The Supreme Court of India reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh Police for filing a criminal case in a civil property dispute, imposing a Rs. 50,000 fine on involved officers. The court emphasized that civil matters should remain non-criminal and criticized the misuse of criminal law. The case involved Rikhab and Sadhna Birani amid prior magistrate rejections.
Lawyers in Kanpur protested against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that he made disrespectful remarks about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. The protests came in the wake of intense political debates triggered by Shah’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on December 17, where he addressed Ambedkar and the Constitution.
A lawyer fell victim to a sophisticated honeytrap scam in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, involving a woman and her accomplices. After meeting on dating apps, the woman secretly recorded explicit video of the lawyer, blackmailed him for Rs. 5 lakh, and stole his SUV. The suspects were apprehended in a sting operation.
Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki and four others have been convicted for arson and harassment, with sentencing scheduled for June 7 by Judge Satyendra Nath Tripathi in Kanpur. The group harassed a woman and set her house on fire in an attempt to seize her property. Solanki has been imprisoned since December 2021 and is currently in Maharajganj jail.
