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Murder accused hurls slipper at judge in Thane court; booked

Thane: A 22-year-old man accused in a murder case hurled a slipper at a judge during the hearing in a sessions court in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.The slipper did not hit the judge and instead hit a wooden frame in front of his desk and fell by the side of the bench clerk, they said. The incident …

Judge Accused Fir Thane Court

1 week, 1 day ago

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction based on presidential immunity

Politico

In that July decision — issued more than a month after a New York jury convicted Trump in the hush money case — the Supreme Court declared that prosecutors generally cannot charge former presidents with crimes, or even introduce evidence, stemming from their official presidential acts. And the judge wrote that even if some of that evidence had been improperly …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Judge orders cleric to pay ₹1.16 crore in cheating case

Hindustan Times

Additional Sessions Judge AS Waghmare granted anticipatory bail to social media influencer and cleric Abdul Rashid Kalandar Khan alias Miftahi in connection with a ₹1.16 crore cheating case lodged against him at Kondhwa police station. The bail was granted on December 11 on the condition that the accused will deposit ₹30 lakh before being released on bail and after his …

1 week, 5 days ago

’Judge laughed after wife said commit suicide’: Bengaluru techie Atul Sabhash’s uncle reveals chilling details

Live Mint

A Bengaluru techie's suicide that shook the nation continues to make headlines with new developments in the case. According to police, a case of abetment of suicide was registered on Tuesday against his wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha, brother Anurag and uncle Sushil, PTI reported. Demanding justice for Atul Subhash, his brother said that he wanted this country to …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

SC stays Madras HC order restoring DA case against ex-TN CM Panneerselvam, family

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras high court restoring corruption cases against former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam and his kin almost 12 years after he was discharged in the case in 2012. A bench headed by justice Hrishikesh Roy stayed the October 29 order passed in a suo motu proceedings initiated by the …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case

Hindustan Times

On Monday, chief prosecutor Jack Smith filed for four felony counts against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his alleged role in inciting the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection to be dropped. Defendant does not oppose the Motion and the court will grant it.” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of …

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4 weeks ago

Meta faces April trial in FTC case seeking to unwind Instagram merger

The Hindu

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will face trial in April over the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the social media platform bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition, a judge in Washington said on Monday. Meta, then known as Facebook, overpaid for Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate nascent threats instead of competing on its own …

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US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google's business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones …

Trump Google Case Mehta Chrome

1 month, 1 week ago

Unsealed documents detail Donald Trump's fresh bid to dismiss 'hush money' convictions

ABC

A judge in New York has put off a decision about whether Donald Trump's "hush money" convictions should be thrown out as legal teams consider the impact of his election win. In court documents unsealed overnight, it has been revealed his legal team moved in recent days to renew his bid to have his 34 felony convictions in the New …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge sets April trial date for Sarah Palin’s libel claim against The New York Times

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A federal judge set an April retrial date on Tuesday for Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, even as lawyers on both sides for the first time said they hope to engage in talks to settle the case. Turkel said they wanted “some type of discussion; we’ve had none.” Palin sued the newspaper after …

New York Palin Case Judge Rakoff

1 month, 1 week ago

'There will be some accountability': Insider says Trump may still face jail time

Raw Story

Donald Trump may have crushed his federal cases by winning the presidential election, but there's still a chance he gets some jail time in the state case in which he was already convicted, according to an expert who was in the room during the former and incoming president's criminal trial. Longtime Washington insider Jonathan Alter, who wrote a book about …

Trump Case Jail Time Face Jail

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge

New Indian Express

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court refused to quash the FIR against a lawyer who allegedly took money from his client to bribe the judge who was hearing his case. While dismissing the petition recently, the single judge bench of Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra directed the Bar Council to hold disciplinary proceedings uninfluenced by any observations made by the court and …

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'No legal impediment' to Trump being sentenced in hush money case: ex-prosecutor

Raw Story

Donald Trump is set to be sentenced in New York on Nov. 26, and legal analysts wonder how Judge Juan Merchan will proceed. Just a few weeks ago, one group of legal experts on the "Jack" podcast suggested that Merchan could issue a jail sentence but suspend it until Trump leaves office. Legal analyst Harry Litman told MSNBC on Thursday …

Litman Sentenced Trump Told Smith Money Case

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mysteries Remain In Horrific Killings Of 2 Girls As Trial Is Set To Begin

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dive deep into true crime cases and follow the latest headlines with HuffPost’s Suspicious Circumstances newsletter. According to an arrest warrant unsealed by a judge in December 2022, other people on the trail said they encountered a man in similar clothing, and another witness said she saw a “muddy and bloody man” at 4 p.m. walking away …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court sets Sept 6 as next date for hearing on plea for ASI survey

