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BV Acharya, senior advocate and former advocate general, Karnataka writes why Prashant Bhushan deserves to be punished for his contempt of court
 

A Jodhpur court will take up the blackbuck case wherein actor Salman Khan had filed a plea challenging his conviction in the blackbuck poaching case. The actor had filed a plea against his conviction by a lower court, which had sentenced him to five years in jail.

The International Court of Justice ruled in favour of India in the case of former navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. The execution of retired navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, accused by Pakistan of spying, will remain on hold until Islamabad effectively reviews and reconsiders his conviction. The verdict came at 6:30 pm today.

Haren Pandya was the home minister in the then Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government. He was shot dead on March 26, 2003 near Law Garden in Ahmedabad during morning walk

Here is what Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar has to tell about Anand Singh and Ramesh Jarkiholi's resignation letters

 

Official statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of crimes against women and crimes have increased by more than 80% over ten years. Only one in five cases result in conviction.
 

Karunanidhi's rhetoric-filled words carried a natural cadence that was good to listen to, and he delivered them with poise and hipster coolth. Jayalalithaa, on the other hand, had natural articulation skills helped her deliver messages with rare conviction and charisma despite being standoffish at one level. 

The Hosur Assembly constituency that fell vacant after the conviction of Balakrishna Reddy, is now a seat that the AMMK’s Pugazhendi is eyeing. TTV Dhinakaran has fielded Pugazhendi in the constituency and is confident of winning the seat.

12 years after the incident, the Madras HC convicted 16 persons in the case pertaining to the Tamil daily that came under attack in 2007. MK Alagiri’s aide ‘Attack Pandi’ hurled petrol bombs at the Madras office of the daily, leaving three dead. 9 persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
 

According to the data compiled by DoPT, there has been an almost 20% dip in conviction in corruption cases since Alok Verma took over as the CBI chief. 
 

Defense attorney James Amberg asked for a prison sentence of less than 10 years. He said the conviction will bring “severe and lifelong consequences” to Ramamoorthy and his wife when they return to southern India.