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TopicConviction

Topic: conviction

Why Allahabad HC threw out plea challenging Rahul Gandhi’s MP status despite SC stay on conviction

Petitioner argued that Congress leader stood disqualified from being chosen or continuing as MP under Article 102 & R.P. Act after Gujarat court sentenced him for defamation in 2019.

Acquitted in 2002, convicted in 2024: Why SC quashed Punjab & Haryana HC order in 1998 murder case

Reiterating 'settled principles of law', SC held that interference with an acquittal is permissible only when the trial judge’s findings are 'perverse and impossible.

Donald Trump, 1st felon in the White House. What’s ‘unconditional discharge’ & sentence’s significance

Trump was convicted last May in a hush money case, which revolves around charge he falsified business records to cover up payments to a former adult performer before 2016 election.

Donald Trump’s conviction in hush money trial — what the case was about & what happens next

New York jury found that former US President had falsified records in scheme to influence his 2016 Presidential elections. Despite conviction, Trump can still contest Presidential polls.

As Mukhtar & Afzal Ansari are convicted, story of a UP power clan & its fall from nationalism to gangsterism

Mukhtar Ansari was convicted under Gangster Act by a special court today along with his MP brother Afzal. The clan’s decline from heroism to crime & its three-decade journey littered with bodies.

Ghazipur court convicts Mukhtar Ansari under Gangsters Act, sentences him to 10 yrs in jail

The verdict comes four years after a CBI court acquitted Mukhtar and his brother Afzal in the 2005 murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai. 

On Camera

Satyajit Ray to Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound — how Martin Scorsese plays patron saint at Oscars

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.