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The Union Cabinet may articulate today its stand on homosexual relations decriminalised by a Delhi High Court order now challenged before India’s Supreme Court. The government was asked to present its stand after the Supreme Court was petitioned by Christian and Hindu spiritualists concerned over the judgment's possible effect on society’s moral fabric. /b..

Justice M L Tahliyani, presiding over the 26/11 trial court, directed the Rampur Magistrate court, which had initially remanded accused Fahim Ansari, to hand over the articles seized from him.  Justice Tahliyani ordered the Magistrate court to entrust the Pakistani passport, which was in the name of one Hasal Ahmed with Ansari’s photograph, I-card, 10 maps and a ..

Law should catch up with police personnel who had indulged in "individual acts of violence," M Ramasubramani who was the joint commissioner of police here when violence rocked the Madras high court on February 19 has said in his reply to court. Ramasubramani, whose suspension was recommended by a full bench of the court, served his counter-affidavit on Monday, stating: "As regards the excesse..

Judge M L Tahaliyani, presiding over the 26/11 attack trial, reprimanded the investigating officer in the Vile Parle taxi blast case for giving wrong answer to a question raised by defence advocate Abbas Kazmi.  When Mr Kazmi asked investigating officer Milind Sakharam Kale that head of which of the two deceased -- driver or the passenger Laxminarayan Goyal -- was seve..

The Supreme Court has held that courts can monitor the investigation of a criminal case in appropriate cases where they felt free and fair investigation was not being conducted. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph in their judgment noted ‘the courts, and in particular the High Court and the Supreme Court, are the sentinels of justice and have been vested with extr..

A co-accused cannot oppose the bail of another co-accused, Delhi High Court has said. "The opposition to the bail by a co-accused who is in the capacity of an accomplice and hence himself is a discredited man cannot be permitted,'' the HC said while dismissing the plea of an accused to be an intervener in the case of a co-accused. Two friends who allegedly cheated a man of nearly Rs 4..

Amid reports of vaginal swabs of Noida murder victim Aarushi Talwar being substituted with those of an unidentified woman, a senior former police officer has said even a lower-level employee having the keys to the storage room could "easily manipulate" the medical evidence. "For manipulating the stomach wash, viscera or other slides at post-mortem room or government laboratories, one d..

The DNA of samples collected from the articles seized from Kuber boat and blood stains of four terrorist, who had held the Taj Mahal Hotel under seige for more than 60 hours, matched with each other, Assistant Chemical Analysier Shrikant Lade told the designated court conducting the 26/11..

Minister for Social Welfare, Law and Justice Mangat Ram Singhal said Delhi would be made beggars-free before the beginning of the Commonwealth Games 2010. Speaking to media persons after inaugurating two mobile courts for trial of beggars in the capital, Mr Singhal sai..

The Bombay High Court expressed its dissatisfaction over the CID report pertaining to alleged illegal detention of two social activists by police for over 20 hours during US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the city in July. A division bench, consist..

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A prosecution witness in the 26/11 terror trial on Monday stuck to his testimony that he had met Faheem Ansari and Sabahulla Ahmed when he visited Nepal last January and saw some maps in their possession. The witness was cross-examined by defence lawyers for Faheem and Sabahulla, the two co-accused in the the chilling t..

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition filed by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh challenging his prosecution in two corruption cases. A Bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma dismissed the petition and directed the petitioner to go back to the trial court where the chargesheet had been filed and the investigation was al..

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the CBI and others on a petition filed by CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan challenging the Kerala governor's decision to prosecute him in the Lavalin corruption scandal. A Bench of Justices R.V Raveendran and B Sudershan Reddy said it would examine amon..

The Supreme Court today admitted a petition filed by Kerala State CPM secretary Pinarayi Vijayan challenging the order of the State Governor R S Gavai granting permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute him in a criminal case. A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and B Sudershan Reddy admitted the petition after hearing the counsel for the pet..