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Hearing 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, 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, 2026'Not rarest of rare case': Delhi court denies death penalty to child rape convict
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat made the observation while hearing arguments on the quantum of punishment to convict Sunny Kumar, and instead sentenced the 22-year-old to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.
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.
May 6, 2026Sheena murder: Key accused Indrani Mukerjea moves fresh plea, seeks court nod to travel abroad
Mukerjea's move came after the Supreme Court last month refused to entertain her plea to travel abroad and directed her to approach the trial court for any such relief.
May 5, 2026Mumbai court acquits Shiv Sena leader in 2015 case of insulting woman's modesty
Acquitting Sunil Chitnis, the accused, Additional Sessions Judge S S Adkar held that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
May 5, 2026MP court orders registration of FIR in Jabalpur boat tragedy that killed 13 people
Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) D P Sutrakar said the "failure" of the cruise boat driver and other crew members to make any effort to rescue the drowning passengers constitutes an attempt to commit culpable homicide.
May 5, 2026Cabinet approves proposal to increase number of Supreme Court judges by 4
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a bill will be brought in the next session of Parliament to raise the apex court's strength by four judges.
May 5, 2026Delhi court directs confiscation of UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari's properties
Special Judge Sanjay Jindal noted that on July 5 last year, Bhandari was declared a fugitive economic offender in connection with a money laundering case, following which the present court had been tasked with the consequential confiscation proceedings.
May 5, 2026SC grills NGO for PIL on entry of women of all ages to Sabarimala temple, questions its motive
The bench also comprising justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, Augustine George Masih, Prasanna B Varale, R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi questioned the locus of the NGO in the matter.
May 5, 2026Delhi court acquits man accused of attempting to kill cop
Additional Sessions Judge Harvinder Singh was hearing a case against Anwar, accused of possessing a firearm and firing it at a constable, and noted a significant discrepancy between the oral testimony of the police and the physical evidence.
May 5, 2026Kishore Datta resigns as West Bengal advocate general
He was appointed advocate general on December 16, 2023, for a second term, following the resignation of SN Mookherjee.
May 5, 20264 TCS employees get judicial custody till May 18 in male colleague's religious conversion case
The four accused - Raza Rafiq Memon (35), Tausif Bilal Attar (37), Danish Ejaz Sheikh (32) and Shahrukh Husain Shaukat Qureshi (34) - are also accused of sexually harassing some women colleagues at the local unit of the leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organisation.
May 5, 2026Drone import 'bribery' case: Delhi court grants bail to senior executive of corporate group
Special Judge Chhavi Kapoor was hearing Mathur’s plea seeking relief. The accused had been earlier remanded to five days of CBI custody and was subsequently sent to judicial custody till May 6.
May 5, 2026Thane court acquits three persons in 2015 human trafficking case
Additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh acquitted Radheshyam alias Raju Brajkishore Nath, Kamala Ajay Dadhich, and Geeta Gopal Rana of charges under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA), and the POCSO Act, 2012.
May 5, 2026Thane MCOCA court acquits robbery case accused, cites identity doubt
Special MCOCA Court Judge V G Mohite acquitted the accused, Bakar alias Babar Akram Alli, a resident of Bidar in Karnataka, of all criminal charges slapped on him.
May 5, 2026