Jail Term

US intelligence contractor Reality Winner, who leaked NSA top secret report, sentenced to five years in jail

A federal judge sentenced former US intelligence contractor Reality Winner on Thursday to more than five years in prison after she admitted leaking to a media outlet a top secret report on Russian interference in US elections

Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda says he failed to prove his innocence in coal scam, will approach Delhi HC

Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who was awarded a three-year jail term in a coal scam case said he failed to prove his innocence despite his best efforts

GST: Jail term for not reprinting revised MRP on inventory, says Ram Vilas Paswan

Manufacturers have been allowed to clear the unsold stocks by September with new MRP

Delhi High Court says inadequate jail terms a 'serious threat' to society

Undue sympathy towards convicts by awarding inadequate jail term "undermines public confidence in efficacy of law", the Delhi High Court has said.

Police inaction should not affect a case: Delhi Court

A delay in police action should not affect a case, a sessions court has said, refusing to set aside a jail term given to a man convicted of molesting and threatening a woman.

Parliamentary panel suggests fine/jail for celebrities of misleading ads

To make celebrities accountable for misleading ads, a Parliamentary Standing Committee today recommended stringent provisions including jail term up to five years and hefty penalty of up to 50 lakh in order to protect consumer interest.

Plea to cancel Sanjay Dutt's jail term rejected by Maharashtra Governor

Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has rejected a plea to waive off the remaining jail term of actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Malaysia toughens sedition law to include online media ban, mandatory jail

Malaysia has strengthened its controversial sedition law, imposing a minimum jail term of three years and allowing the government to block online media deemed to be seditious, lawmakers said on Friday.