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The Justice Department has filed an agreement in which Boeing will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people

A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial

Netflix has set a premiere date for 'Rebel Ridge,' the new thriller by Jeremy Saulnier, known for 'Blue Ruin' and 'Green Room.' The film will start streaming on September 6.

A judge has ruled that a stash of cryptocurrency belonging to a convicted Nova Scotia murderer means he won’t be receiving free legal aid for an appeal.

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by two witnesses-turned-accused in a money laundering case allegedly involving former CBI director AP Singh, meat exporter Moin Qureshi and others. It held that ED «rightly» proceeded under the PMLA against the duo.

public prosecutors when it issued directives at improving their 'working conditions'. If the FM's job was to make the country happy — or, at least, not unhappy — in her budget speech, the high court was to do the same for lawyers in the Capital. But one thing seems exceedingly odd to us all over again. No, not so much that the court recognised the need for adequate professional attire for public prosecutors by ordering an annual dress allowance of ₹10,000, but that these lot still prefer wearing those long black robes with a sticky white collar as if they ply their legal trade not in the tropics but in the Inns of Court in autumn. 'Given the formal attire required in court, it is appropriate to grant a dress allowance to public prosecutors,' the court order read. What it didn't 'read' was why they like wearing black (heat-absorbing) robes and starched collars from some foreign period drama during Cornwallis' time, and not just formal professional clothes like any other profession? The public prosecutors like to 'fancy dress', we suppose, in accessories that have their origins in the black mourning robes that English lawyers wore after the death of the earlier King Charles in 1685. Why don't they take the ₹10k dress allowance but wear something less mournful and 17th c?

Reserve Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Madras High Court order asking it to determine the value of shares, assets and investor bonds of the cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and the Indian subsidiary of DBS Bank of Singapore. The merger proposal of LVB and DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL), the Indian arm of the Singapore Bank, was approved in 2020.

Manipur High Court has directed the Manipur government to withdraw the long-pending criminal cases against three former cadres of the Mizo National Front (MNF).

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday drew flak from the RJD for shouting at opposition women members inside the assembly. Kumar's outburst came as opposition members stood in the well of the House, demanding that the state's amended reservation laws be incorporated in the 9th schedule of the Constitution to make it immune from legal scrutiny.

Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed proceedings against Hero MotoCorp Chairman Pawan Munjal in connection with a foreign currency case registered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in 2022. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri “allowed” the Munjal’s appeal seeking quashing of all proceedings pending before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Court. It also set aside the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's July last year’s order that summoned Munjal in the case.

Amit Shah on Wednesday informed Parliament that Rs 362.91 crore has been disbursed to over 4.2 lakh depositors of Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies as of July 16 this year. Shah, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said this disbursement is facilitated through the CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal, which was established following a Supreme Court order on March 29, 2023, aimed at assisting legitimate depositors in reclaiming their funds.

Olympics. The duo had only two things in common — they were wrestlers and were willing to fight it out on and off the mat to represent India in 48kg category. Almost 28 years later, few in the wrestling circles would have forgotten that eventful day when the two fought tooth and nail at the IG Stadium for a place in the Indian team. Yadav won the controversial trial bout but was not allowed to participate at the Games after failing to clear the weigh-in at Atlanta.

Salman Khan has told police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out the firing at his residence here in April this year with the intention to kill him and his family members. The actor's statement is part of the charge sheet filed by Mumbai Police in a court here in connection with the incident.

A British Columbia legal tech company has raised US$900 million, drawing in new investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Silicon Valley’s New Enterprise Associates Inc. and valuing the company — whose backers already include the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) — at US$3 billion.

Pilots at Ireland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, have voted to accept a pay increase that ends a labor dispute that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights

India Post Spreads Wings: To deepen penetration of banking in northeast, FM has announced plans to have more bank branches in the region. More than 100 branches of India Post Payments Bank will be set up there.

Mint earlier reported that the budget may introduce digital cards for farmers with geo-tagging, containing their land details. These actions will facilitate credit flow and other agricultural services, as per the finance minister's budget speech. The linking of land and farmer registries to help credit flow into agriculture aligns with the suggestions made by chief economic advisor V.

bankruptcy court in Mumbai directed the successful bidder of Reliance Capital (RCL), Hinduja group-owned IndusInd International Holdings (IIHL) to deposit the equity amount into the escrow account by July 31.

eCourts project's third phase, which seeks to upgrade the digital infrastructure of the lower judiciary, has been allocated Rs 1,500 crore in the Union Budget 2024-25. In September last year, the Union Cabinet had approved the third phase of the eCourts project as a central sector scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 7,210 crore.

South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on suspicion of stock price rigging during his company’s takeover of a major K-pop agency last year