New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine the validity of Section 354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) that provides for a death row convict to be "hanged by the neck till he is dead".
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on March 5 the petition of Sara Abdullah Pilot, challenging the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on March 4 a plea seeking immediate registration of FIR against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and others for their alleged "hate speech", that allegedly led to the violence in North-East Delhi.
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to refer to a larger bench a batch of pleas, challenging the constitutional validity of Centre's decision of abrogating provisions of Article 370.
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Supreme Court will on Monday hear the curative petition filed by one of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
New Delhi [India], Mar 1 (ANI): One of death row convicts in Nirbhaya case, Pawan Gupta, has moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking a direction that his curative petition should be heard in an open court as the matter is related to the death penalty, said AP Singh, convict's lawyer.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): The Rampur Court on Saturday rejected Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker Azam Khan's plea seeking stay in Rampur Jail till March 3 and sent him, along with his spouse Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam, to Sitapur prison.
New Delhi [India], Feb 29 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday asked Tihar jail authorities to file a report on an application moved by Akshay Kumar Singh, a convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, seeking a stay on the execution of the death warrant.
New Delhi [India], Feb 29 (ANI): A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce on Monday its order on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 be referred to a larger bench.
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): A Delhi court on Friday rejected the bail application of former Congress municipal councillor Ishrat Jahan, who was arrested on Wednesday, in connection with a case related to the violence in north-east Delhi.
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on a petition challenging his election alleging that he had concealed facts in his poll affidavit.
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): The Rajasthan High Court on Friday rejected a petition challenging the acquittal of Shiva and Prakash, the co-accused in the rape case involving self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.