The increased term was ordered over embezzlement charges for which Zia, the arch-rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced in February.
October 30, 2018The Islamabad High Court suspended the sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Safdar.
September 19, 2018A Delhi court has set aside the two-year rigorous jail term awarded to man who had rammed a tempo into a divider leaving one person dead and three injured, saying it was “a sheer accident” due to tyre burst and there was no evidence to prove that he was driving rashly. The sessions court order …
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October 6, 2017Women followers raped by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to seek life imprisonment for the dera chief, on Wednesday. According to media reports, two former followers of the dera asked the court to enhance his punishment from 20 years in jail to life imprisonment. The court …
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October 4, 2017The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to frame a new law which will ensure strict action, including a jail term, and a fine for those polluting water bodies. The state cabinet which met here decided to float an ordinance and a new bill in this regard would be introduced in the Kerala assembly later. As …
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September 20, 2017Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim has been sentenced to 20-year rigorous imprisonment (10 years for each rape case), three days after he was held guilty of rape and criminal intimidation by a special CBI court in Panchkula. Justice Jagdeep Singh, who held Ram Rahim guilty of the said charges on Friday, pronounced the sentence …
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August 28, 2017Forty-five people, including several officials, were sentenced up to 20 years in jail for their alleged negligence and involvement in a landslide caused by huge waste dump in which 73 people were killed in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Four persons had also gone missing in the landslide in December, 2015. The suspects were …
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May 6, 2017