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Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh sent in 14-day judicial custody

Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh sent in 14-day judicial custody

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Ghosh is accused of being one of three principal masterminds behind the hurried cremation of the victim’s body at a crematorium in Panihati. The prosecution alleges that cremation-related protocols were breached to eliminate the possibility of a second post-mortem Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Karnataka High Court questions conduct of Malur judicial officer on public road; stays FIR registered against three for overtaking her car

Karnataka High Court questions conduct of Malur judicial officer on public road; stays FIR registered against three for overtaking her car

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A view of the High Court of Karnataka. Taking serious exception to the conduct of a judicial officer on a public road, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday stayed the investigation against three persons based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered against them for allegedly overtaking a private car of the judicial officer at Malur in Kolar district recently. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on a petition filed by Vinay K.M., 24, his mother V. Kavitha, 48, and his grandfather P. Venkatesh, 70, of Malur. The petitioners had challenged the FIR registered against them based on the complaint lodged by Gayathri, Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Malur. After the petitioner number-1 overtook the car driven by the judicial officer’s husband and told them to drive the car slowly, the judicial officer’s husband chased the two-wheeler and stopped them at a distance. Later, the judicial officer and her husband were engaged in a squabble with the petitioners and this squabble was captured in a nearby CCTV camera. It was later circulated through …

Odisha Crime Branch to probe missing judicial report on VHP leader’s killing

Odisha Crime Branch to probe missing judicial report on VHP leader’s killing

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Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday ordered the Crime Branch to take over the probe into the missing judicial inquiry report into the 2008 killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Laxmanananda Saraswati. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi (ANI Photo) A first information report (FIR) was registered last month on a complaint by the state home department over the disappearance of the Justice AS Naidu Commission report and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner’s inquiry report on the 2016 SUM Hospital fire in Bhubaneswar. Laxmanananda Saraswati and four associates were shot dead by Maoists at his ashram in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Aug. 23, 2008. The killings triggered one of the state’s worst episodes of communal violence, leaving at least 38 people dead and hundreds of homes and places of worship damaged. The Naidu commission submitted its report in 2016. The Revenue Divisional Commissioner submitted the report on the October 2016 SUM Hospital fire in 2018. The blaze killed 24 people after smoke spread through the intensive care, dialysis and emergency wards of the private …

Supreme Court restricts uploading of judicial proceedings on digital platforms

Supreme Court restricts uploading of judicial proceedings on digital platforms

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Observing that courts can’t be a 24×7 entertainment channel, the Supreme Court on Friday barred posting and uploading of audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission of the court administration.  An interim order was passed by a bench which also clarified that its order would not affect news reporting of court proceedings.  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tamil Nadu: Relatives stage overnight protest as man dies in judicial custody

Tamil Nadu: Relatives stage overnight protest as man dies in judicial custody

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Relatives of S Sabari Varman, an undertrial prisoner who died in the sub-jail, staged an overnight protest demanding a second autopsy and an independent probe, while the opposition parties flayed the Tamil Nadu government over the handling of the issue. According to police, Varman was arrested by the Thenthamaraikulam police allegedly for selling banned gutka on July 9 (Representational Photo/ PTI) A day after Sabari Varman, 35, a disabled shopkeeper from Ethankadu in Nagercoil, allegedly died in judicial custody on July 13, the police arrested three prison staff, including a chief warden and placed them under suspension after a postmortem report indicated 19 injuries on the victim’s body, including his elbows, forearms, knees and legs. Also Read: Inmate dies in Nagercoil prison, family members allege torture A case has been registered against eight co-inmates at the prison in connection with the disabled shopkeeper’s death, a senior police official said and added the prison staff were arrested based on CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts. The family members who have refused to accept the body have staged …

SC disapproves of DMK’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Vijay, TVK leaders

SC disapproves of DMK’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Vijay, TVK leaders

