The Delhi High Court sentenced actor Rajpal Yadav to three months’ simple imprisonment in seven cheque bounce cases for repeatedly breaching settlement undertakings. The Court also directed him to pay Rs 7.35 crore in compensation, while his wife was fined over Rs 5 lakh in each case.
The Calcutta High Court directed TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee to appear on July 15 for recording his voice sample in an election campaign remarks case. The Court ordered full cooperation with the investigation while directing police to ensure his safety and prevent any harassment.
A Patna court reserved its verdict on educator Khan Sir’s anticipatory bail plea in the coaching institute firing case. The matter arises from an alleged attack and vandalism at his institute, where security guards allegedly opened fire. The court will pronounce its decision on July 10.
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Mohammad Kashif in a money laundering case. He was accused of posing as a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union ministers to allegedly extort money from people.
Allahabad High Court refused to quash the case against two Class 12 Muslim girls accused of attempting to convert their Hindu classmate. The Bench said forced religious conversion allegations among youngsters were “particularly disturbing” and required judicial consideration.
The Baramulla Consumer Commission held Physics Wallah guilty of service deficiency for denying NEET course access despite payment, ordering refund of Rs 35,000, Rs 50,000 compensation for academic loss, and Rs 10,000 litigation costs to the affected student
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Chandigarh held that merely claiming funds belong to a Hindu Undivided Family is insufficient without documentary proof of their source, holding, and transfer, in a case involving Rs 50 lakh life insurance purchased from alleged agricultural income.
Today, On 16th March, The Haryana government informed the Supreme Court of India that it would, as a one-time act of “magnanimity”, refuse sanction to prosecute Ali Khan Mahmudabad. The case concerns social-media comments on Operation Sindoor made.
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has withdrawn his defamation suit against Cobrapost, The Economic Times and others, with liberty to refile, after his counsel informed the Delhi court that he had received instructions to withdraw from the plaintiff himself.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that free speech cannot justify terms like ‘casteist goons’, as such language unfairly criminalises entire communities. Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj rejected activist-lawyer Rajat Kalsan’s plea to quash the criminal case pending.
