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Twisha Sharma dowry death case reaches MP High Court as both families file petitions
Twisha Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. Her family accused her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide, while the Singh family claimed she was addicted to drugs.
May 21, 2026Venugopal Dhoot moves SC against order upholding separate insolvency for VIL and VOVL
On February 12, 2020, while allowing a plea filed by Venugopal Dhoot, the NCLT had directed the resolution professional to consider and treat all assets, property rights, claims, benefits of Videocon Oil Venture, Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings, Videocon Energy Brasil and Videocon Indonesia Nunkan Inc as assets and properties of VIL for insolvency.
May 21, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court convicts three for rioting, unlawful assembly
Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh was hearing a case against Ikram, Sarfaraz and Mustaqueem accused of rioting, unlawful assembly and assault on public servants, and said that evidence established their guilt in the case.
May 21, 2026BCI moves SC to finalise 10-pc co-option formula for women in state bar councils
It would be fair, objective, transparent, and least susceptible to arbitrariness," the BCI has stated, adding that linking co-option to actual votes polled ensures that the process remains "connected to the democratic choice expressed by advocates
May 21, 2026Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding husband moves MP High Court for pre-arrest bail
In a Miscellaneous Criminal Case (MCrC) filed before a single bench by his brother Siddharth Singh, the petitioner claimed that the entire prosecution story had been constructed and built “on imagination and presumptions” and that every substantial material had already been seized.
May 21, 2026Lawyers urge CJI retracts SC's 'unfair observations' against environmental activists
Also, from subjecting environmental decision-making to rule-of-law scrutiny towards deference to project clearances and administrative expertise, even where the record reveals inconsistencies, omissions and unresolved public concerns.
May 21, 2026Thane court acquits MNS chief Raj Thackeray in 2008 railway exam assault case
Eight persons, including Thackeray, had been named as accused in the case. Two of the accused died during the pendency of the trial.
May 21, 2026Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding husband applies for bail in Jabalpur High Court
A magistrate court had earlier rejected his anticipatory bail application while granting it to his mother, Giribala Singh, a retired district sessions judge.
May 21, 2026UP man gets life term for dismembering daughter over love affair
Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) P K Singh said the convict, Naim, a resident of Nibiya village, was enraged over his daughter Khushboo's relationship.
May 21, 2026Have asked all HCs to conduct online hearings: CJI Surya Kant
The observation came when a lawyer mentioned a plea before a bench headed by the CJI seeking an urgent hearing of her plea that all Delhi courts should go online.
May 21, 2026Dowry death: Bhopal court rejects plea for 2nd autopsy of Twisha Sharma
Therefore...a letter be issued to the Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station Katara Hills, directing them to immediately obtain written information from medical institutions as to whether low-temperature preservation facility is available in other higher medical institutions of Madhya Pradesh and medical institutions of other metropolitan cities of Madhya Pradesh and to submit a written report to this Court without any delay
May 20, 20263 get life term in 2014 Bhubaneswar bizman murder case
Police had also found a black plastic bag containing parts of a human face, hair and brain at the spot. Subsequent forensic examination and DNA testing confirmed the remains belonged to missing businessman Krutibas Parija alias Sonu of the Khandagiri area.
May 20, 2026Plea in SC seeks CBI probe into 'corruption' in trust vote win by Vijay's TVK in Tamil Nadu Assembly
Alleging that the Assembly floor test in Tamil Nadu was reportedly not being carried out according to democratic principles, the petition filed by Madurai resident K K Ramesh claimed that the TVK had won 108 seats but obtained the signatures of 12 MLAs overnight from various parties.
May 20, 2026Bhopal court orders preservation of Twisha Sharma’s body; rejects plea for 2nd autopsy
Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta said a letter be issued to police directing them to immediately obtain information regarding "low-temperture preservation facility" in Madhya Pradesh, and submit a report to the court without delay.
May 20, 2026No new hydroelectric projects be permitted in upper reaches of Ganga river basin: Centre to SC
On behalf of the Union of India, it is respectfully submitted that only the seven hydro-electric projects, of which four projects are already commissioned and three projects have already achieved substantial physical and financial progress, may be permitted to proceed, subject to strict compliance with all applicable statutory provisions and environmental safeguards and that no other new hydro-electric projects shall be undertaken in the upper reaches of the Ganga river basin in Uttarakhand,
May 20, 2026NEET paper leak: Court sends 5 accused to judicial custody, extends Khairnar's CBI remand
Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the agency's plea seeking judicial custody till June 2 of five accused persons -- Mangilal Khatik, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, all three arrested from Jaipur; Yash Yadav, arrested from Gurugram; and Dhananjay Lokhande, arrested from Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra.
May 20, 2026Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal denies compensation to 8-yr-old injured in 2023 accident
Presiding Officer Vijay Kumar Jha was hearing a claim petition filed by Mohammad Dilshad and his wife Amreen seeking compensation for injuries suffered by their son Atif in a March 2023 road accident in Sundar Nagri.
