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‘After 15 yrs of gloom, this Ramzan has brought light’, say families of men acquitted in 2008 Jaipur blasts

Mohammed Saif, Saifurrehman Ansari, Mohammed Salman and Sarvar Azami have spent 15 years in prison and had previously been awarded death penalty by a trial court in the case.

‘Better administration of justice’ — SC Collegium moves MP judge to J&K, rejects plea of Madras HC judge

While Justice Sreedharan of MP wanted to be moved out of state before his daughter joined practice, Justice Velumani wanted N-E posting to be able to retain official Chennai accommodation.

‘Google abused dominant position’ — NCLAT upholds CCI order & fine on tech giant, scraps 4 restrictions

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal decided against Google on all 11 counts framed by CCI & directed it to pay Rs 1,338 cr for its anti-competitive practices in Android market.

Suspended Indore college principal moves HC to quash FIR over ‘Hinduphobic’ book, says student had grudge

Student 'failed' in first-year LLM course & sought principal Inamur Rehman's help to clear exams, the latter claims. When he refused to help, student lodged 'false & baseless complaint'.

SC raises doubts about Kerala HC stay on NCP leader’s conviction as his LS membership is restored

Bench of justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathana observes verbally that courts cannot follow different rules for lawmakers and for non-MPs/MLAs on issue of stay of conviction.

NCLAT upholds Rs 1,337-crore fine imposed on Google by competition watchdog CCI

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal also rejected Google's plea that there was a violation of natural justice by the Competition Commission of India in the probe.

Delhi HC overturns discharge of Sharjeel Imam, 10 others in Jamia violence case: ‘Used force & violence’

Overruling the trial court's order, Delhi HC said the video clips and witnesses’ statements were sufficient to frame charges for 'unlawful assembly and rioting' in the 2019 case.

Atiq Ahmed gets life for 2006 abduction — former MP’s 1st conviction in 130 cases over 44 years

Ahmed was convicted by Prayagraj MP/MLA court for 2006 abduction of Umesh Pal, a witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal’s 2005 murder. Umesh was murdered last month.

28 yrs on, SC frees man on death row for 7 murders as he was a juvenile at time of crime

While he had not raised claim of juvenility during trial, convict in 2018 filed application in top court under Section 9 (2) of Juvenile Justice Act to highlight this point.

Want to know more about Gujarat remission policy, says SC as it hears pleas on Bilkis Bano convicts release

SC is hearing a set of petitions filed against the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 lifers in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape-cum-murder case.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.