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The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to the Allahabad high court's recent remarks in a rape case as reportedly saying the complainant "herself invited trouble", and said judges should be "very careful". IMAGE: The Allahabad high court. Photograph: ANI Photo "If one wants to grant bail that is okay but why make such observations that she invited trouble and all that... One has to be very careful on this side (bench) also," Justice B R Gavai said, wondering why such remarks were made ...

The Delhi high court has said an undertrial's long incarceration cannot be a ground to grant bail in terror cases, which have country-wide implications and the intent to destabilise the country's unity among other things. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur made the observation and denied bail to separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a terror-funding case involving Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. The accused, who challenged a trial court ...

The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash a criminal case against a man accused of uploading an intimate video of himself and his wife on Facebook, observing that marriage does not grant a husband ownership or control over his wife, nor does it dilute her autonomy or right to privacy. Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images Archives Dismissing an application filed for quashing the charge sheet, Justice Vinod Diwakar observed, "By uploading an ...

The Madras high court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking direction to authorities concerned from granting permission to conduct Mahasivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore. IMAGE: Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru during the Maha Shivratri celebrations, at Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, March 4, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo Petitioner ST Sivagnanan had sought a direction to the authorities to initiate appropriate action against Isha Foundation for allegedly ...

Setting aside objections of the West Bengal government, the Calcutta high court on Friday granted conditional permission to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to hold a rally in Purba Bardhaman district on February 16. Image used only for representation. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Organisers of the rally, which RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to address, had moved court after the state authorities denied permission on grounds that the use of loudspeakers during the ongoing Madhyamik Pariksha ...

The Nagpur municipal chief has tendered an unconditional apology in the Bombay high court for the demolition of houses of accused in a riots case and said civic officials were unaware of the Supreme Court's guidelines on razing of properties. IMAGE: Nagpur Police Commissioner Ravindra Singal along with other police officials conducts a march as the curfew was lifted after six days of violence, in Nagpur on March 23, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Also, no circular has been received by the ...

The Bombay high court on Wednesday said the Maharashtra government has not taken vindictive action against any person for re-sharing or re-uploading stand-up comic Kunal Kamra's video in which he indirectly passed a 'traitor' jibe at Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Photograph: Kunal Kamra on YouTube A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M S Karnik made the observation while refusing to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a 25-year-old law student questioning ...

The Delhi high court on Friday imposed Rs 25,000 costs on Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shazia Ilmi for 'wilfully suppressing' complete facts in her plea alleging defamation and violation of her privacy during a show hosted by journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. IMAGE: BJP national spokesperson Shazia Ilmi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, however, said recording and publishing the part of the video, in which Ilmi was seen withdrawing herself from a live debate ...

A family court in Mumbai on Thursday allowed the joint plea filed by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife seeking divorce by mutual consent. IMAGE: Yuzvendra Chahal with wife Dhanashree Verma. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Dhanashree Verma/Instagram The estranged couple appeared before the family court in Bandra.   Chahal's advocate Nitin Gupta said the family court has granted decree on the joint petition filed by Chahal and Verma for divorce by mutual consent. The court ...