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The Allahabad High Court has rejected bail to a pujari (temple priest) who committed unnatural sex with a 12-year-old orphan near a temple. A Single Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Jamna Giri. The prosecution, as unfolded from the First Information Report, is…

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of the matter relating to the stone quarries troubling the Ri Bhoi village. The Petition is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item dated 05.07.2024. As per the article, Nongthymmai-Garo village in the Umling subdivision of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya, is severely affected by…

The Karnataka High Court has stayed till August 29, the proceedings against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his involvement in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allocation scam. A special court was scheduled to hear the case this week against the Chief Minister. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that since the…

The first-ever international journal on military law – Forces Law Review – has an Indian connection, as three Indian lawyers and a former High Court judge form part of FLR’s editorial team. The first-of-its-kind journal was recently launched as a joint initiative of the National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ) in Washington DC, USA, and…

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy against Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chief Madhabi Puri Buch in connection with the alleged scam of around Rs 5,100 crore in the Axis-Max Life deal. The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Calcutta High Court verdict of October 18, 2023, which acquitted a 25-year-old man for engaging in sexual activity with a minor girl, and had asked the adolescent girls to control their sexual urges. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan delivered the verdict…

The Karnataka High Court has agreed to hear the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against the Governor’s sanction to prosecute him in connection with alleged irregularities involved in land allocation by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The matter came up before the single-judge Bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar, which agreed to hear the…

The Supreme Court will hear on August 20, a suo motu case related to the brutal rape and murder of a post graduate trainee doctor that took place in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra will hear the…