement of the Emergency Award, preventing Future Group from pursuing its agreement with Reliance stating that the order issued by the…
News Update Bombay High court-No sex assault if there’s no skin-to-skin contact 25 Jan 2021 When there is “no direct physical contact — skin to skin with sexual intent, without penetration,” it would not amount to ‘sexual assault’ under the Protection of Children from Sexual…
News Update KP Sharma Oli, Nepal PM expelled from ruling Nepal Communist Party 25 Jan 2021 The ruling Nepal Communist Party’s splinter faction expelled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli from the party’s general membership amid rising political tensions following his decision to dissolve the lower house…
News Update White-collar offences are more serious than murder, dacoity: Bombay High Court 22 Jan 2021 The Bombay High court, Aurangabad Bench recently determined that professional offences are a lot more serious than offences involving bodily hurt, providing they involve a part of conspiracy. The Court…
News Update Bhajan Singer Narendra Chanchal Passes Away at 80 22 Jan 2021 Veteran bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi on Friday, 22 January. He was 80 years old. According to publication Punjab Kesari, Chanchal was unwell…