NEW DELHI: After focusing for decades on ensuring fair trial to accused persons and their unfettered right to appeal against conviction, Supreme Court in a significant interpretation of criminal law has conferred similar rights on victims of crime, and even their legal heirs, to challenge acquittals.Till now, in the case of acquittal of an accused…
BHOPAL: A retired Madhya Pradesh cop was allegedly thrashed and robbed by his estranged wife and their two sons for refusing to share money from his retirement fund. They allegedly fled with his ATM card and cell phone.The alleged assault in Shivpuri district came to light after a video purportedly showing Pratipal Singh Yadav, 62,…
NEW DELHI: Hours before arrest for the murder of his wife, 26-year-old Nikki, the accused, Vipin, posted a late-night Instagram story that appeared to frame her death as a suicide, despite a video showing him assaulting her and mounting evidence that she was set on fire. In the Instagram story he said the world is…
RAIPUR: Taunting a husband for being unemployed during a financially vulnerable period amounts to mental cruelty, Chhattisgarh high court has ruled while granting divorce to a 52-year-old lawyer from Durg.A division bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad set aside an Oct 2023 family court judgment that had dismissed his petition. The…
Lucknow: In a significant move aligning with National Education Policy 2020, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University has announced introduction of a diverse range of subjects as minor and elective courses for BTech, management and pharmacy students. This initiative, set to commence in 2025-26 academic session, will impact over 750 govt and private engineering colleges…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court has commuted the death sentence of a 34-year-old woman and her 37-year-old boyfriend, convicted of killing her one-and-a-half-year-old son in 2016, observing that their crime did not fall under the category of “rarest of rare”. On Thursday, the court sentenced them to life imprisonment without remission for 40 years, reports Srishti…
Lucknow: The city is likely to receive one or two spells of rain on Monday. According to weatherman, due to a western disturbance, rain is likely in western part of UP, while one or two spells of light to moderate rain are likely in some parts of eastern UP. On Sunday, some parts of the…
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party has sent a letter to the Union home minister urging him to investigate expelled MLA Pooja Pal’s claim of threat to her life from the party, so that the facts behind the allegations could be known. Dismissing her claims of threat from unidentified SP functionaries as “baseless”, the letter demands that…
Lucknow: The income tax department unearthed a massive Rs 5,000 crore scam involving the diversion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds through non-profit organisations (NPOs).Acting on directives of the principal director of Income Tax (Investigation), Kanpur, the IT Investigation Unit, Agra, carried out searches on Aug 19 at over 30 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,…
NEW DELHI: Vipin Bhati, husband of Nikki Bhati who died after being assaulted and set ablaze at her in-laws’ home, was injured in a police encounter on Sunday.Police said Vipin attempted to escape from custody following his arrest in the dowry murder case. Officers opened fire when he tried to flee, leaving him with a…
