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Bengal SIR: Tribunal orders Cong candidate's name to be reinstated in supplementary roll
This was apparently the first such ruling by any tribunal involving a candidate to resolve an ongoing adjudication case due to “logical discrepancy”, an Election Commission (EC) official said.
April 6, 2026Nanded triple murder case: Six arrested, remanded to police custody
The accused were produced before a local court of the Judicial Magistrate (first class), which remanded them to police custody until April 8, police inspector Santosh Tambe told PTI.
April 5, 2026MACT awards Rs 20.52 lakh compensation to kin of septuagenarian killed in car collision
The accident occurred on November 22, 2022, when the victim, Ganesh Gopal Chaudhari, was travelling in a car from Vikramgad in Palghar district toward Nashik, and a speeding four-wheeler collided with his vehicle in the ghat section.
April 5, 2026UP court sends terror module members to 5-day police custody
Additional Director General (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said the gang's main operative, Saqib alias "Devil", a resident of Meerut who worked as a barber, was introduced to Pakistan-based handlers through Aqib from Meerut via Instagram.
April 4, 2026Delhi court sends LeT handler Shabir Ahmed Lone to 7-day judicial custody
A team from the New Delhi range of the Special Cell arrested Lone on March 29 from the Ghazipur area here in connection with an LeT module unearthed in February after pro-Pakistan and pro-terror posters were found at various locations, including Janpath metro station, in the national capital.
April 4, 2026Court grants three-day police custody of director Ranjith in sexual harassment case
Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Selmath RM allowed the petition filed by the police seeking custody of Ranjith for three days, granting it until Monday evening.
April 4, 2026Gurugram: 2 sentenced to life term in 2022 murder case
On April 11, 2022, the body of Sunil Kumar -- a resident of Dhadhot village in Mahendragarh -- was found in a deserted area near the under-construction Dwarka Expressway, and a case was registered at Bajghera police station, they said.
April 4, 2026UP: Man sentenced to life in prison for killing nephew in 2019
Additional District and Sessions Judge (Court Number 1) Rinku Kumari pronounced the verdict, holding the accused Shahid guilty of murder.
April 4, 2026Court reserves order on cognisance of ED chargesheet against Robert Vadra
The ED had earlier filed its chargesheet against Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur.
April 4, 2026Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws in dowry death case
Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Wason acquitted Kartik Sharma, his father Ravi Dutt Sharma, and his mother Veena Sharma in the case of Shivali Sharma, who died by suicide in March 2023.
April 4, 2026Delhi court sends Al-Falah group chairman to judicial custody in 2nd PMLA case
Siddiqui was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday, at the conclusion of his ten-day ED custody granted on March 25. He has now been sent to judicial custody till April 17.
April 4, 2026Court grants three-day police custody of director Ranjith in sexual harassment case
Ranjith was produced before the court on Saturday morning from the Ernakulam sub jail, where he had been lodged for the past three days.
April 4, 2026Thane MACT grants Rs 21.5 lakh compensation to kin of woman killed in 2020 accident
The tribunal, presided over by K P Shrikhande, held the tempo driver solely responsible for the fatal accident, directing the vehicle owner and insurer to jointly and severally pay the compensation with a 9 per cent annual interest from December 9, 2020, when the claim was filed, till realisation.
April 4, 2026Delhi court acquits health-club owner of sexual harassment charge after decade-long trial
Additional Sessions Judge Nishant Garg acquitted Ashish Bansal of offences under sections 354A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
April 3, 2026Court acquits two men in 20 kg drugs seizure case citing procedural lapses
In the verdict passed on March 30, special judge R R Patare, hearing cases pertaining to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, cleared Haji Ali Mohammed Hakim (75) and Irfan Maisher Qureshi of all the charges.
April 3, 2026Special court discharges Bhupinder Hooda, AJL in Panchkula land allotment case
The order follows a ruling by the Punjab and Haryana High Court dated February 25, which set aside a 2021 order that had framed charges against Hooda and others in the case.
April 3, 2026Delhi court acquits husband, kin in dowry death case, cites history of wife's suicidal tendency
Additional Sessions Judge Nipun Awasthi acquitted accused Daman Deep, Harpreet Singh, Amarjeet Kaur and Milan Deep Kaur of all charges under Sections 489A (cruelty by husband or in-laws towards wife), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 304B (dowry death) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
April 3, 2026Delhi court convicts sub-inspector for forging signatures on chargesheets
In an order dated April 2, the judge said, "I hold that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused, SI Kavita Mathur, committed forgery of public documents, forged documents were used as genuine by her for the purpose of deceiving and influencing official processes…"
April 3, 2026Thane MACT awards Rs 44.13 lakh compensation to kin of man crushed to death by crane
The accident occurred on February 5, 2020, when the victim, Prabhakar Bajrangi Sharma, was riding pillion on a motorcycle and a speeding JCB crane first dashed into a pedestrian and then hit the two-wheeler and ran over him.
