The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled an order passed by the state to release 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and killing seven of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
The Supreme Court held that the judgement of May 13, 2022 (which directed the Gujarat government to consider remission of convict) was obtained by "playing fraud" on the court and by suppressing material facts.
The Special Court on Friday convicted a Maharashtra-based company and three of its former office bearers for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy in the case related to the allocation of Marki Mangli-Il, Ill and IV coal blocks in Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, to the company.
It reported that a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez, while hearing two separate matters, disposed of the application of former Balochistan finance advisor Khalid Langove to participate in the general elections.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Wednesday convicted two persons accused in a North East Delhi rioting case of February 2020. This case pertains to an FIR registered at Police Station Khajuri Khas.
In its fight against terrorism, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered stupendous conviction rate of 94.70 per cent and attached assets worth around Rs 56 crores during 2023.
The court ordered him to pay a fine amount of Rs 6 Crore 96 Lakh to the complainant. If the fine is not paid, the minister should undergo imprisonment for 6 months, the court said in its verdict.
It was alleged that while working as Manager of Union Bank of India, Sowcarpet Branch, Chennai during the year 2007-09 and also looking after the Advances Department of the branch, had defrauded the bank and siphoned the bank's funds, said the release.
The former Indian Naval officers whose conviction has been reduced to jail terms in Qatar can serve their sentence in Indian prison due to an earlier agreement between New Delhi and Doha, senior advocate Adish Aggarwala said on Thursday.
Rachakonda Commissioner G Sudheer Babu addressed a press conference and released the annual report of the Rachokonda Commissionerate for the year 2023 today stating that the conviction rate has increased from 59 percent in 2022 to 61 percent in 2023.
Imran Khan's legal battles continue as he seeks to clear his name in the Toshakhana case, aiming to participate in the general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024, Geo News reported.