Rebecca Samervel
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Give baby to biological mom, court tells 'adoptive' parents
India News: MUMBAI: Observing that as the biological mother she had the right to custody of her child, a civil court last week directed the "adoptive parents" to . → Read More
DNA test nails guilt, man gets 10-year jail for rape
Ruling that DNA tests can be the basis of a rape conviction, a sessions court found a 38-year-old tailor guilty and sentenced him to 10 years rigorous → Read More
Mumbai court sentences man for trying to kiss 19-year-old woman
A 19-year-old woman had raised an alarm and the accused was caught on the spot at Khar station last year. → Read More
53-year-old man gets 10 years for sexual assault on 2-year-old in Mumbai
A special Pocso court on Monday convicted and sentenced a 53-year-old man to 10-years in jail for sexually assaulting his 2-year-old neighbour in 201 → Read More
Hitman 'absconding' for 20 years found in Mumbai jail
The city police met with the ire of a court after it claimed that an alleged Chhota Shakeel sharpshooter was absconding for 20 years since he was accu → Read More
Man gets 1-year jail for brushing Rs 100 note against minor's lips
Holding that swiping a Rs 100 note across a minor's lips and asking her "tu itna bhaav kyun khaa rahi hai (why are you acting pricey?)" amounted to ou → Read More
25 years on, 2 builders get 2-year rigorous imprisonment for cheating flat buyer in Mumbai
Twenty-five years after a buyer was cheated of Rs 4.5 lakh that he had paid for a 500 sq ft Jogeshwari flat he never got possession of, a magistrate's → Read More
Rottweiler bites man, owner gets 3 months’ jail
Thirteen years after a Santacruz businessman’s pet Rottweiler bit his 72-year-old relative thrice, leaving him with bleeding injuries on the arm and l → Read More
English tutorial fined Rs 15,000 for sub-standard classes in Mumbai
A state consumer commission has directed a Charni Road-based English tutorial to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000 to a South Mumbai-based man whose dre → Read More
Rash driving a menace that’s taking lives, says court, sends Mumbai man to jail
Observing that the act of rash or negligent driving could not be taken lightly as an increasing number of people were losing their lives to the menace → Read More
Rana Kapoor’s daughter can’t go to US, says special CBI court
India News: MUMBAI: Observing that her plea to meet her relatives is not essential or extraordinary grounds to go abroad at a time when she is facing trial in a c. → Read More
Man gets 3 years imprisonnment in Mumbai for sex assault on girl while taking her photo
Observing that the incident had left an impression that the house and the vicinity is not safe for children, a special Pocso court on Tuesday convicte → Read More
Man harasses girl with songs in Mumbai, gets 1-year jail
A 43-year-old man has been convicted and sentenced to 1 year in jail for sexually harassing his 16-year-old neighbour by singing "chehra tera noorani → Read More
'Sheena Bora in Guwahati' claim: Court seeks airport footage
Observing that it has been accused Indrani Mukerjea's defence that her daughter and alleged murder victim Sheena Bora is still alive, a special CBI co → Read More
Court: Gutka baron knowingly gave income source to D-gang
India News: MUMBAI: A special court that sentenced gutka baron JM Joshi to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment on Monday for extending help to global terrorist, absco. → Read More
Gutka baron J M Joshi, 2 others get jail over Dawood Ibrahim business link
Gutka baron J M Joshi, Farukh Mansuri, a 1993 Bombay blast accused, and Jamiruddin Ansari were convicted and sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonm → Read More
'Sheena Bora' seen at Guwahati airport, says Indrani Mukerjea
Murder accused Indrani Mukerjea on Friday moved the special CBI court urging the prosecution to access the CCTV footage and pa-ssenger details from Gu → Read More
Sarang Wadhawan, dad caused Rs 6,000 crore loss to PMC bank so no bail: Sessions court
Rejecting the bail plea of HDIL promoter Sarang Wadhawan in the PMC bank fraud case, a sessions court observed that prima facie his father, Rakesh and → Read More
In Mumbai, 40-year-old labourer gets life for raping 9-year-old girl
A special POCSO court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old labourer to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in his → Read More
Amravati chemist murder triggered many clashes in states: NIA
Pointing out that Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal was beheaded a week after Amravati chemist Umesh Kolhe's murder over the same issue, NIA has said that → Read More