May 20, 2026ED gets 'godman' Kharat's custody, says he resorted to systematic extortion
Kharat, facing multiple cases of rape, sexual exploitation and cheating, was produced before the court after the ED arrested him on Tuesday. The agency sought his custody for ten days to trace the utilization of laundered funds.
May 20, 2026NEET paper leak: Court sends 5 accused to judicial custody, extends CBI custody of Khairnar
Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the agency's plea seeking judicial custody till June 2 of five accused persons -- Mangilal Khatik, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, Yash Yadav and Dhananjay Lokhande.
May 20, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court acquits four, says relying on police witnesses would be 'dangerous'
In an order dated May 19, the court said, "I find that PW6 and PW7 (police officers) are not credible witnesses and it will be dangerous to rely upon their testimonies and find for the prosecution against the accused. I accordingly find that the prosecution has failed to prove its case against the accused."
May 20, 2026Ensure Aadhaar is used strictly as identity proof: Plea in SC
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Dubey, also sought directions that the use of Aadhaar as a proof of date of birth and residence in the application form for new voter registration be considered against Section 9 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, Section 23(4) of the RPA, 1950 and Article 14 of the Constitution.
May 20, 2026Rs 70 crore money laundering case: ED gets 'godman' Ashok Kharat's custody till May 26
Kharat, already facing rape and fraud charges, was produced before the court after the ED arrested him in the money laundering case on Tuesday.
May 20, 202619 yrs on, CBI court acquits I-T officer, wife in disproportionate assets case
The court acquitted Anil Ratnakar Mallel (45), an Income Tax Officer then posted in Maharashtra's Thane, and his wife Suvarna Anil Mallel (43) of charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code (abetment).
May 20, 2026Highlights of SC order in stray-dogs case
In areas where the population of stray dogs has assumed alarming proportions and where incidents of dog bites or aggressive attacks have become frequent and pose a continuing threat to public safety, the authorities can take legally-permissible measures like euthanasia in cases involving rabid, incurably-ill or demonstrably-dangerous or aggressive dogs.
May 20, 2026Porsche car crash: Mother of juvenile accused seeks blood and viscera reports of two deceased
The mother of the juvenile accused - who was then 17 years old - has moved an application to this effect before a special court hearing the car crash incident that occurred exactly on the same day two years ago.
May 19, 2026Dowry death: Bhopal court seeks police diary as family seeks 2nd autopsy
Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to go through the police diary and examine the investigation, said advocate Ankur Pandey, a lawyer representing the deceased's family.
May 19, 2026Bhopal dowry death: lawyer writes to CJI, seeks judicial intervention
Advocate Vivek Tiwari said Twisha's father Navnidhi Sharma approached him through e-mail seeking justice for his daughter who was found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12.
May 19, 2026Special court remands Biswajit Poddar to 10 days' ED custody in illegal land dealings case
Poddar, who was absconding for nearly three months, appeared before the federal probe agency at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake on Monday.
May 19, 2026Criminal complaint filed against MP Pappu Yadav for alleged remarks on women in politics
The complaint was filed by a Delhi resident, Satish Kumar Aggarwal, who alleged that Yadav made "offensive, derogatory and obscene" remarks against women during a media interaction on April 21.
May 19, 2026HCs should set up special courts for cases pending for over 5 years: Union minister Amit Shah
Chairing the 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council (CZC) in Jagdalpur, headquarters of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, Shah also said timely DNA testing in cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and rape cases could raise conviction rates in these offences to "100 per cent".
May 19, 2026Dowry death case: Bhopal court seeks police diary on family's plea for second post-mortem
The 33-year-old was found dead on the night of May 12 at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area. Police registered an FIR, charging her husband, advocate Samarth Singh, and her mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, a retired additional district judge (ADJ), with dowry death and harassment.
May 19, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court denies interim bail to Umar Khalid, says grounds not justified
In his order, the judge said, "The court is of the view that attending the Chehlum ceremony of his uncle is not that necessary. Things would have been different if the ceremony was of a person who was in immediate relation with the applicant."
May 19, 2026Shraddha Walkar case: Court laments slow progress, says last three months saw 'complete tardiness'
Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvinder Singh made the observations during a hearing in which the prosecution submitted evidence and witnesses were cross-examined.
May 19, 2026ED arrests 'godman' Ashok Kharat in Rs 70 crore money laundering case
Kharat was produced before the Special PMLA Court on a production warrant from Nashik jail, where he has been under judicial custody.
May 19, 2026Twisha Sharma's family moves Bhopal court for second postmortem
The 33-year-old was found dead on the night of May 12 at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area. Police registered an FIR, charging her husband, advocate Samarth Singh, and her mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, a retired district additional judge (ADJ) with dowry death and harassment. The husband is absconding.
May 19, 2026Will set up 7-judge benches to hear constitutional references, says CJI Surya Kant
I am going to set up seven-judge benches soon, and hence, I may not get the time to hear the present matter,” the CJI said while adjourning the hearing of a case.
May 19, 2026