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 Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a review petition filed by Indian national Sarabjit Singh and upheld the death sentence given to him for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990. A three-member bench led by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed dismissed Sarabjit's review petition on merit and upheld the death se..

The trial court hearing the 26/11 terror attack cases on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants against 22 absconding accused, including Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Saeed and head of operations of Lashkar-e-Toiba Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam submitted a list of the absconding accused along with thei..

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam appealed to the designated court, conducting the trial in 26/11 terror attacks case, to issue a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against 27 of the 35 wanted accused, who were presently residing in Pakistan, on receipt of their details. Moving an application, Mr Nikam told the special court Judge M L Tahaliyani that ‘we have received de..

The Madras High Court directed Marumalarchi Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko and Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) leaders to file an affidavit about their views on the attack on Army trucks by their party cadres. When the bail petitions filed by MDMK member Jayaprakash and 11 others, who were arrested by the Coimbatore police in connection with the a..

 The Kerala High Court directed the State Government to furnish details about cases relating to terrorist connections. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Kurian Joseph directed the State Government to file a detailed counter affidavit about the cases within one month from today. The High Court issued the direction ..

The hearing on an NGO's application seeking the cross-examination of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with riots in the state in 2002, was adjourned till July 10 by the Nanavati-Mehta Commission in Ahmedabad on Monday. The Commission, comprising retired Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta adjourned..

Delhi Police on Monday filed a 620- page chargesheet against five youths arrested in connection with the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan. All the five persons -- Ravi Kapoor, Ajay Sethi, Amit Shukla, Baljit Malik and Ajay Kumar -- have also been booked u..

The lone surviving gunman behind the Mumbai terror attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab, has been reprimanded by lawyers for laughing during the court proceedings, and recently a lawyer asked him to be serious or else he would call Dara Singh. Kasab is the gunman captured alive during the terrifying three days beginning November 26, 2008, w..

The Raman Singh government has formulated ‘Chhattisgarh Cyber Cafe Act-2009’ to effectively curb criminal activities in the cyberspace. A notification issued by the state Home department in this regard, also warned the cyber cafe owners and internet users to be liable for stringent legal action for any violation of the provisions in the act. T..

 A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court today seeking CBI investigation into the alleged misuse of public funds by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in installing her own statue and party symbol (elephant). Petitioner Ravikant, an advocate, alleged the said activity of installing the statues was being pursued as a matter of state policy, which was not permissible as the state policy mus..

CBI raids Padamsinh Patil's houses Mumbai (IANS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition as well as incriminating documents from two houses owned by Nationalist Congress Party ..

The Madras High Court has flayed the Superintendent of the Puzhal Central Prison-II for not having complied with its direction asking the official to ensure medical attention for a double murder accused, who had multiple injuries on his body. The matter relates to a ha..

The footage captured by the CCTV camera at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus, is a piece of evidence against the lone captured Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, designated court judge M L Tahiliyani, conducting the 26\11 terrorist attack cases, today observed during the deposition of a witness. During the examination-in-chief of police sub inspector S T Govinkar ..

A local court today framed charges against underworld don Abu Salem in an eight-year-old fake passport case here and fixed the first date of hearing on June 22 which it would continue on June 23 and 25. Earlier, the mobster was brought here from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail by Punjab Mail amid tight security arrangement and was presented before the court of Chief Judicia..

The Raghavan Committee appointed by the Supreme Court for monitoring the measures to prevent ragging in higher educational Institutions met at New Delhi yesterday and reviewed the progress made by different regulatory bodies and other stakeholders who have been directed by the Court to implement the recommendations of this Committee’s report on ant..