The court noted that the woman, now the man's wife, had stated she was living a happy married life with him. The couple has a one-year-old son, and even the woman's father supported ending the criminal proceedings against her husband.
Lawyer Nitin S Satpute said that the police "encountered the accused, Rohit Arya, under the garb of protecting the main accused in this matter, as accused Rohit Arya was just a scapegoat tainted by the police officers".
A Russian woman fled with her Indian citizen child in July. Nearly four months later, the custody battle has turned into a diplomatic tangle with the woman and the child yet to be located. The Supreme Court expressed concerns over fears of this being a case of human trafficking.
The court verdict said there was no evidence the India Today editors had ever intended to promote disharmony, enmity, hatred, or ill-will between religious, racial, or regional groups. Rather, the facts published were grounded in investigative reporting of a social issue and were not designed to foster animosity.
The Madras High Court has restrained Brigade Morgan Enterprises from constructing 1,400 residential units near the Pallikaranai marshland, a Ramsar site, and sought responses from the Tamil Nadu and Central governments by November 12.
The Bombay High Court has stayed the execution of a bailable warrant against former Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik after accepting her unconditional apology. She assured the court of her appearance later this month, resolving a contempt case linked to teacher increments.
A Chittoor sessions court sentenced five men to death for the 2015 murder of Mayor Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, who were killed inside the Municipal Corporation office.
The new data protection law is expected to have better monitoring and more teeth over all forms of access to your data. In this article, we delve into the key facets of the law and the concerns over it.
The bench of Justice Rajnish R Vyas accepted ex-MLA Bachchu Kadu's assurance as an undertaking to the court, calling it "a good gesture that will certainly set an example".
The plea had alleged that The Taj Story misrepresented historical facts and could potentially disrupt communal peace.
The appointment was announced by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who congratulated him on X. Justice Kant, a former Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, is known for his judgments on governance, social justice, and constitutional law.
The vacation bench of Justice Amit S Jamsandekar refused to grant interim relief, observing that there was "gross and inordinate delay" on the part of Everest in approaching the court and that no prima facie case of copyright infringement was made out.
India Today has accessed details of the exhaustive affidavit submitted by the Delhi Police before the Supreme Court in the 2020 Delhi riots case. The police said they have collected evidence linking the accused to a "deep-rooted conspiracy engineered on communal lines."
The court directed the state to bear the survivor's expenses for six months and ensure rehabilitation for the minor and her child.
Nearly 37 years after being accused of taking bribes, a Railway TTE has been cleared by the Supreme Court, which ruled the charges unproven and ordered pension benefits for his family.
Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about traffic snarls stretching over 20 kilometres, the bench of Justice Rajnish R Vyas observed that the protest had severely affected the movement of private vehicles, ambulances, and even police vehicles.
A court in Manipur has ordered trial proceedings against 12 security personnel in a 2009 alleged fake encounter case involving the deaths of two civilians, rejecting the CBI's closure report and calling for greater accountability in extrajudicial killings.
During the hearing, the court was informed that the husband had remarried after obtaining the decree. However, the bench observed that the remarriage did not prevent it from quashing an order found to be legally unsound.
Industrialist Anil Ambani has withdrawn his petition challenging IDBI Bank's fraud proceedings related to a Rs 750 crore loan to Reliance Communications. The court declined interim relief, and Ambani will appear before the bank's fraud committee under protest.
A Supreme Court bench made strong observations against the Maharashtra government after being informed that out of the total planted 20,460 seedlings, approximately only 50% of the saplings have survived.
