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Bilkis Bano case Live Updates: The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the Bilkis Bano case, which involves petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts. The case filed against 11 convicts during 2002 Gujarat riots, that broke out after the Godhra train-burning incident, involved convictions on charges on gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members.The gangrape victim Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when the incident took place while fleeing communal riots.

Bilkis Bano convicts remission case on Monday, January 8. The court had earlier heard a batch of pleas that challenged the remission granted to convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan had on October 12 last year reserved its verdict after an 11-day hearing on the petitions, including the one filed by Bano.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the three new criminal justice laws were enacted with the spirit of "citizen first, dignity first and justice first" and that the police now need to work with data instead of 'danda'. Addressing the 58th conference of Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) here, Modi exhorted the police to focus on the safety of women to ensure they can work fearlessly «kabhi bhi aur kahin bhi (anytime, anywhere).» He emphasised that the new criminal laws were framed with the spirit of «citizen first, dignity first and justice first' and instead of working with 'danda', police now need to work with „data“.

MUMBAI : The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by non-bank financier Authum Investment and Infrastructure challenging a bankruptcy tribunal order that had rejected its objections to a resolution plan for two Srei companies. The National Company Law Tribunal had in August approved a resolution plan submitted by National Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd (NARCL) for Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd (SEFL).

PTI as saying in his video message. ALSO READ: India accounts for nearly one third of the world’s missing women: United Nations Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) at Parwaliya Sadak Police Station in Bhopal on Thursday over a complaint filed by district programme officer Ramgopal Yadav against one Anil Mathew for allegedly running the children's home illegally. As per the complaint, 26 out of 68 girls (between 6-18 years of age) at the facility have gone missing, police said.

ALSO READ: Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court questions its own order During the post-Godhra riots in March 2002, Bano was allegedly gang-raped and left to die with 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter. She was five months pregnant when rioters attacked her family in Vadodara.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Saturday that optimising tech within the judiciary is not just about modernisation but also a strategic move towards democratising access to justice, and underlined the need to train lawyers to use technology. Leveraging these advancements will help bridge gaps, enhance efficiency, and ensure that justice delivery is not impeded by geographical and technological barriers, he said while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of a new district court building in Rajkot.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said leaders of INDIA parties would take a decision within 10-15 days on allocation of posts in the opposition bloc, remarks that come amid speculation that the alliance could pick a convener ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a press conference, he also said that all other matters including seat-sharing of the INDIA bloc would be resolved soon, with party sources indicating that this is likely to be concluded by the month-end.

ALSO READ: Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0: Rahul Gandhi to start Bharat Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai on January 14. Details here "We are coming again in this fight for justice against injustice. Taking along the love and prayers of crores of countrymen, to give a befitting reply to dictatorship and arrogance.

ruled that the case should be settled through arbitration, as stipulated in most of the agreements between the parties. “[I]n case where there is arbitration clause in agreement, it is obligatory for the court to refer the parties to arbitration in terms of their arbitration agreement and nothing remains to be decided in the original action if such an obligation is made except to refer the dispute to an Arbitrator," said the order dated 3 January, which was made available on Friday. Wipro, according to the full order reviewed by Mint, had asserted that the arbitration clause in their agreement with Dalal was flawed.

Benjamin Netanyahu had reportedly planned to employ American advocate Alan Dershowitz's skills to defend Tel Aviv in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), against a case alleging genocide brought forth by South Africa. The advocate famous for his notorious clientele, was Netanyahu's choice the ICJ court, next week.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday warned of «appropriate Constitutional actions» if the state government fails to perform its “basic duty” in connection with the attack on enforcement directorate officials on Friday in North 24 Parganas district’s Sandeshkhali. Bose has called the state’s director general of police, the chief secretary and home secretary to Raj Bhawan to discuss the matter. The Governor visited the ED officials at the hospital today Meanwhile, high court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay observed that if federal agencies are attacked, how will the probe progress? The ED officials had gone to Sandeshkhali in connection with the alleged ration distribution scam, when a mob attacked them. The CISF personnel present were outnumbered by people suspected to be Trinamool Congress supporters and followers of party leader Sheikh Shahjahan, a close aide of arrested former food minister Jyotipriya Mullick. Referring to it as a «ghastly incident», Bose said, «It is alarming and deplorable.

Commentators who joked on a Polish right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs are facing widespread condemnation

DRI) to look into the allegations of over-invoicing of equipment by Adani Power will not apply till the Supreme Court decided a review petition filed in a related case. A Division bench comprising justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna noted that Adani Power’s submissions that the department (revenue) has filed a review in the SC. “Accordingly, till then, direction given in paragraph 52 (directing the CBI to look into over invoicing allegations) shall not be applicable in case of Adani Power,” it said. A review petition filed by the Revenue department against dismissal of its appeal last year is pending before the apex court.

Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and probe agencies like the CBI and the ED among others on a plea seeking guidelines for search and seizure of digital devices. A bench of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta issued notice on the petition filed by news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha.

V Senthil Balaji from the State Cabinet due to his implication in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan orally observed that a Governor cannot dismiss a Minister without the recommendation of the Chief Minister. The apex court refused to interfere with the judgment of the Madras High Court which had rejected the plea to remove the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) minister from the Cabinet.

Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and others on two separate pleas challenging the notification prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, sale and distribution of food products with halal certification within the state, except for items produced for export. The November 18 last year notification was issued by the office of Commissioner, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Uttar Pradesh, under Section 30 (2) (a) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The petitions came up for hearing before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta which issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, Centre and others seeking their responses on the pleas.

South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women. Pistorius — dubbed "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs — shot 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013.

Ministry of Defence lost a decade-long legal battle on the deficient supply of kidney beans or rajma to the Kendriya Bhandar (KB), with the Army Purchase Organisation being directed by the arbitrator to return the cashed bank guarantee amount of Rs 44.5 lakh to KB with 7.5 per cent interest since 2012, a TOI report stated. The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, informed the Attorney General R Venkataramani, who represented the Ministry of Defence, that there were no grounds to challenge the findings of the trial court and the Delhi High Court, which had upheld the arbitral award. In May 2011, the Army Purchase Organisation (APO) had invited tenders for the supply of 1,200 tonnes of rajma for defence services, estimated at a cost of Rs 4.44 crore. KB was awarded the contract and provided a bank guarantee of Rs 44.5 lakh as a security deposit. A dispute arose over the quality of rajma supplied by KB.

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