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J&K court acquits 3 accused tried for 'terror' activities
Wajid Ahmad Bhat, Masrat Bilal Bhuru and Rameez Ahmad Dar, all residents of Kulgam district, were acquitted on Monday. Judge Manjeet Rai directed that the accused be released forthwith if they were not required in any other case.
December 31, 2025Cases of Red Fort blast, National Herald and IRCTC 'scam' kept Delhi courts busy in 2025
In an alleged sexual harassment case against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a court accepted a closure report of Delhi Police seeking to cancel a case filed by a wrestler accusing Singh of sexual harassment when she was a minor.
December 31, 2025Delhi court sentences man to 3-year jail for cheating in clerk recruitment exam
According to the prosecution, the forensic evidence conclusively established that someone else had appeared on behalf of Kumar in the written and skill tests held in 2013, enabling him to secure appointment fraudulently.
December 30, 2025Guest professor booked for molesting female students at college event gets anticipatory bail
The professor later sought anticipatory bail from the court, claiming the case against him might be due to "misunderstanding" or "personal grudge". The educator, in his anticipatory bail plea, claimed the FIR was registered with an unexplained delay of five days.
December 30, 2025Man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing mother, brother in Delhi's Uttam Nagar
Eyewitnesses told the court that Rajender Arora had run out of the flat bleeding and informed them that his elder brother Sunil Arora had stabbed him and their mother. They further testified that when they entered the house, the accused was standing there holding a knife and threatened them not to intervene, police said.
December 30, 2025Contract killing case: Gangster Subhash Singh Thakur remanded in judicial custody
Defence counsel Sudeep Pasbola and advocate Rahul Arote argued against further extension of Thakur's custody, contending that he had been in custody since 1998 and that the grounds for police interrogation, such as weapon or cash recovery, were "lame" given his long-term imprisonment.
December 30, 2025CBI court sentences then-Kandla SEZ appraiser to 5-year RI in DA case, imposes Rs 63 lakh fine
"During investigation, the check period was revised from April 1, 2004 to March 20, 2013. After the investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet on September 3, 2014, against the accused for amassing assets to the tune of Rs 57,60,729.15 which were disproportionate to their (Karelia and his wife) known sources of income. These assets were 183.57 per cent in excess to their known sources of income," said the central agency.
December 30, 2025J-K: NIA court issues proclamation notice against ex-KCCI president Mubeen Shah, 2 others in 2020 UAPA case
According to the officials, despite being declared absconders, the accused are notorious for their continued hostile activities and remain highly active on social media platforms, where they persist in peddling false, fabricated and provocative content with the intention of "inciting large-scale violence and destabilizing public order" in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
December 30, 2025PIL in SC seeking action against racial violence targeting northeastern citizens
The attackers allegedly assaulted and stabbed both brothers and Chakma sustained severe injuries to his neck and spine, remained unconscious throughout his treatment, and died after more than fourteen days in intensive medical care, it said, adding his death triggered widespread anguish, protests, and demands for justice across the country.
December 30, 2025Delhi court sentences man to rigorous life term for shooting his mother dead in 2012
Additional Public Prosecutor Ghanshyam argued that the convict did not deserve any leniency.
December 30, 2025SC issues SOP for improving court management, early delivery of justice
It said that the arguing counsel, including senior advocates, through their AoR or nodal counsel, nominated by the bench, if any, shall file a brief note or written submission not exceeding five pages after serving a copy on the other side at least three days before the date of hearing.
December 30, 2025Kerala court acquits all accused in murder of ABVP activist
According to the prosecution, Vishal, who had arrived to attend a programme organised to welcome undergraduate students at an aided college in Chengannur on July 16, 2012, was allegedly stabbed to death by Campus Front activists who had reached the spot as part of a pre-planned attack.
December 30, 2025JD(S) leader HD Revanna discharged from sexual harassment case
Sexual harassment allegation against Revanna surfaced, as multiple rape and sexual abuse cases were registered against his son and former Hassan MP Prajawal Revanna.
December 29, 2025NCB files chargesheet against members of infamous darknet drug cartel
The NCB probe revealed that drugs ordered by Babu via the darknet arrived as parcels from abroad, carefully concealed to evade detection by Customs at international post offices.
December 29, 2025Aravalli definition row: SC stays its own order, says further probe needed to resolve "critical ambiguities"
"This judicial intervention was much needed. It is a welcome step by the Supreme Court to stay the directive but it is important that the committee which is going to be formed should have ecologists, environmentalists and not just bureaucrats," she said.
December 29, 2025Court doesn't run commercial enterprise: Consumer panel rejecting complaint against Registrar
"The procedural bar of deficit charges remaining unpaid; the statutory character of the supply of certified copies; and the public policy underpinning the exclusion of judicial administration from consumer supervision; the complaint fails both on facts and law," the commission said.
December 29, 2025Law not sprint but long journey, rewards those who treat it as craft to be learned carefully: CJI
Stating that young lawyers were entering the profession at a time when its relevance was unquestioned, he said, but its expectations are demanding because of technological disruption, economic complexity, expanding rights discourse and heightened public scrutiny.
