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The founder of India’s “Cockroach” protest movement is due to appear in court Saturday after being taken into police custody as a widening fight over the country’s voter rolls keeps New Delhi on edge.

An elderly woman who pasted materials containing pro-independence slogans and Hong Kong’s colonial-era flag outside her flat has been sentenced to three months in a maximum-security psychiatric institution for displaying seditious publications. West Kowloon Court ordered housewife Yang Chau-ki, 62, to undergo mandatory psychiatric treatment at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre on Friday. She was charged with knowingly displaying publications with seditious intent under Hong Kong’s Article 23...

The Bench asked the petitioner to document detentions in Mumbai CEC protests, lists matter for October 19

A Venezuelan court released Machado ally Marlon Maya on Monday, three days after an arrest without a warrant, a rights group said. The post Venezuela Court Frees Machado Ally Held Since 9 October appeared first on The Rio Times.

The case concerns a ₹4,000 bribe sought from a farmer for a borewell motor electricity connection

It makes the submission in a counter affidavit filed before Justice V. Lakshminarayanan in response to the former Minister’s plea to quash the FIR against him

Jury selection took place on Monday for the ⁠trial of British actor ⁠and comedian Russell Brand over alleged ⁠historical crimes including rape and other sexual offences. Brand, 51, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and former husband of US singer Katy Perry, faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and ‌one count of indecent assault relating to six women from 1999 to 2009. Brand has denied all the accusations. He arrived at London’s Southwark Crown Court...

For P. B. Menon, a lawyer’s worth has never been determined by the number of years spent in court or the number of cases handled. What matters is the trust clients place in him and the responsibility that comes with representing them

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant clarified that the explicit bar did not amount to a gag or restriction on viewing live-streamed proceedings or court reportage

The court convicts four in the 2024 murder of a policeman’s wife and daughter

The investigation established that he had allegedly accumulated ₹1,35,29,714.37 worth of disproportionate assets.

New York City can proceed with the rollout of its pied-à-terre tax while an appeals court considers a legal challenge.

An Algiers court has sentenced nine people over 113 kg of cocaine, the first death sentences under Algeria's 2025 drug law. No execution since 1993. The post Algeria Hands Down First Death Sentences Under Its New Drug Law appeared first on The Rio Times.

Who is Sachin Vaze? What is the Antilia case? What did the Special Court rule? What did the High Court order on September 30? Was bail refused? What happens next?

A Santiago court convicted Maickel Villegas in the Ronald Ojeda murder on 1 October. A political motive was not proven, and sentencing is set for 15 October. The post Chile Court Convicts Villegas in Ronald Ojeda Murder appeared first on The Rio Times.

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, A. G. Masih, and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Gujarat government on a plea of Ahmed Bawa alias Abbu Abubakar Barelvi against the High Court verdict

Court holds that due to government order still in force suspending all visa services to Pakistani nationals after Pahalgam terror attack, the petitioner cannot demand that her visa application be processed

A US appeal court on Wednesday halted the ⁠execution of death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to become the first woman that state has put to death in more than 200 years. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a “short stay of execution” to give it time to weigh Pike’s claim that her allegations of childhood sexual abuse were not adequately considered during her sentencing. The court did not provide a specific time frame. Pike, whose...

The public safety hazards would include trees, damaged roads, open manholes, blocked drains, exposed electrical installations, unsafe construction, encroachments, or any condition capable of causing death or serious injury, the court said.

Rejecting the GBA’s defence that the incident was an “act of God” and that claim for compensation can be raised through a civil suit, the court said that it has power to award compensation under public law remedy

High Court criticises the actors’ association over the high number of petitions arising from disputes between its members; observations made while considering a petition to quash an FIR lodged against actor Lakshmipriya

The appeal also challenges the acquittal of former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar on the charge of criminal intimidation

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan direct the central agency to file its counter affidavit to his plea to quash PMLA proceedings

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, however, restore the complaint and direct the court concerned to grant an opportunity of hearing to the accused before taking cognisance

He says the arrest happened only at the insistence of a special court and accuses the ruling government of “shielding” the accused

Augustine moved the application, anticipating an imminent move to arrest him after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case related to the Messi row carried out search operations at ocations linked to him and his brothers

The Kerala High Court had issued a notice to the Ministry following legal action initiated by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, which demanded screening permission for all 31 films