Raipur: Chhattisgarh HC has dismissed a juvenile’s appeal for bail in a 2025 murder case, saying such relief can’t be treated as an absolute or automatic rig-ht and release will “defeat the ends of justice” given the gravity of the offence.Justice Arvind Kumar Verma upheld earlier orders of Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and a sessions…
Jodhpur: Rajasthan HC‘s principal bench in Jodhpur has granted statutory bail to a juvenile arrested in a Pocso case, holding his detention beyond 90 days without a chargesheet as a violation of his right to personal liberty.Justice Farjand Ali also ordered an investigation into what he noted was a “chronological imposs-ibility” in the case records.An…
New Delhi: Delhi HC fixed March 9 for the hearing of a plea by ED challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet against Congress netas Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald-linked money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sh-arma on Thursday granted time to the Ga-ndhis…
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: In a stinging criticism of govts taking recourse to freebies, SC on Thursday said the distribution of largesse and direct bank transfer of money will encourage sloth that will be detrimental to nation-building.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said states must instead invest in…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday attended the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on Gaza as an “observer” country.India was represented at the meeting, held at the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace in Washington DC, by Chargé d’affaires at the Indian Embassy Namgya Khampa. India has not joined the Board…
New Delhi: ADAG head Anil Ambani undertook before Supreme Court Thursday that he would not leave the country without its permission to blunt the argument that he may flee India to avoid consequences of the ongoing probe into the alleged siphoning of Rs 40,000 crore from bank loans to ADAG companies. “I state on oath…
Thiruvananthapuram: In a huge embarrassment to the LDF govt, Kerala HC has set aside a govt order that sanctioned Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme, even as the state budget revealed there was no financial provision for the project. The state govt has now moved Supreme Court challenging the verdict. The budget, presented on Jan 29…
Nagpur: A four-year-old boy was accidentally locked overnight inside his school classroom in Nagpur’s Khaparkheda, sparking panic in his family. Himanshu Bagde, living just half a kilometre from the school, had wandered into the classroom while playing Wednesday, unaware that staff would later lock the premises without checking the rooms, reports Soumitra Bose. When Himanshu…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed on Thursday for democratisation of AI, saying it must become a tool for inclusion and empowerment and a force for global good, especially across the Global South, while taking aim at countries and companies that consider AI to be a strategic asset that must be developed in secrecy….
MUMBAI: A suit dating back to the year India got independence finally stood disposed of by the Bombay high court this month, with the fourth generation of the original land owner amicably settling a property dispute. The estate included vast portions of the village of Dahisar in north Mumbai. The area was a whopping 2,891…
