Today, On 28th July, The Rajasthan High Court has listed Salman Khan’s appeal in the black buck poaching case for hearing on September 22. The actor is challenging his conviction in the 1998 case that drew nationwide attention.
The Supreme Court criticized the Madhya Pradesh High Court for wrongly rejecting a convict’s bail request based on unfounded legal reasoning. The apex court granted bail, highlighting the delays in appeal hearings and stating that established legal principles should guide bail decisions, not arbitrary rules about serving part of a sentence.
Madhya Pradesh: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently changed the punishment of Lalla Yadav, who was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a mentally underdeveloped minor. His sentence has now been reduced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. A division bench consisting of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Devnarayan Mishra from the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the judgment. The court considered some mitigating factors, including the fact that the accused is married and has four children to support.
NEW DELHI: On February 10, the Supreme Court raised concerns regarding an FIR filed against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi by the Gujarat Police. The FIR was registered after Pratapgarhi allegedly posted an edited video of a provocative song. The Supreme Court bench, led by Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, questioned the reasoning behind the Gujarat High Court’s dismissal of Pratapgarhi’s plea to quash the FIR.
New Delhi, February 8: The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against a Bombay High Court order that suspended the life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan in the 2021 murder case of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty. The High Court had also granted him bail.
NEW DELHI: A land dispute case that has been pending for 66 years has finally been decided by a city court in New Delhi. The original parties involved in the case have long passed away, but the case was still being heard until recently. The court ruled that the case was not maintainable in its present form, meaning it could not continue in the way it had been filed.
NEW DELHI: J Deepa, the niece of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has approached the Supreme Court, asking for the return of her late aunt’s confiscated properties. She has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging a Karnataka High Court order that refused to release Jayalalithaa’s assets to her.
NEW DELHI: Today, 3rd Feb, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to lift the stay imposed on the trial in the 2015 sacrilege cases. This trial involves incidents of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. The stay had been issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, halting the legal proceedings. Ram Rahim is seeking the vacation of this stay.
Bhopal/Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared that a son-in-law is included under the Maintenance & Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. This law requires children to take care of their elderly parents, and the court’s decision makes it clear that even a son-in-law has this responsibility.