A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice I S Mehta issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on the oral objection of Yashpal Singh, who was sentenced to death for killing two men during the anti-Sikh riots. read more

The lawyers of Chinmayanand, who was arrested last Friday in connection with the complaint by the woman but has been housed for treatmment at a Lucknow hospital, have applied for bail as well. That plea, too, is scheduled to be heard on September 30. read more

Members of the gang also received key government contracts with the help of the around 50 extortion victims, who included politicians and bureaucrats they had snared into indiscreet sexual affairs, the police said. read more

The hunt for Kumar entered its 10th day on Sunday. His petition for anticipatory bail was rejected on Saturday by the Alipore court. read more

According to lawyers, both section 376 and 376 C are similar but have different provision of punishment. read more

The SIT is currently questioning people in connection with the case and will submit its report to the Allahabad high court on September 23. read more

The woman was speaking to reporters in Prayagraj, where she and her family have moved for legal consultations, and questioned why Chinmayanand was not under arrest. read more

The second-year student at a college in Shahjahanpur run by former Union minister Chinmayanand had gone missing on August 24 after posting a video on social media a day earlier in which she accused him of threatening her and “destroying the lives of... read more

The development came two days after the SIT along with the forensic team inspected the bedroom in Chinmayanand’s ashram in the presence of the woman complainant who, on the same day, handed over a pen drive to the probe team claiming it had video evidence... read more

When it became evident that he wouldn’t turn up, a CBI team including Pankaj Srivastava, the joint director based in Kolkata, met lawyer Y J Dastoor on Saturday afternoon. read more

On Saturday, the SIT recorded the statement of her mother. Earlier, on Friday, the SIT had asked the former minister not to leave the town without informing them. read more

Amid tight security, the SIT, accompanied by the woman complainant and a forensics team, reached the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader’s house to inspect the sealed room. read more

Amid tight security on Friday morning, the SIT, accompanied by the woman complainant and a forensics team reached the Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s ashram-residence to inspect the bedroom that was sealed the previous night. read more

This had followed the woman’s claim that she had kept evidence substantiating her allegations in her hostel room. read more

Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed on the direction of Supreme Court entered the sealed hostel room of the woman in Shahjahanpur on Tuesday. read more