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A Judge Finally Faced Down Donald Trump’s Disdain for the Legal System

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. After an investigation that spanned more than seven years, two Manhattan district attorneys, three criminal cases, and innumerable appellate-level judges and justices—including several touches by the United States Supreme Court—the district court trial People of the State of New …

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Law Students Approach Supreme Court Against BCI Directions For Criminal Background Checks, Biometric Attendance, CCTV Surveillance

Live Law

The Supreme Court today issued notice on two public interest litigations filed against two circulars issued by Bar Council of India in September, 2024, which mandated that criminal background check, declaration of simultaneous degree or employment and compliance with attendance norms before enrolling of candidates for legal education or practice. To recap, on September 24, 2024, BCI issued a circular …

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Concept Of 'Res Ipsa Loquitur' Is Merely An Aid For Evidence In Criminal Cases, Not Substantive Law: Kerala High Court

Live Law

The Kerala High Court observed that the principle of res ipsa loquitur can be extended to criminal cases, only as an aid for assessment of evidence. The Trial Court applied the principle of res ipsa loquitur and concluded that the private bus went to the wrong side of the road. Based on Ext.P3, the contents of the same left without …

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Indian-origin ex-attorney arrested for wedding scam targeting 17 couples in South Africa

India Today

A 53-year-old Indian-origin woman has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly scamming 17 couples by taking payments for the same wedding venue on the same date. Her modus operandi included convincing couples to pay substantial deposits for a venue she had no affiliation with, leaving many to arrive at an empty site with no electricity or water on their …

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US Supreme Court denies to pause Donald Trump's hush money sentencing

India Today

The US Supreme Court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing in a New York state court for the president-elect's conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. Trump had sought relief from the justices as he pursued a state court appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following a Supreme Court …

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Court finds impounding of Bollywood director's passport invalid, orders return

India Today

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has clarified that only the Passport Authority, under the Passports Act, can impound passports. Kewlani’s legal team argued that the Passports Act overrides the CrPC in matters related to passport impounding. The court examined whether the police’s retention of the passport beyond four weeks constituted impounding. The court directed the EOW to …

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Donald Trump's 'unconditional discharge': What it means in the hush money case

India Today

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday morning for his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. Instead, the judge chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues by effectively ending the case but assured that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency. So, …

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Alito-Trump phone call: All the reasons why Trump would want to talk to the Supreme Court justice right now.

Slate

“The federal courts must do their part to preserve the public’s confidence in our institutions.” —Chief Justice John Roberts, Dec. 31, 2024. On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had a little phone chat with President-elect Donald Trump. “William Levi, one of my former law clerks, asked me to take a call from President-elect Trump regarding his qualifications to serve …

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1 day, 15 hours ago

Kingpin, minor member of criminal gang arrested from Rajasthan

The Hindu

A special team of the city police arrested Ratan of Rajasthan and a minor boy from their hideout in Ajmer district in connection with a series of burglary reported in Singanallur and Peelamedu limits in recent weeks. The team led by Arjun Kumar, Inspector of Race Course Police Station took the help of Rajasthan police and narrowed down on Ratan …

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C.T. Ravi appears before CID

The Hindu

Ravi, BJP MLC, who courted controversy for allegedly hurling an abuse at the Women and Child Development Minister, Laxmi Hebbalkar, appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday to record his statement related to the case. Speaking to the media soon after the process, he said that the officials had recorded his statement with specific reference to the alleged attack …

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1 day, 16 hours ago

Bombay High Court Declines To Quash FIR Lodged By Wife Against Husband For Outraging Her Modesty

Live Law

The Bombay High Court recently refused to quash a First Information Report lodged against a man by his estranged wife, for outraging her modesty. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Rajesh Patil refused to quash a FIR lodged with the Kasturba Sub Police Station in Malvani, Mumbai, under sections 354, 506 and 323 lodged against the husband by …

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1 day, 17 hours ago

CID probe into Sachin Panchal’s suicide likened to third-party inspection

The Hindu

National honorary president of Sri Ram Sene Siddalinga Swami has likened the Criminal Investigation Department probe into the Bidar contractor Sachin Panchal’s suicide case to a third-party inspection and expressed that he does not have any faith in the State agency. Siddalinga Swami and the former Member of Parliament Umesh Jadhav, addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Thursday, expressed …

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'Unbecoming Of Law Student': Orissa High Court Quashes Ragging Case Against Law Students On Condition Of Teaching At Orphanage

Live Law

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against some law students of a private Law University of Bhubaneswar, who were accused of ragging a first-year law student and threatening him of dire consequences. However, the Court expressed deep dismay over the conduct of the accused-students and observed – “The petitioners before this Court are the …

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Trump Waits On Supreme Court After New York's High Court Declines To Stop His Hush Money Sentencing

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LOADING ERROR LOADING ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent it from taking place as scheduled on Friday. Trump’s lawyers made similar arguments in their losing effort in New York’s top court, saying that …

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Haryana to implement three new criminal laws by February 28: DGP Shatrujeet Kapur

