Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison by a special court for threatening to kill a coal trader in 1997. The MP-MLA court, presided over by Ujjawal Upadhyay, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ansari. The victim’s counsel, Vidhan Chandra Yadav, stated that Ansari had threatened to blast Mahaveer […]
The Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to consider amending its rules to ensure that the cause titles of criminal appeals accurately reflect the State’s name. This instruction was issued during a hearing of a criminal special leave petition, where the bench, comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Sanjay Karol, noted the absence of […]
