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The Supreme Court has sentenced three people, held guilty of contempt of court for making "scurrilous and scandalous allegations" against two sitting judges of the apex court, to 3-month jail observing that it was a "concerted effort to virtually hold the judiciary to ransom".

A 40-year-old murder convict became a doctor after serving sentence. Watch The Good Fight to know how time can transform a person.
 

The Central government has said that the 2018 Rules does not prohibit the execution of death sentence of co-convicts, one by one, on the rejection of their respective mercy petitions

Under Article 72, the President of India has the power to pardon a convict. Article 72 says that the President shall have the powers to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment. This, however, comes with certain conditions.

JP Nadda, the working president of the BJP has challenged AICC former president Rahul Gandhi to speak 10 sentences on CAA. 

The four Nirbhaya case convicts were sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012

The petition was filed on behalf of death row convict Mukesh Kumar, one of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya case.
 

Recent reports suggest that there are specific intelligence inputs that PM Modi will be assassinated on December 22 when he addresses a large gathering at the Ramlila Maidan Rally in New Delhi. A Jaipur court has awarded death sentence to all four convicts in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case. The convicts are identified as Sarvar Aazmi, Mohammad Saif, Saifur Rahman and Salman. Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

 A Jaipur court has awarded death sentence to all four convicts in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case. The convicts are identified as Sarvar Aazmi, Mohammad Saif, Saifur Rahman and Salman. A Jaipur court has awarded death sentence to all four convicts in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case. The convicts are identified as Sarvar Aazmi, Mohammad Saif, Saifur Rahman and Salman.

The Delhi court on December 20 sentenced expelled BJP MLA  Kuldeep Singh Sengar to life imprison in connection with the 2017 Unnao rape case. The court ordered Rs 10 lakh compensation to the victim.

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.
 

Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, had been living in a self-imposed exile in Dubai for "seeking medical treatment" and has not returned to the country since.

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would not take suo motu cognisance of the petition filed against protests at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University until "violence and destruction of public public properties" stops. The nation on Monday (December 16) celebrates Vijay Diwas to commemorate India's victory over Pakistan in 1971 war. PM Modi said that the history created by Indian Armed Forces would remain inscribed in golden letters. Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

The 'Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill-2019' was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11th December. According to the bill, six months imprisonment or fine of 10,000 rs or both will be sentenced to those who intentionally abuse their parents or senior citizens under their care and protection or abandon them. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot introduced the bill in the House. In this, registration has been made mandatory for old age homes and all similar institutions.

From 2005 till October 31 this year, nearly 1000 terrorists have been killed while trying to cross over into India through Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Watch the top headlines of the day from across India on MyNation in 100 seconds.