Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Aug 6 (BPNS) A special CBI court here on Saturday sentenced both the men convicted of the sensational murder of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dhanbad, Uttam Anand, who was mowed down while out a morning walk, to life in jail for the remainder of their natural life without any remission. The court […]
Triple murder of Dalits : Special court sentence 27 convicts with life term
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Special Court in Sivaganga has sentenced 27 convicts in the triple murder of three men of the Scheduled Caste community in Sivaganga. The triple murder took place on May 28, 2018, when an armed gang from a dominant community attacked indiscriminately in Kachanatham village, Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. Three […]
High Court breather for Kerala transport minister
Thiruvananthapuram, August 3 (BPNS) Kerala’s transport minister Antony Raju could heave a sigh of relief, at least for now, as the Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed all further proceedings against him for a month in an evidence tampering case dating back to 1990. In an interim order on Wednesday, Justice Ziyad Rahman AA said […]
Transgenders have the right to participate in competitions: Kerala HC
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court, on the other day, has stepped in to protect the right of a transgender to compete in a sporting event. The court in an interim order on Friday held that a transgender person is having equal right to participate in competitions. It was a 29-year-old Anamika of […]
Madras HC orders expeditious trial against Rajiv murder convict Murugan
Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered an expeditious trial against Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, Murugan alias Sriharan in a case related to obscene behaviour in jail. A criminal case has been registered against Murugan for allegedly having stood naked before the jail officials and showing obscene gestures when some items […]
Kerala HC lays down protocol to help victims of sexual assault
Thiruvananthapuram, July 25 (BPNS) Sexual assault victims will now have constant access to the Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) and to the ‘One Stop Crisis Centre’. Thanks to the Kerala High Court, it directed the state government to make available the same 24 hours a day. The court has also laid down certain protocols to be […]
Kerala HC cites ‘Karna’ to uphold rights of children of single parents
Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (BPNS) In a landmark judgment, the Kerala High Court held that the children of unwed mothers and the children of raped victims had the right to exercise their fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity. The court said this while upholding the right of a person to include his mother’s name alone […]
Kerala HC allows termination of 30 week old pregnancy, expresses concern
Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has expressed its concern at the increasing number of child pregnancies in the state, in which, at least some cases involve close relatives. The court’s observation came while allowing a 13-year-old POCSO case victim to terminate her 30 weeks pregnancy. The girl was impregnated by her sibling, […]
Madras HC directs police, father of the girl to produce SC order on re-postmortem in Kallakurichi suicide
Chennai, July 21, 2022 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu police and the father of the girl who committed suicide to produce before the court the Supreme Court order with respect to the plea by the father of the child to include a doctor of his choice during his re-postmortem. Justice […]
Madras HC orders handing over AIADMK office to Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the order or the Executive magistrate to lock up the AIADMK headquarters and instead ordered to hand over the keys of the building to the party interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The South Chennai Revenue Divisional Officer (RD0) had on July 11, locked […]