Court puts Quran distribution as girl’s bail condition, later drops it

A local court in the Jharkhand capital, Ranchi, put an unusual condition for granting bail to a young woman who was arrested for posting an alleged hate message on Facebook. Richa Bharati, 19, on her post, had allegedly targeted the Muslim community. Read More
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Rahul apologizes for attributing ‘chowkidar chor hai’ to SC

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, extended an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for attributing his “chowkidar chor hai” jibe to the court after its Rafale judgment. Read More
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Samjhauta case judge says NIA dropped ‘crucial evidence’

The National Investigation Agency special judge, Jagdeep Singh, who delivered the verdict on the Samjhuata Express blast case, remarked that a “malaise has set in the investigating agencies”, which identify terror attacks by the perpetrator’s religion. Read More
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UN rejects Saeed’s plea to remove his name from terrorists’ list

According to reports quoting government sources, the UN decision to continue banning the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, came after India provided detailed evidence and highly confidential information. Read More
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SC: Giving political colour to verdicts is ‘gravest contempt’

The Supreme Court came down heavily on lawyers giving “political colour” to judgments while appearing before the media and said it was the “gravest form of contempt” and that such “black sheep” should be removed from the profession to protect the integrity of judiciary. Read More
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Protest against collegium selection of judge for Supreme Court

A former Delhi high court judge wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind criticizing the Supreme Court collegium’s alleged decision to recommend the elevation of a high court judge to the apex court by superseding 32 other judges of various high courts. Read More
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Michel received money from other defence deals, ED tells court

The Enforcement Directorate, on Saturday, has claimed that Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, has received money from other defence deals too. Read More
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1987 Hashimpura massacre: Delhi HC sends 16 cops to jail for life

The Delhi high court has convicted all 16 ex-policemen involved in 31-year-old Hashimpura massacre. The court, on Wednesday, has sentenced all the accused 16 policemen to life imprisonment. Read More
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Godman Rampal jailed for life for murder of five women and a child

Self-styled godman of Hisar’s Satlok Ashram, Rampal, and his 14 followers were sentenced to life imprisonment, on Tuesday, in connection with two separate cases. Read More
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