Judiciary

Balasore: In a landmark judgment, a court in Odisha’s Balasore convicted three members of a dacoity gang while pronouncing the first verdict in the district under the new penal law Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Judge Biswajit Das of…
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Chennai: Coercing a spouse for religious conversion amounts to cruelty, the Madurai bench of Madras High Court has ruled. Dissolving a marriage, a division bench of Justices N Seshasayee and L Victoria Gowri said, “Not only conversion,…
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Bhubaneswar: A court has sentenced two persons to rigorous life imprisonment for murder of a betel shop owner in Bhubaneswar three years back. As per the case, the victim, Soumya Ranjan Kunda was running his betel shop situated between…
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Kolkata: Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here in August last year. A fine of Rs 50,000 has also been…
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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed Justice Arindam Sinha as the acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. “President is pleased to appoint Justice Arindam Sinha, Judge of the Orissa High Court, to perform the…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the State government to grant pension under Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme -1980 to a 100-year-old freedom fighter of Mayurbhanj from the date of his application. Chakradhar…
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New Delhi: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that women advocates cannot appear before the court with their face covered. Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi cited provisions under the Bar Council of India (BCI) while making…
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New Delhi: In a significant judgment giving the executive unfettered right to demolish unauthorised and illegal constructions and encroachments, the Supreme Court has ruled that properties falling foul of law cannot be legitimised on the…
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Cuttack: A former Deputy Commissioner of Excise was convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by a special Vigilance court in Odisha for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The special…
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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday called for ending the adjournment culture in judicial system to ensure faster justice to the victims in the country. Addressing the legal fraternity after inaugurating the Judicial Court…
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