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A Thiruvananthapuram court on December 21 issued an arrest warrant against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor after he failed to appear for a hearing connected to a book of his published in 1989.

Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, had moved the court claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in 2012 and should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act

The Patiala house court directed Tihar authorities to issue a fresh notice to Nirbhaya case convicts giving them a week’s time to decide whether they want to file mercy petitions. The next date of hearing is January 7
 

CJI Bobde recused himself from hearing the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. A new bench will hear the case today (December 18)

CJI Bobde on Tuesday recused himself from the Nirbhaya case. One of the convicts Akshay Kumar Singh had filed a review petition after the top court had ordered death sentence.
 

Sources say that the very purpose of holding the hearing in chambers and not in the open court was to chide the lawyers on the review petitions filed. The sources add that the top judges didn’t want to castigate the lawyers in public, and therefore, the move for a closed-door hearing. 

Here is what one-member judicial inquiry commission led by Justice Vijay Kumar Agarwal had to say on CRPF's killing of 17 persons in a gunfight at Sarkeguda in Chhattisgarh
 

While reactions have poured in after the encounter that saw the deaths of the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian rape-murder case, the elephant in the room just seems to be getting bigger, and one cannot help talk about the number of rape cases that are still pending

'What a superb international debut for #DhanushSrikanth as he wins three gold medals at the #AsianShooting Championships. He won the 10m air rifle individual, team and mixed with #ShreyaAgrawal. Great going by the #KheloIndia talent,' SAI tweeted

The Supreme Court has decided to give the disputed land to Ramjanmabhoomi Nays and Centre will form a Trust to build a temple on it. The Apex court said that Muslims will be given an  alternate  land of 5-acres to build Mosque.

 

Kerala Police have summoned Franco Mulakkal asking him to appear before the Kottayam district addition court on November 11, when the hearing is set to begin. The nun has written to Kerala Women’s Commission accusing him of mental harassment.
 

The Supreme Court concluded its 40-day marathon hearing on Ayodhya issue four days ago. It had reserved the verdict and had asked the parties concerned to submit the replies in written format.
 

 The Supreme Court completed hearing all arguments in the Ayodhya case running for 40 days. The verdict will likely come on November 17. 

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has set the deadline as 5pm for the hearing on the Ram Mandir - Babri Masjid hearing. The CJI had on Tuesday said that Wednesday will be the 40th and last day of hearing in the case of Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid land title dispute.

The Sunni Central Waqf Board informed the Supreme Court today that it possesses the impugned land.