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What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 8th April
11:35AM The Supreme Court expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
May 9, 2026Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan arrested after absconding for weeks
Following her arrest on Thursday, she was produced before the Nashik Road sessions court on Friday. The court remanded her in police custody till May 11.
May 8, 2026TCS sexual harassment-religious coercion case: Accused Nida Khan sent to police custody till May 11
Khan, also a TCS employee, was arrested on Thursday in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after being on the run since the case came to light.
May 8, 2026TVK moves SC seeking direction to governor to invite it to form govt in Tamil Nadu
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly in the April 23 polls and emerged as the single-largest party. Though the Congress party, with five MLAs, has extended support to the TVK, it is still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark.
May 8, 2026Delhi court rejects bail plea of MCD deputy commissioner in Rs 4 lakh bribery case
Special Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik was hearing the bail application of Abhishek Kumar Mishra, who claimed that certain employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) involved in illegal activities held a grudge against him for acting as a whistleblower and had falsely implicated him.
May 8, 2026Delhi CBI court allows Army officer accused of bribery to operate seized bank accounts
Special Judge Gagandeep Singh was hearing Sharma's application for defreezing his bank accounts and a locker. The plea said that he had been granted bail but some bank accounts and lockers holding bona fide properties of the applicant and his family had been withheld by the CBI without following the law.
May 8, 2026TCS sexual harassment-forced conversion case: Accused Nida Khan sent to police custody till May 11
She was produced before a Nashik Road court here on Friday, with the police seeking her custody for thorough investigation into the matter.
May 8, 2026Delhi CM attack case: Court seeks report after accused allege assault, threats inside jail
Additional Sessions Judge Nishant Garg issued the notice while hearing a plea moved by the accused, Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya and Tehsin Raza Sheikh.
May 8, 2026Thane court acquits two in 2018 prostitution case for lack of evidence
Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat on Thursday cleared Saif Salauddin Israruddin Sheikh (46) and Kanchan Madharam Chaudhary (41) of all charges under the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
May 8, 20261998 share manipulation probe: SEBI court fines 2 directors, their 5 firms for failing to give info
Special judge RM Jadhav, in his ruling, said, "It is evident, established and proved beyond all reasonable doubt that accused company and its directors have failed to comply the summons issued by the investigating authority. The accused directors have failed to prove that the offence of non-compliance was committed without their knowledge or that they had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence."
May 7, 2026Mumbai court grants bail to concert organiser arrested in drug overdose death case
While event organiser Akash Samal, who runs an artist and celebrity management firm, was granted bail, three other accused in the case were denied similar relief by the court set up under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
May 7, 2026Hearing in Sanjay Singh poll code violation case deferred until May 14
Advocate Madan Pratap Singh, appearing for the AAP Rajya Sabha MP, said the case was registered at Bandhua Kalan police station and is currently under trial in the MP-MLA court.
May 7, 2026Hearing in Rahul Gandhi DA case deferred to May 12
The matter was heard on Wednesday by a bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Zafeer Ahmad on a writ petition filed by Karnataka BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir.
May 7, 2026Legal experts divided over 'delay' by Tamil Nadu governor in inviting TVK to form govt
Echoing the same sentiments as Singh, senior advocate Ajit Sinha disapproved of the TVK not getting an invitation to form the government. He said Vijay should be immediately invited to form the government and establish a majority on the floor of the Assembly within a stipulated time period of 10 to 15 days.
May 7, 2026Delhi court denies bail to accused in 2019 Sarojini Nagar murder case
Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana was hearing the fourth regular bail plea of accused Sunny, against whom a case was registered at the Sarojini Nagar police station under various penal provisions, including murder and criminal conspiracy.
May 7, 2026Minor girl raped and murdered in Pune's Nasrapur: Accused's police custody extended till May 12
The incident, which took place on May 1 in Nasrapur village, had triggered nationwide outrage, with residents of the area blocking arterial roads and a highway seeking death penalty for the 65-year-old accused, a labourer with a criminal background.
May 7, 2026Delhi court convicts man for raping 4-year-old girl, causing grievous injuries
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing a case against Sunny Kumar, who was accused under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 137(2), 64, and the POCSO Act for kidnapping, rape, and aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child below 12 years of age.
