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The designated court Judge M L Tahilyani said he wanted to complete the 26/11 terror attacks trial by Diwali this year. Judge Tahilyani made this assertion after Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam prayed for a week-long leave. Mr Nikam had requested for the leave after Ganapati festival, to which Judge Tahilyani said, ‘I want to complete the tri..

Goa police on Friday refused to hand over the bodies of two Russian teenagers, killed by unidentified assailants on a beach in November 2007, to Consul General of Russia in Mumbai.  "We cannot hand over the bodies to the Consulate without the consent of their parents. What if the Consulate..

 Congress MP Mohammad Azharduddin on Friday courted arrest along with his supporters here protesting against the ransacking of UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's residence in Lucknow.  Azharuddin, after offering Friday's namaz at the Jama Masjid here this afternoon, took out a march along wi..

Senior police officers held in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order directing their arrest and collection of blood samples for preparing the DNA profile. The petition filed by supe..

A local court extended the judicial custody of actor Shiney Ahuja, accused of raping his maid, till July 30.  Though the defamed actor’s lawyer Shrikant Shivade put his argument forward seeking bail, the court gave in to the prosecution’s demand of extending the judicial custody as the police is still probing into the case. This is the ..

 Vinod Chauhan alias Dagri, the key accused in the hooch tragedy, which has claimed over 130 lives, has been arrested with one of his aides.  The two were arrested near Vadodara, a senior police officer said.  Chauhan allegedly manufactured the spurious liquor in ..

Shopian: 4 police officials arrested J&K High Court had ordered their arrest SIT directed to get their bl..

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking directions to CBI to interrogate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged involvement in the murder of Haren Pandaya, the then Home Minister of Gujarat, who was assassinated in 2003. A bench comprising Chief Ju..

The Madurai bench of Madras high court has ruled that soldiers accused of crimes like murder or rape could be tried in a court other than a court martial.  Passing orders on a revision petition filed by Amsaraj, a soldier accused of killing his wife on August 25 last year, Justice A Selvam said..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court took cognisance of a gang rape case of a dalit girl and issued notice to the state government in this regard. A division bench comprising Chief Justice A K Patnaik and Justice Pankaj Jaiswal heard the public interest litigation petition, and directed to issue a notice.  A dalit girl of village Burman Bijaura in this di..

Designated court judge M L Tahilyani will view footages of 26/11 terror attack, involving Ajmal Amir Kasab and his deceased associate Abu Ismail, captured in the CCTV cameras at the Times on India building near Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus. Passing the order on an application filed by Prosecution seeking permission to display the footages in the open court to enable..

 The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking directions to CBI to interrogate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged involvement in the murder of Haren Pandaya, the then Home Minister of Gujarat, who was assassinated in 2003. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice P Sathasivam and Justice B S Chauhan declined to interfere with Gujar..

The judicial custody of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, who was arrested for allegedly raping his domestic maid, ends on Thursday. On July 2, Ahuja was remanded to judicial custody till Thursday by a local Mumbai court. The DNA test report of Ahuja confirmed..

The Pilibhit police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against BJP MP Varun Gandhi in the CJM court here for his alleged hate speeches he delivered during the Lok Sabha elections. The police have recorded the version o..

 The Pilibhit police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against BJP MP Varun Gandhi in the CJM court here for his alleged hate speeches he delivered during the Lok Sabha elections. The police have recorded the version of 38 witnesses. According to a Home Department spokesman, the charge sheet is related to the FIR lodged by the police in the Barkherha police station in Pilib..