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Bilkis Bano case: Justice Bela Trivedi recuses from hearing plea against p
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC to consider listing of review plea relating to remiss
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider an early listing of a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.
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Iran carries out second public execution linked to anti-government protest
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to Iranian state television, protester Majidreza Rahnavard convicted for stabbing and killing two security agents, was hanged to death in public this morning in the city of Mashhad.
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MP: Special court convicts two, including a woman in connection with rape
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The special (POCSO) court of judge Shailja Gupta found the accused Hanumat Jatav guilty under sections 376AB, 376 (2) of the IPC section 5, 6 of the POCSO Act whereas accused Urmila Sahu found guilty under Section 109 of the IPC and sections 16, 17 of the POCSO act.
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SC stays death penalty of man accused of killing wife, kids
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man by an Allahabad High Court bench, till further orders and directed to constitute a suitable team for carrying out a psychological evaluation of the appellant man, accused of killing his wife and childre
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Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear on December 13 Bano's plea against release of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Supreme Court will hear a plea of Bilkis Bano challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts on coming Tuesday. Bano was gang-raped and her family members were murdered during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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Akali Dal demands release of Sikhs languishing in jail across country
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hitting out at the Central government over Sikhs languishing in jails across the country, Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Friday questioned why Sikh prisoners cannot be released while the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination were rel
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Goa: On the run for 15 years, Panaji murder convict nabbed in West Bengal
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jackson Dadel, a resident of Bhatlem was among the two convicts held for the murder of one, Godwin DSliva, a resident of Altinho at Caranzalem on April 23, 2005.
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Afghanistan: Taliban publicly execute man convicted of murder in Farah pro
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the execution took place in a sports stadium in western Farah province early morning.
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SC to hear plea seeking debarment of convicted MPs, MLAs for life tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Supreme Court to tomorrow hear plea seeking to debar convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting elections for life.
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Section 319 CrPC can be exercised before acquittal or sentence: SC
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday held that Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which deals power to summon persons, can be invoked before the pronouncement of the order of either acquittal or before sentence in case of conviction of the case.
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Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur Jail acquiring digital knowledge
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur Jail, convicted and undertrial prisoners who have been cut off from the mainstream of society due to crime are acquiring digital knowledge which will help them become self-reliant.
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