Mumbai, May 24 - The Bombay High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a 31-year-old man from Sangli who stabbed to death his father over a property dispute. The conviction of Vitthal Mane was mainly based on the evidence of his mother and sole eyewitness, Kalavati Mane.

New Delhi, May 23 - The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to consider within four months the plea of Army porters, who have been working for 15 years, for regularising them on the basis of their service record. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra, however, said it was not deciding the issue of jurisdiction of Armed Forces Tribunal to hear the matter.

Kochi, May 23 - Coming down heavily on the state government, the Kerala High Court today directed it to furnish within two weeks the list of endosulfan victims who have been granted compensation. The government in its affidavit had earlier informed the court that Rs 21 crore had been granted as compensation to 1600 victims.

Ranchi, May 22 - The CBI today filed a charge sheet against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The charge sheet, filed in the special CBI court, accused Koda of possessing assets and expenditure disproportionate to his known sources of income to the tune of approximately Rs 8.42 crore.

New Delhi, May 22 - Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi and a ballistic expert were today slapped with perjury charges by the Delhi High Court which ordered their prosecution for going back on their statements in the trial of the sensational Jessica Lall murder case. The court also asked the Delhi government to put in place a witness protection policy within ten weeks.

New Delhi, May 22 - "Worried" that children can be exploited through social networking sites, Delhi High Court today asked Facebook and Google to submit within four weeks suggestions on safety measures for online usage of such sites by minors in India. A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru voiced concern about Indian children entering into agreement with Facebook and other social networking sites and then being lured knowingly and unknowing into illegality by adults.

Mumbai, May 22 - A local court today remanded six bookies, associated with IPL betting syndicate, in judicial custody till June 5 after rejecting the plea of the Mumbai crime branch which sought their remand and reprimanding it for deficient probe in the case. "Despite ample opportunities provided, the investigating officer has not pointed out who has been cheated and why," Additional Metropolitan Magistrate M N Saleem observed, apparently referring to cheating and forgery charges slapped on the accused, while remanding them in judicial custody.

Mumbai, May 22 - The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to consider parole for a 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case convict who is presently serving life sentence. Mohammad Mushtaq Moosa Tarani, whose death penalty was recently reduced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court, approached the High Court seeking to be released on parole next month to enable him to attend his daughter's wedding.

Mumbai, May 22 - Refusing to grant relief to an unemployed man, the Bombay High Court has ruled that a husband has to work and earn in order to maintain his wife and child and cannot escape from it on the ground that he does not have a job. "The excuses given on behalf of the respondent (husband) that he is not able to pay is not acceptable," Justice M L Tahaliyani of the Nagpur bench of the high court said.

Mumbai, May 22 - The Bombay High Court has held that the manager of a co-operative bank appointed by liquidator is a 'public servant' as defined under the Prevention of Corruption Act and hence, can be prosecuted for taking bribe. The ruling was delivered recently by Justice S C Dharmadhikari on a petition filed by Sadashiv Sutar challenging a special court order refusing to discharge him in a case of accepting bribe from a family.

New Delhi, May 21 - The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to bring an amendment in the Air Force Act so that pre-trial detention of a solider is considered as a part of jail term awarded by court-martial. Observing that such amendments were brought in Army and Navvy Acts, a bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra said the Air Force Act should also be amended to avoid hardships faced by persons convicted by court-martial.

New Delhi, May 21 - CBI today approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to remove its Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt, arrested in a corruption case, out of the team probing the coal blocks allocation scam. The agency sought the permission as the apex court had earlier directed that no officer, who is part of Coalgate probe team, would be dropped or transferred without its permission.

New Delhi, May 21 - The Supreme Court today pulled up the BCCI for its "lackadaisical" approach in dealing with irregularities and spot-fixing in IPL and directed it to bring errant elements to book and restore glory of the gentleman's game. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra, which refused to ban IPL, however, directed the Board to take immediate step to clean up the shorter form of the game, which has been mired in the spot-fixing scandal.

Allahabad, May 21 - The Allahabad High Court today rejected a petition of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking examination of 14 more witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. Justice Rajesh Dayal Khare dismissed the petition of the couple who are key accused in the twin murder case, saying, "There is no need to force the prosecution to call witnesses other than those it deems proper." 

New Delhi, May 21 - The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking stay on all remaining matches of IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Deepak Misra posted the matter for further hearing at 2 PM on the PIL which is also seeking setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the issues of match fixing and other alleged irregularities in the IPL.

Kochi, May 21 - A Court in Kerala on Tuesday dismissed a plea to withdraw the complaint in the National Anthem case against Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M Manoj rejected the plea of petitioner Joy Kaitharath that he did not want to continue with the case and seeking the court's permission to withdraw the same. 

New Delhi, May 20 - A second accused in the December 16 gangrape case today complained in a special court that he has been unwell for past few days. Pawan Gupta, who throughout the proceedings was seen sitting with his head down, filed a plea before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna saying he is feeling feverish for the last few days and blood was also oozing from his nose since yesterday morning.