December 28, 2025Delhi court acquits 3 accused in 2009 acid attack case, orders inquiry into 'shoddy' probe
On Bala's role, the court said the victim has only raised a suspicion that she was also involved in the conspiracy, but suspicions could not replace the requirement of proof.
December 28, 2025Messi event chaos: Court extends police custody of chief organiser till Jan 9
Dutta, who was arrested on December 13 over alleged mismanagement in the Salt Lake stadium event on that day, was also accused of entering into contracts with food and beverage suppliers without prior government approval and being involved in alleged corruption amounting to Rs 23 crore.
December 28, 2025Delhi court convicts three men in 2021 murder case
"The prosecution has successfully proven its case, and the defence has failed to raise any doubt reasonable in nature," the court said, adding the post-mortem report adequately linked the 13 injuries suffered by Deva to the cause of his death.
December 28, 2025Delhi tribunal awards Rs 1.63 crore compensation to family of engineer killed in 2023 accident
Presiding Officer Ruchika Singla was hearing a petition seeking compensation, filed by the wife and mother of deceased Saurabh Gupta.
December 28, 2025Change in mindset needed for mediation to become widely adopted practice in country: SC judge
Addressing the valedictory session of the two-day National Conference and Symposium organised by Bar Council of India (BCI) and BCI Trust at India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) here, he observed that people often tend to mingle mediation with arbitration, though the two are fundamentally different.
December 27, 2025Plea filed in SC raises issues concerning law on advertisements of drugs
The plea has sought a direction to declare that AYUSH doctors are also covered under section 2(cc) of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, as 'registered medical practitioners'.
December 27, 2025Theatre stampede case: Actor Allu Arjun charged with abetment of crime
Arjun has been named as accused no 11 in the charge sheet filed on December 24 and charged with abetting the crime. The theatre's owner, partners, manager and lower balcony In-charge and gatekeeper were named as accused no 1 to 10.
December 27, 2025Delhi tribunal awards Rs 1.26 crore compensation to family of man killed in 2023 road accident
The tribunal relied on CCTV footage, which showed that the bus had changed lanes suddenly, contradicting the driver's claim that the deceased was trying to overtake the vehicle.
December 27, 2025SC delivered key verdicts on presidential reference, Waqf law in 2025
The cases pertaining to sensational Nithari killings, which came to light with the discovery of skeletal remains of eight children of poor background from a drain behind businessman Moninder Singh Pandher's house at Nithari in Noida on December 29, 2006, were finally closed by the SC with the rejection of CBI's appeals in 12 cases.
December 27, 2025ED files final prosecution complaint in Chhattisgarh liquor 'scam'; 59 more named as accused
On December 22, the EOW/ACB had filed its seventh supplementary chargesheet in the multi-crore liquor scam against Chaitanya Baghel.
December 27, 2025Man held for grandson's murder, two women relatives allowed by MCOCA court to contest civic polls
Emphasising that "contesting an election is the right of every citizen", the court allowed the accused to file their nomination papers under police escort.
December 26, 2025Court sentences woman to 10 years jail for bid to sell teenage daughter for prostitution
The court stressed that the accused by transporting her own daughter for prostitution and by "practising deception on her has broken the sacred bond of love and faith and has betrayed her trust".
December 26, 2025UP court issues notice to attach Rs 30 crore assets of accused in codeine cough syrup case
The action comes as Uttar Pradesh agencies conduct a wider probe into the alleged illegal trafficking, stocking and diversion of regulated codeine-laced cough syrup, suspected to involve illicit trade worth hundreds of crores of rupees with links extending beyond the state.
December 26, 2025Court grants bail to man accused of posting communal content on social media
The court, after hearing both the sides, said the investigation was complete and allowed the bail plea on Personal Recognizance (PR) Bond of Rs 15,000. It also directed the accused not to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence.
December 26, 2025Court acquits Ola cab driver in outraging modesty case involving woman passenger
The situation escalated during the drive towards Bandra when the passengers requested the air conditioning be turned on, but the driver responded aggressively, used abusive language towards his mother and eventually stopped the vehicle.
December 26, 2025Pan masala ads case: Consumer court orders forensic test of Salman Khan's sign on power of attorney
"The power of attorney and reply submitted on behalf of the actor did not bear his signature. Khan's signature differed from those he had signed in Jodhpur jail and in the court there," the petitioner said.
December 26, 2025ED files final prosecution complaint in Chhattisgarh liquor 'scam'; 59 more named as accused
The ongoing investigation into the scam suggests the proceeds of crime generated out of the alleged scam could exceed Rs 3500 crore, the EOW/ACB had claimed.
December 26, 2025Ex-IAS officer Vinod Kumar convicted in Odisha housing scam for 12th time
They were charge-sheeted under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC for misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 52.95 lakh.
December 26, 2025Law must speak firmly, decisively and without hesitation against drug traffickers: CJI
"The central question is no longer only one of culpability, it becomes a question of recovery. The punishment cannot be the end, justice must ask whether it is closing a case or preserving a future that might otherwise be lost," he said.
December 26, 2025