Bolsonaro house arrest bid fails: Brazil top court rejects plea; health concerns dismissed

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro (File photo) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday turned down former president Jair Bolsonaro’s plea to serve his prison term under house arrest, according to a court ruling.Bolsonaro’s legal team had filed the request a day earlier, arguing that the 70-year-old should be allowed to remain at home on health grounds […]

Supreme Court Rejects Bhullar’s Bail Plea, Hearing Pending in High Court

New Delhi, 19 December. The Supreme Court has refused to grant relief to Punjab’s Ropar DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested on bribery charges. On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed his bail petition, stating that it will not intervene at this stage as the matter is still pending before the High Court. The court […]

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Plea Seeking Compensation for Wrongful Arrest and Conviction | Udaipur Kiran

New Delhi, October 28 (Udaipur Kiran): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition filed by a man who spent 12 years in prison before being acquitted of rape and murder charges. The plea seeks compensation for wrongful arrest, trial, and conviction, claiming grave injustice and violation of fundamental rights. A bench headed by […]

The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Delhi High Court issues notices to makers over Sameer Wankhede’s plea against Aryan Khan and his web -series : Bollywood News

Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment over directorial debut of Aryan Khan, The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The show, which premiered on the streaming platform last month, has stirred controversy after viewers noticed a character resembling Wankhede — the officer who famously arrested […]

The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Delhi High Court issued notices to makers over Sameer Wankhede’s plea against Aryan Khan and his web -series : Bollywood News

Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment over directorial debut of Aryan Khan, The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The show, which premiered on the streaming platform last month, has stirred controversy after viewers noticed a character resembling Wankhede — the officer who famously arrested […]

No guarantee you will return: US rejects Indian student’s visa plea, cites no strong tie to home country

An Indian student was rejected for a US visa and the rejection letter claimed that he did not have enough strong tie that would compel him to return to India after his stay in the US. An Indian student recently received a visa rejection letter from the US that said they were not convinced that […]

Lyle Menendez parole: Audio leak blunder angers relatives; family blasts ‘media spectacle’ as board rejects plea

Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court where their attorneys delayed making pleas on their behalf in Beverly Hills, California in 1990. (Picture credit: AP) Lyle Menendez’s high-stakes parole hearing was thrown into turmoil on Friday last week after the surprise release of an audio recording from his brother Erik’s parole […]

‘Indians signing petition’: Major backlash for plea urging fair punishment for truck driver Harjinder Singh as it gets over 1.3 million signatures

US influencers slam Indians for signing the petition for truck driver Harjinder Singh. Days after a petition was started on Change.org with an appeal to the administration to consider reducing Harjinder Singh’s punishment in the vehicular homicide case in Florida, it got over 13,60,400 signatures, and the Indian community came under attack. Social media commentators […]

‘No criminal history’: Outrage over signature collection for truck driver Harjinder Singh; ‘plea for fair sentencing’

A petition has been started to reduce truck driver Harjinder Singh’s sentencing. A signature-collection petition in support of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people in a crash in Florida, is at the center of a fresh row as social media users ask how they were allowed to start a petition in support […]

Redistricting row: California top court rejects GOP plea for hold; cost, corruption claims surface

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition filed by Republican legislators seeking to delay legislative action on a redistricting package that could place new congressional maps before voters this November, reported ABC news.“The petition for writ of mandate and application for stay are denied,” the court stated, citing a lack of sufficient grounds […]