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'Life is as dear to a mute creature, as it is to human', says Delhi court
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to any human. A human being is expected to remember that his actions towards animals reflect humanity. It is our responsibility to be compassionate and kind to animals," the court said.
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Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in prison on drug traffick
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Hernandez has previously denied the charges against him. At his sentencing on Wednesday, he insisted that he was innocent and was "wrongly and unjustly accused."
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US calls for immediate release of women's rights activists held in China
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The United States condemns the unjust sentencing of independent journalist and women's rights activist Huang Xueqin (Sophia Huang) as well as labor rights activist Wang Jianbing and urged Beijing to release both activists immediately.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns Hong Kong Court's pro-democracy activist se
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has strongly condemned the sentencing of 14 pro-democracy activists by a Hong Kong high court in the largest case under the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by China in 2020.
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Assam court sentences man to life imprisonment, another gets 20 years in c
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a major legal development against the child marriage in Assam, a district court in Morigaon has delivered a historic verdict by sentencing one man to life imprisonment while another has received a 20-year jail term in a child marriage case.
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Bombay High Court acquits former DU professor GN Saibaba in alleged Maoist
Updated : 2 years ago IST
They set aside the verdict of a sessions court that had convicted Saibaba and others in 2017. The High Court had allowed an appeal filed by Saibaba and five others challenging a 2017 decision of the trial court convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment under the anti-terror law UAPA
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SC stays Madras HC order sentencing retired IPS Sampath Kumar to 15 days i
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan also issued notice to concerned respondents on the plea filed by IPS officer Sampath Kumar.
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TN Minister K Ponmudi's conviction in DA case: DMK plans to move Supreme C
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Reacting to the Madras High Court's judgement sentencing Tamil Nadu Education Minister K Ponmudi to 3 years of simple imprisonment in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, advocate and DMK leader NR Elango said on Thursday that the matter will be taken to the Supreme Court.
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Qatar court accepts ex-Indian navy personnel's appeal against death senten
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A Qatari court has accepted the appeal document on the sentencing of eight former Indian naval personnel to death, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Jharkhand: 89 convicted, 35 acquitted in Doranda treasury case
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Public Prosecutor said that among these 89 convicts, 53 have been awarded imprisonment of less than three years while a hearing on the quantum of sentencing on the remaining 36 would be held on September 1.
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US Capitol riots: Justice Department seeks 33 years sentence for ex-Proud
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
US prosecutors have asked for 33 years of sentencing for former ‘Proud Boys’ chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and leader Joe Biggs in connection with the January 6 Capitol Riots, The Washington Post reported.
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Guwahati HC acquits 13 accused in multi-crore terror funding case
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Mitali Thakuria, set aside a judgment from May 2017 that had resulted in the conviction and sentencing of the 13 accused by an NIA Special Court.
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