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday disapproved of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and other ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leaders from making public statements on the Karur stampede. It observed that the court could not be converted into a “political fora” to settle political battles. The Supreme Court said chief minister C Joseph Vijay is not an accused in the Karur stampede case. (ANI) A bench of justices KV Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe declined to entertain an application, repeatedly underlining that it would neither curtail free speech nor issue directions contrary to its earlier orders directing a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the tragedy. Faced with the bench’s strong observations, senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for DMK Rajya Sabha member RS Bharathi, withdrew the application, with liberty to pursue any other remedy. “Mr. Ranjit Kumar seeks to withdraw this application to pursue such other remedy as may be available to the applicant. We dismiss the application as withdrawn as …

Ketan Agarwal murder case: Court rejects police custody plea, sends accused to judicial remand

Ketan Agarwal murder case: Court rejects police custody plea, sends accused to judicial remand

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Accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case Siya Goyal being taken to court from Vadgaon Maval Police Station, in Lonavala on July 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Maharashtra’s Vadgaon Maval court on Friday (July 3, 2026) remanded accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the Ketan Agrawal murder case, turning down Lonavala Rural Police’s request for additional custody to verify investigation aspects and complete scientific procedures. The court order came after both accused were produced before the magistrate earlier in the day. The investigating agency had sought two days of police custody, informing the court that verification of certain investigation aspects and scientific procedures remained pending. Police submitted that questioning regarding discrepancies in statements, digital evidence, and technical matters required custody. The defence counsel opposed the police application, stating that investigation had proceeded sufficiently and custody extension was not required. The court heard arguments from both parties before rejecting the police remand plea and ordering judicial custody. Siya had previously given consent for a polygraph test, …

Lohagad Fort murder: Court sends Siya, Chetan to judicial custody till July 16

Lohagad Fort murder: Court sends Siya, Chetan to judicial custody till July 16

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A court in Vadgaon Maval on Friday remanded prime accused Siya Goyal and her alleged partner, Chetan Chaudhary, to judicial custody till July 16 in connection with the murder of 25-year-old realtor Ketan Agarwal. The duo was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class AM Vibhute after the expiry of their police custody. Investigators sought a three-day extension, arguing that crucial digital evidence, including chats recovered from the accused’s mobile phones, was yet to be fully analysed. According to the prosecution, several conversations were allegedly conducted using coded language and symbols, requiring further custodial interrogation to decode the messages and verify their relevance to the murder investigation. However, the defence opposed the request, contending that the police had already been granted sufficient time to investigate and that no further custodial interrogation was necessary. Investigators probe digital evidence in Ketan Agarwal murder case After hearing both sides, the court rejected the prosecution’s plea and remanded both accused to 14 days of judicial custody till July 16. Earlier in the day, police took Goyal to a hillock in …

Madhya Pradesh judge faces mob fury as suo motu case to protect judicial officers sits mute in Supreme Court

Madhya Pradesh judge faces mob fury as suo motu case to protect judicial officers sits mute in Supreme Court

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Madhya Pradesh Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan. File | Photo Credit: narmadapuram.dcourts.gov.in Madhya Pradesh Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan has faced online abuse and threats ever since June 12, when she sentenced a group of cow vigilantes to life imprisonment for lynching truck driver Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed in August 2022. This comes even as a suo motu case to protect judges like her from “pressure, intimidation, threats and actual violence” languishes in the Supreme Court. The suo motu case was initiated after another Additional District and Sessions Judge Uttam Anand, this time from Dhanbad in Jharkhand, was mowed down by a vehicle while he was out for a morning jog in 2021. He had reportedly rejected bail petitions for some gangsters shortly before his death. The case had sent shockwaves across the nation, compelling the Supreme Court to sit up and take notice. Then Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, had summoned senior advocate K.K. Venugopal, who was the Attorney General of India at the time, to express the court’s …

Court sends all eight accused to 14-day judicial custody

Court sends all eight accused to 14-day judicial custody

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The accused were produced before Special Judge, Anti Corruption Court, Rajat Verma through video conferencing after their earlier judicial custody expired, Special Prosecution Officer Umesh Dubey said. Police did not apply for the custody of the accused, he added. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link