April 3, 2026Delhi court denies bail in 'digital arrest' scam, says rising cybercrimes erode public confidence
According to the prosecution, the complainant was subjected to a digital arrest through video calls, during which the accused impersonated a powerful public figure and induced her, under fear and deception, to transfer Rs 99,800 in a single transaction.
April 2, 2026Congress president Kharge seeks dismissal of revision plea for alleged hate speech
he court was hearing the revision plea filed by a lawyer who has claimed that Kharge made a scathing remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Karnataka on April 27, 2023, and that his address constituted a "hate speech and defamation directed against a clearly-identifiable group".
April 2, 2026Pune farmer moves court against actor Sonali Bendre, her husband alleging land grabbing
The complainants - Chandrakant Balu Shinde (50) and his mother Kamalbai (75) - claim that the celebrity couple was using their social influence and taking help of the local police to forcibly take possession of their 30 'guntha' (over 32,000 square feet) of land in Uksan village in Maval taluka of the district.
April 2, 2026Delhi court sentences Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti to 3 years' imprisonment in cheating case
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh, while underlining that “restitution would serve justice better than physical incarceration”, also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on Bharti and former cashier Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati.
April 2, 2026Delhi court convicts man in 2022 attempt to murder case
Additional Sessions Judge Subhash Kumar Mishra was hearing a case against Sachin, alias Golu, who was accused of attacking the complainant, Deepak Kumar, at Ganesh Nagar Chowk on June 3, 2022.
April 2, 2026Delhi court relies on 'last seen' evidence to convict man in murder case
Additional Sessions Judge Geetanjali was hearing a case lodged under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 27 (illegal use of arms and ammunition) of the Arms Act against Sanaullah and Bapi Das.
April 2, 2026'Testimonies lack specificity': Court acquits nine in 2020 Delhi riots
Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh was hearing the case against nine persons -- Shah Alam, Rashid Saifi, Mohammad Shadab, Habib, Irfan, Suhail, Salim alias Ashu, Irshad, and Azhar alias Sonu -- who were arrested in a loot and arson case linked to the northeast Delhi riots.
April 2, 2026'Godman' Kharat sent to 7-day police custody by Nashik court in second rape case
The 'godman', a former merchant navy officer, was in 14-day judicial custody in the first rape case and lodged in the Nashik Road Central Jail from where he was taken into custody by the SIT.
April 2, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 36.24 lakh compensation to kin of man killed in road accident in 2020
According to the claim petition, victim Jitendra Laxman Singh was riding a motorcycle with a friend near Thane on May 30, 2020, when a tipper truck coming from the wrong side hit the two-wheeler. Singh lost his balance and fell on the road, and the truck crushed him to death.
April 2, 2026Sathankulam custodial death case: Court defers sentencing of 9 cops to Apr 6
Madurai First Additional District Court Judge Muthukumaran reserved the order on sentencing after hearing intense arguments from the CBI, the defense, and the emotional appeals made by the victims' family members.
April 2, 2026Delhi court sentences Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti to 3 years in cheating case
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Bharti and former cashier Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati.
April 2, 2026UP: Special MP/MLA court halts trial against Gauriganj MLA in assault case
he case pertains to an incident on May 10, 2023, when Deepak Singh, husband of municipal council chairperson Rashmi Singh, was allegedly assaulted inside the Gauriganj police station.
April 2, 2026No bail from district court also to 14 arrested after Iftar party on boat in Ganga
District and Sessions Judge Alok Kumar dismissed the bail applications of the accused, who have been booked for defiling a place of worship, hurting religious sentiments and other charges, after hearing arguments from both sides, according to counsel Shashank Shekhar Tripathi.
April 1, 2026Delhi court convicts Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti from MP in cheating case
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh convicted Bharti and former cashier Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati for the offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery of a valuable security, forgery for cheating and using a forged document as genuine.
April 1, 2026Karnail Singh in defamation case
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal was hearing a complaint, which was at the stage of an order on putting a notice of accusation to the accused.
April 1, 2026Couple chargesheeted under UAPA for posting objectionable content on social at behest of terror outfit
They said the chargesheet was filed under sections 152- 62(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that deal with acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India, like purposely or knowingly, using words, either spoken or written or by electronic communication, to excite secession or subversive activities or encourage feelings of separatist activities.
April 1, 2026Delhi court upholds husband's acquittal, flags inconsistencies in marital rape, cruelty claims
Additional Sessions Judge Purshotam Pathak was hearing a criminal revision petition filed by the complainant against an order passed by a magisterial court on November 4, 2023.
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