Deccan Chronicle

Varanasi: A judge here has fixed the next date of hearing as September 6 on the petition demanding ASI survey of the remaining parts of the Gyanvapi complex, a lawyer said on Wednesday.The representatives of the Muslim side were present in the court and are expected to put forth their views on the matter during the next hearing. The Civil …

Hindu Gyanvapi

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Steve Bannon asks for immediate release from prison

Raw Story

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon has asked a federal judge to let him leave prison early to continue appealing his conviction for contempt of Congress. The former White House chief strategist reported to prison in July to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, and his attorneys asked the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC Orders Inquiry Against Judicial Officer For Issuing Summons In Gangsters Act Case While 'On Leave'

Live Law

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court ordered an inquiry against a judicial officer who issued a summons against two accused to face trial for the offence under Section 3 U.P. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed the District Judge, Kanpur Nagar, to inquire under which circumstances the summoning order was passed and, if necessary, to call the then …

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4 months, 1 week ago

‘J6 praying grandma’ avoids prison time and gets 6 months home confinement in Capitol riot case

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case after the judge railed against “offensive” comments she has made about the criminal justice system. Prosecutors had sought 10 months behind bars for Rebecca Lavrenz, 72, whose misdemeanor case has …

Judge Prosecutors Capitol Lavrenz Faruqui Home Confinement Her Conviction

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Expert reveals how 'explosive' witness in Trump's D.C. case may be called before election

Raw Story

A former federal prosecutor says the federal judge in Washington, D.C. who was just re-handed former President Donald Trump's 2020 election fraud case is now tasked with picking "through the wreckage" left by the Supreme Court — and deciding what is evidence, and what is not. Elie Honig, former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, joined …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden’s legal team over ‘false statements’ in a court filing

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California is threatening to sanction Hunter Biden’s lawyers, saying they made “false statements” in a court filing asking the judge to throw out the tax case against President Joe Biden’s son. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi accused lawyers for the Democratic president’s son of “misrepresenting the history” of the case when they said in …

Counsel Tax Court Trump Case Judge California

5 months, 1 week ago

Judge says Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case likely to be dismissed. But his debts aren’t going away

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A judge said Wednesday he was leaning toward throwing out Rudy Giuliani ‘s bankruptcy case after lawyers for the cash-strapped former New York City mayor and his biggest creditors — two ex-Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him — agreed this was the best way forward. Giuliani’s lawyer, Gary Fischoff, said dismissing …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again

LA Times

David Yannetti, an attorney for Karen Read, right, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Monday after the judge declared a mistrial. A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV …

Evidence Case Judge Read Boston Karen Read Her Suv

6 months, 3 weeks ago

E. Jean Carrol attorney says "all options" are on the table after Trump posts "human scum" rant

Salon

Donald Trump has again denied rape and defamation claims against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, posting a holiday rant that garnered the attention of her lawyer, CNBC reported. Trump extended his holiday greeting to “the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country, & to the Radical Left, Trump Hating Federal Judge in New …

Trump Kaplan

7 months ago

D.A. Fani Willis and judge in Georgia’s 2020 election case against Trump defeat challengers

LA Times

Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Trump and others related to the 2020 election, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. that is just, that treats everybody equally and that works hard, and they know that they have that in me.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who …

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Murder accused hurls slipper at judge in Thane court; booked

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction based on presidential immunity

Judge orders cleric to pay ₹1.16 crore in cheating case

’Judge laughed after wife said commit suicide’: Bengaluru techie Atul Sabhash’s uncle reveals chilling details

SC stays Madras HC order restoring DA case against ex-TN CM Panneerselvam, family

Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case

Meta faces April trial in FTC case seeking to unwind Instagram merger

US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome

Unsealed documents detail Donald Trump's fresh bid to dismiss 'hush money' convictions

Judge sets April trial date for Sarah Palin’s libel claim against The New York Times

'There will be some accountability': Insider says Trump may still face jail time

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge

'No legal impediment' to Trump being sentenced in hush money case: ex-prosecutor

Mysteries Remain In Horrific Killings Of 2 Girls As Trial Is Set To Begin

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court sets Sept 6 as next date for hearing on plea for ASI survey

Steve Bannon asks for immediate release from prison

Allahabad HC Orders Inquiry Against Judicial Officer For Issuing Summons In Gangsters Act Case While 'On Leave'

‘J6 praying grandma’ avoids prison time and gets 6 months home confinement in Capitol riot case

Expert reveals how 'explosive' witness in Trump's D.C. case may be called before election

Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden’s legal team over ‘false statements’ in a court filing

Judge says Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case likely to be dismissed. But his debts aren’t going away

Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again

E. Jean Carrol attorney says "all options" are on the table after Trump posts "human scum" rant

D.A. Fani Willis and judge in Georgia’s 2020 election case against Trump defeat challengers