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‘Suspicion, however strong, cannot take place of proof’—Sajjan Kumar acquitted in anti-Sikh riots case

Ex-Congress MP Kumar was named as accused in the Janakpuri case more than 3 decades after the riots, following a 2015 SIT re-investigation. The chargesheet was filed in 2022.

In framing charges against Karti in Chinese visa case, Delhi court relies on ‘strong suspicion’

Court said evidence of Rs 50 lakh bribe, visa irregularities & approver testimony warranted trial, rejecting Karti Chidambaram’s delay and discharge arguments.

Vishal Gogne, the judge who took ED to task & who Rabri Devi doesn’t want to face

From National Herald to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi’s cases, Gogne has built reputation for being stickler for procedure & not shying away from examining investigative agencies.

8 years after JNU student Najeeb Ahmed disappeared, Delhi court accepts CBI’s closure report

The MSc Bio-technology student went missing on 15 October 2016 from his hostel. He had allegedly been in a scuffle with students linked to ABVP the previous night.

‘Cash for bail’: In plea challenging FIR, court ahlmad cites judge’s multiple adverse orders against ACB

Mukesh Kumar has moved Delhi HC seeking CBI probe and departmental enquiries against senior officers of the Anti-Corruption Branch who he alleges 'framed' the judge.

‘Cash for bail’: Transcripts with ACB show judge’s court ahlmad told inmate, ‘baat kharab hojaegi’

Ahlmad Mukesh Kumar’s lawyer argued that the ACB transcripts showed no clear demand for money and that the ACB threatened the judge to withdraw previous adverse orders against its officers.

‘Cash for bail’: Judge transferred amid Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch probe, court staffer booked

Special judge transferred from Rouse Avenue on 20 May. His court's ahlmad, identified as Mukesh, booked for allegedly soliciting bribes worth crores from at least 6 accused.

Sajjan Kumar convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, Delhi court notes his role in mob violence

The ex-Congress MP was found guilty for murder of 2 Sikh men. Kumar has been behind bars for 6 yrs, serving life term in another 1984 case for burning a gurdwara & killing 5 Sikhs.

Delhi court draws line between freedom of speech, defamation in quashing case against Tharoor

Dismissing case against Shashi Tharoor, court said he had not made 'false & malicious' claims against BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekar; adding TV news can fall into scheme of sentimentalisation.

Unclean & ill-equipped—the ‘sorry state’ of women’s washrooms in Delhi’s district courts

From malfunctioning facilities to unsafe electrical fittings, women lawyers say Delhi’s district court washrooms are “deplorable”. An investigation by ThePrint reveals the extent of the crisis.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.