The Hindu

Haryana is likely to become the first among States and second after the union territory of Chandigarh to implement the three new criminal laws in entirety by February 28, according to State Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur. Mr. Kapur told The Hindu that the new laws define timeline for courts to dispose of trial proceedings and it might be …

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1 day, 19 hours ago

Fani Willis seeks to overturn her disqualification from Trump Georgia election case

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others. Willis’ filing asks the Georgia high court to consider whether the lower appeals court was wrong to disqualify her “based solely upon an appearance of impropriety …

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Polish president seeks protection for Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz anniversary event

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is asking the country’s government to ensure that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can attend observances marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz later this month without the risk of being arrested, a Polish presidential aide said Thursday. Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect after the International Criminal Court, the world’s …

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South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, says lawyer

The Hindu

“South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying parliament’s impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office,” his lawyer said on Thursday. “So if the decision is ‘removal’, it cannot but be accepted,” Yoon Kab-keun, the lawyer for Mr. Yoon, told a news conference, …

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Medical license of Indian American doctor revoked for harbouring two Indian women as servants on low pay

The Hindu

The medical license of an Indian American physician has been permanently revoked for illegally recruiting and harbouring two Indian women to be household servants for low pay. Dr. Harsha Sahni, who maintained a rheumatology practice in Colonia, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to conceal and harbour aliens and filing a false tax return last February. Sahni’s …

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How BHARATPOL tightens India's dragnet on fugitives in overseas havens

India Today

In November last year, Salman Rehman Khan, a terrorist of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, was extradited by the National Investigation Agency from Rwanda. “For years, criminals fleeing India have evaded being brought to justice by hiding behind international borders,” Union home minister Amit Shah said at the launch on January 7. “With BHARATPOL, the long arm of Indian law will now …

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Ex- FBI informant sentenced for lying about fake bribery story about Bidens

India Today

A former FBI informant who admitted to lying about US President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden's interactions with a Ukrainian energy company was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday, court records showed. Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month to causing the creation of a false record after falsely telling his FBI handler that he had knowledge …

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Letters to the Editor: ‘Compassionate release’ is an act of injustice against crime victims

LA Times

To the editor: New legislation is needed to void California’s so-called compassionate release law that went into effect in 2023. Assembly Bill 960, the legislation that enabled compassionate release, hurts public safety, undermines the criminal justice system and destroys truth in sentencing. To the editor: Courts have ruled, I believe correctly, that if you incarcerate someone, you’re responsible for their …

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Polish president seeks protection for Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz anniversary event

LA Times

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is asking the country’s government to ensure that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can attend observances marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz later this month without the risk of being arrested, a Polish presidential aide said Thursday. Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect after the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes …

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Father suspected in murder of 4-year-old girl from Rotterdam

NL Times

The Public Prosecution Service believes the death of a 4-year-old girl in Rotterdam was the result of a criminal act, police reported Wednesday. The girl was found dead last Saturday in a home on Blokfluit in the Zevenkamp neighborhood. Police initially stated that the girl’s body was discovered under suspicious circumstances. Authorities have not disclosed details of what transpired inside …

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A Judge Finally Faced Down Donald Trump’s Disdain for the Legal System

Law Students Approach Supreme Court Against BCI Directions For Criminal Background Checks, Biometric Attendance, CCTV Surveillance

Concept Of 'Res Ipsa Loquitur' Is Merely An Aid For Evidence In Criminal Cases, Not Substantive Law: Kerala High Court

Indian-origin ex-attorney arrested for wedding scam targeting 17 couples in South Africa

US Supreme Court denies to pause Donald Trump's hush money sentencing

Court finds impounding of Bollywood director's passport invalid, orders return

Donald Trump's 'unconditional discharge': What it means in the hush money case

Alito-Trump phone call: All the reasons why Trump would want to talk to the Supreme Court justice right now.

Kingpin, minor member of criminal gang arrested from Rajasthan

C.T. Ravi appears before CID

Bombay High Court Declines To Quash FIR Lodged By Wife Against Husband For Outraging Her Modesty

CID probe into Sachin Panchal’s suicide likened to third-party inspection

'Unbecoming Of Law Student': Orissa High Court Quashes Ragging Case Against Law Students On Condition Of Teaching At Orphanage

Trump Waits On Supreme Court After New York's High Court Declines To Stop His Hush Money Sentencing

Haryana to implement three new criminal laws by February 28: DGP Shatrujeet Kapur

Fani Willis seeks to overturn her disqualification from Trump Georgia election case

Polish president seeks protection for Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz anniversary event

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, says lawyer

Medical license of Indian American doctor revoked for harbouring two Indian women as servants on low pay

How BHARATPOL tightens India's dragnet on fugitives in overseas havens

Ex- FBI informant sentenced for lying about fake bribery story about Bidens

Letters to the Editor: ‘Compassionate release’ is an act of injustice against crime victims

Polish president seeks protection for Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz anniversary event

Father suspected in murder of 4-year-old girl from Rotterdam