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'True Patriot, Spoke In Interest Of Sikh Community': Rahul Gandhi Defends Remarks Made During US Trip In Varanasi Court
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has filed his response before a Varanasi court opposing a revision plea seeking registration of an FIR against him for allegedly making inflammatory remarks about Sikhs during a visit to the United States (in September 2024). In a written reply filed before an MP/MLA Court, Gandhi asserted that the revision petition, filed...
Advocate Barred For 2 Years For Charging Client ₹80,000 As Fake Court Fee
The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) has suspended one Advocate from practice for a period of two years since she charged a fraudulent court fee of ₹80,000 from a client.Advocate Ranjeeta Vengurlekar faced the penalty. She was also directed to pay a cost of Rs 25,000 to the client.The complaint was filed by Abhijeet Jagannath Zadokar, who accused Vengurlekar of cheating him by...
CCI Imposes Over ₹6 Lakh Fine On Publishers & Booksellers Body And Former Office-Bearers For 'Controlling & Limiting' Book Trade
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found the Federation of Publishers' and Booksellers' Associations in India (FPBAI) and three of its former office-bearers guilty of carrying out anti-competitive business practices in violation of provisions of the Competition Act. In doing so the commission imposed penalty to the tune of ₹2,56,649/- upon FPBAI, which is stated to be umbrella...
Delhi Court Orders Perjury Complaint Against Woman For Filing False Rape Case To Extort Money
A Delhi Court yesterday ordered filing of a complaint against a woman for filing a false rape case against a man, whom she met on a matrimonial website, in order to extort money from him. While acquitting the accused in the case, ASJ Anuj Agrawal of Tis Hazari Courts said that an acquittal simplicitor would not subserve the interest of justice as the law must not only punish the guilty, but...
Kolkata Court Extends Police Custody Of Three Accused Of Raping Law Student On College Grounds
A sessions court in Kolkata has extended the police custody of three persons including law students Jaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay; and ex-student, practising lawyer and contractual staff at the South Kolkata Law college Manojit Mishra till July 7th over the alleged rape of a student within the college premises.According to the complaint, the victim had come to the college to complete...
ACJM Recuses From Hearing IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi's Defamation Case Against CAT Member
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), Nainital, Neha Kushwaha, recently recused herself from hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi against Manish Garg, a Member (Judicial) of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi. In a letter addressed to the Chief Judicial Magistrate,...
'Fabricated & Baseless': Gujarat Court Acquits Hearing & Speech Impaired Murder Accused, Engages Experts To Aid In Trial
In a significant decision, a sessions court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat recently acquitted a hearing and verbally impaired man accused of a woman's murder while taking help of special needs and language experts in the field in order to explain the court proceedings to the accused. Shivchandra Tamil, working as a labourer at Ahmedabad railway station–who originally belongs to Tamil Nadu–was...
Bengaluru Stampede: CAT Quashes Suspension Of IPS Officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, Says Prima Facie RCB Responsible For Mishap
The Central Administrative Tribunal (Bangalore Bench) on Tuesday allowed an application filed by IPS Officer Vikash Kumar Vikash and quashed his suspension over the stampede near Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of the RCB team's 2025 IPL victory celebration.The bench consisting of Judicial Member Justice B K Shrivastava and Member Santosh Mehra observed that the Police did not get time to...
MS Dhoni's Application To Trademark "Captain Cool" Accepted
Former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has filed an application to officially register the trademark "Captain Cool", a moniker he attained due to his calm demeanour during stressful moments of cricket matches The trademark application filed in June 2023 was "accepted and advertised" by the Trademarks Registry, Kolkata Office, in June this year. The trademark was published in...
Delhi Court Accepts CBI Closure Report In Disappearance Of JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed Missing Since 2016
A Delhi Court today accepted the closure report filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, missing since 2016.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order. The Court however granted liberty to the CBI to re-open the investigation on receipt of any credible information regarding his...
J&K Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Raping 70-Year-Old Tourist In Pahalgam, Calls It A 'Moral Collapse'
In a strongly worded order, The Principal Sessions Judge, Anantnag has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of raping the 70 year tourist, noting that the severity of allegations, ongoing investigation, and the collective impact of evidence do not support granting bail at this stage.The court also delivered a scathing commentary on the moral fabric of society, decrying the incident as...