May 7, 2026CBI court upholds order against ex-NCB official for claiming allowance during suspension period
Special Judge Atul Krishna Agrawal was hearing the revision plea filed by the former superintendent, Ravi Kumar Rana, against the order of February this year of the magisterial court directing framing of charges under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 168 (public servant unlawfully engaging in trade)
May 7, 2026Able-bodied husband cannot evade duty to maintain wife by concealing income: Delhi court
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan dismissed the husband's appeal against a trial court order passed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
May 7, 2026Teacher gets three years in jail for sexually assaulting student in Thane
Kadam, a senior teacher, summoned the complainant to his cabin under the pretext of a “surprise test”. He then inappropriately touched her, Special Public Prosecutor Yogendra Patil told the court during the trial.
May 7, 2026UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
May 7, 2026UP: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment in father-son murder case
Tripathi said that on August 13, 2020, Santra Devi, a resident of Akbelpur Naupur village, had gone to Lalganj market along with her husband Hiralala and sons Tej Kumar Yadav and Vinod Yadav to buy medicines.
May 7, 2026Kerala court sentences 20-year-old man in minor girl rape case
Karunagappally Fast Track Special Court judge Rajeevan Vachal sentenced the convict to 21 years under the relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, special public prosecutor (SPP) N C Premchandran said.
May 7, 2026Court acquits Thane man accused of stepson's murder; cites lack of conclusive chain of evidence
Sessions Judge S B Agrawal, in the order passed on Tuesday, also highlighted contradictions in the testimonies of the prosecution's witnesses.
May 7, 2026Important cases listed before Supreme Court on Thursday May 7:
Nine-judge Constitution Bench to hear pleas seeking review of a 2018 SC judgement that allowed women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple.
May 7, 2026Ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Parab, four others acquitted in Dapoli resort case
Besides Parab, who is a Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, special judge at Khed Prasanna S Chandgude, hearing cases linked to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Tuesday cleared Suresh Shankar Tupe (sarpanch), Anant Dnyandev Koli (gramsevak), Sudhir Shantaram Pardule (circle officer) and Jayram Vinayak Deshpande (sub-divisional officer) of all charges.
May 6, 2026J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu registered after 99 years
Chief Justice Arun Palli of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh congratulated the Bar on the achievement, while terming it a significant step forward for institutional recognition.
May 6, 2026AI showing discrimination, inherent bias towards poor: CJI
Speaking at the 8th Dinkar Memorial Lecture on "Rashmirathi: The Epic of Social Justice" organised by NGO Respect India, CJI Kant said the ideals of equality and human dignity were powerfully echoed in the works of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, long before they were incorporated into the Constitution of India.
May 6, 2026CJ inaugurates vulnerable witness deposition centre in Jammu
Officials said the facility was established to prevent secondary victimisation and enable fair and sensitive evidence recording, reinforcing a victim-centric approach within the justice system in the Union Territory.
May 6, 2026Delhi court frames charges against ex-railway supplier in CBI case
The court, however, discharged a former employee of the supplier firm, saying there was nothing to show that he was part of the conspiracy and suspicion, however grave, cannot take the place of proof.
May 6, 2026SC collegium approves names of 10 advocates as judges of Punjab and Haryana HC
The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in a meeting held on May 4, approved names of advocates Monica Chhibber Sharma, Harmeet Singh Deol, Puja Chopra, Sunish Bindlish, Navdeep Singh, Divya Sharma, Ravinder Malik, Pravindra Singh Chauhan, Rajesh Gaur, and Minderjeet Yadav as judges.
May 6, 2026Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar, who pronounced the verdict, also directed the convict Prathamesh Pravin Jadhav, a dog trainer, to pay Rs 2.3 lakh to the complainant as compensation.
May 6, 2026BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custody
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, in a formal representation, termed the conduct of Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao "grossly inappropriate" and "damaging to the confidence of the Bar".
May 6, 2026SC pays tributes to former judge Vijay Jhanji
Attorney General R Venkataramani and Supreme Court Bar Association president Vikas Singh also paid tributes to the deceased.
May 6, 202611 years on, Thane court acquits 10 accused in murder case
Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat, in the order on Tuesday, said the prosecution could not prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
May 6, 2026UP court awards life term to man in murder over land dispute
According to prosecution sources, the incident took place on the night of October 25, 2023, in Shivpur Nai Basti Byasi village under Dubhar police station area, where a man identified as Yatharth Vikram Singh was shot dead over a dispute related to land and a brick kiln.
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