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TopicMurder case

Topic: Murder case

SC issues directions for mitigating, aggravating factors to be followed in death penalty cases

Supreme Court decries lack of complete and balanced perspective at earlier stages, issues slew of directions to be followed in death penalty cases.

Jaggi murder: Why HC overturned 2007 acquittal of Chhattisgarh ex-CM Jogi’s son, handed him life term

A trial court had acquitted Amit Jogi, the son of ex-Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, in the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ram Avtar Jaggi while finding the other 28 accused guilty.

It took 42 years to acquit UP’s Dhani Ram of murder. He just says ‘What?’

Hamirpur’s Dhani Ram is finally free after 42 years as a murder convict. But he is oblivious to the passage of time and the justice delayed.

Arrested for murder in 1982, 100-yr-old acquitted by Allahabad HC in case that lay pending 4 decades

Accused of a 1982 murder involving a land dispute, Dhani Ram was in his 50s when he was convicted. His challenge to the trial court conviction has been pending for over 40 years.

Former Punjab DGP Mustafa, his ex-minister wife Razia Sultana booked for murder after son found dead

While the family claimed he died of a drug overdose, online videos have surfaced where Aqil is purportedly seen accusing his father of having an affair with his wife.

How suppressed FBI note freed Indian-origin man who spent 4 decades in US jail for 1980 murder

Freed from prison on 3 October, 64-yr-old Subramanyam Vedam has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and faces possible deportation to India.

Nikki’s death deserved facts. What we got was a carousel of theories from TV news

The death by fire of Greater Noida’s Nikki Bhati has been a puzzle surrounded by a maze of conflicting claims and evidence. Worse, television news — and some newspaper reports — have confused...

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.

Honeymoon in Shillong—Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder will now be a Bollywood movie

Raja Raghuvanshi’s brother Vipin, who has written the film’s script, said the protagonist has been named Raja, but the makers will be changing the wife’s name.

Trainee nurse’s murder in MP hospital a ‘rare case with many witnesses’, protesters seek fast-track trial

The accused, who ‘killed’ the 19-year-old in public view, has confessed to the crime, and the chargesheet is nearly ready, police say.

On Camera

Why Hyderabadis need a history lesson beyond the Mughal court

From the Bahmani to the Qutb Shahis, Hyderabad’s local identity is far more complex than the standard Mughal-centric narrative suggests.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.