Supreme Court

SC upholds conviction of woman for being member of ISIS

9:47 pm August 2, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a woman in Kerala ISIS recruitment case for charges of criminal conspiracy and being a member of dreaded banned terror organisation. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Indu Malhotra dismissed the appeal filed by Yasmeen Mohammad Zahidi challenging her conviction and sentence […]

SC junks PIL to ensure maximum voting in polls

7:13 pm August 2, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday junked a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the Election Commission to frame guidelines to ensure that more citizens cast their votes in polls. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the plea filed in 2014 which had also sought directions for ensuring that maximum number […]

RSS welcomes SC order of daily hearing in Ayodhya case

7:10 pm August 2, 2019

Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to hold day- to-day hearing of Ayodhya dispute, expressing hope that legal obstacles in the way of construction of Ram temple will be removed soon. The apex court, earlier in the day, ordered day-to-day hearing from August 6 of the politically sensitive Ram […]

Judicial magistrates can direct accused to give voice samples to probe agencies: SC

1:37 pm August 2, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held that judicial magistrates are empowered to direct accused in criminal cases to give voice samples to agencies during investigation. In a major judgment, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not have provisions that allow judicial magistrates to […]

Delhi court convicts expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao rape case

BJP expels rape, murder accused MLA Sengar from party

9:53 pm August 1, 2019

New Delhi/Lucknow: Faced with public outrage, the BJP on Thursday expelled its jailed Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar, accused of raping a minor girl from Unnao two years ago and killing two members of her family, from the party. UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said in Lucknow that the party’s central leadership has expelled […]