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Delhi Court orders Joint Commissioner to probe missing stray dogs case at IGIA
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Pranav Joshi of Patiala House Courts observed on Wednesday that the police's status reports were "inadequate" and reflected a lack of "serious efforts" to ascertain key facts, including the dogs' whereabouts and the role of those involved.
May 1, 2026Tech integration into judicial processes dismantles geographical barriers, helps litigants: CJI
Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day National Conclave on Technology and Judicial Education here, the CJI also said the Indian legal landscape has moved away from the era of the paper trail, where vital records languished in physical storage, to a vibrant digital ecosystem.
May 1, 2026Delhi court grants relief to 3 held for assaulting lawyer in court premises
Additional Sessions Judge Surabhi Sharma Vats was hearing the bail applications filed by Uday Sethi, Rohan Kakkar and Rohit Sethi in connection with a case registered at the Farsh Bazar police station for allegedly assaulting the lawyer.
May 1, 2026'Godman' Kharat gets four-day police custody in businessman cheating case
Due to security reasons, the proceedings of the court were held through video conferencing and Kharat was not produced in court in person.
May 1, 2026BJP leader murder case: Six convicts awarded death sentence
"The FIR was registered on 8-10-2025. Within two months, a charge sheet was filed against eleven people. The Court today announced the quantum of punishment; six people have been sentenced to the death penalty. Police put significant effort into this case, and arrests were also very challenging," Koppal SP Ram L Arasiddi told reporters.
April 30, 2026UP: Man gets life term for killing wife's 'rapist' in Muzaffarnagar
According to government counsel Kuldeep Kumar Pundhir, the incident took place on November 3, 2022, in Chachpur village under the Khatauli police station area.
April 30, 2026Man gets 20 years in jail for raping minor relative in Kota
According to Bhanawat, on September 1, 2024, the convict lured the girl studying in Class 2 with edibles and took her to his room, where he raped her.
April 30, 2026Dawood's close aide Salim Dola gets NCB custody till May 8 in drug seizure case
The probe agency told the court that Dola's name emerged as an international drug trafficker associated with Dawood Ibrahim, and he has been identified as the key supplier of a commercial quantity of mephedrone drug seized from south Mumbai in June 2023.
April 30, 2026Delhi court sets aside magistrate's order summoning BJP MLA Karnail Singh for defamation
Special Judge Jitendra Singh was hearing Singh’s revision plea challenging the magisterial court order on various grounds, including that it failed to determine whether the essential ingredients of the offence under Section 356 (defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) were met, particularly in the light of some of its exceptions.
April 30, 2026Kerala: Former assistant labour officer gets 4 years RI in 2012 bribery case
The prosecution case relates to Krishnakumar allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a footwear and fancy shop owner in Palakkad.
April 30, 2026Delhi court rejects Sucheta Dalal's plea against removal of content defaming Manoj Sandesara
District Judge Vinod Kumar Meena, while hearing the plea, said the appellant had an effective remedy before the trial court, where the application for an interim injunction was still pending adjudication.
April 30, 2026Delhi court sets aside 'notice of accusation' summoning BJP MLA Karnail Singh for defamation
Special Judge Jitendra Singh said, “The view taken by the trial court (magisterial court) that the applicability of statutory exceptions (to defamatory statement) can be examined only at the stage of trial is not in accordance with law.”
April 30, 2026Puducherry court convicts accused in 2024 child rape, murder case
The judge held the accused guilty of gang rape, kidnapping and murder, as well as offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and posted the case to May 5 for sentencing.
April 30, 2026Gautam Khattar hospitalised as court reserves order on his bail application
Advocate Amey Prabhudesai, his lawyer, told reporters that the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Vasco, would pronounce the order on bail plea on Saturday morning.
April 30, 2026I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel gets bail in money laundering case
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal noted the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) submissions that Chandel, during his 10 days of custodial interrogation, had been cooperative and "provided certain useful leads and information relevant for the ongoing investigation."
April 30, 2026Zubeen Garg's death: Key accused Shyamkanu Mahanta's bail plea rejected
Garg died in Singapore on September 19 last year while swimming in the sea. The 52-year-old singer had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to perform in the 4th edition of the festival.
April 30, 2026Delhi court acquits man in wife's murder case, cites lack of proof
In an order dated April 28, the court said, "Prosecution could not prove that the accused Aftab had caused injuries to the deceased Saima with the intention to kill her. Even the motive is not proved. Thus, the accused cannot be held to be liable for the offence under Section 302 IPC."
April 30, 2026No Advocates-on-Record Examination in 2026: SC
"The Competent Authority has been pleased to order that keeping in view the overall strength of the AoRs, the Advocates-on-Record Examination shall not be conducted in the year 2026. The schedule and dates of the next examination likely to be held in the year 2027 shall be notified in due course
April 30, 2026Drug trafficker Salim Dola remanded in NCB custody till May 8
Dola (59) was arrested in Turkiye on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice issued on India's request in March 2024. He was wanted in multiple narcotics trafficking cases in India and had been absconding from law enforcement agencies.
April 30, 2026Court acquits man accused of sexually harassing minor cousin
The order was passed on April 27 by special judge Premal S Vithalani, hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. It was made available on Thursday.
April 30, 2026'Godman' Kharat held in 8th sexual exploitation case; court denies police remand, sends him to jail
On April 29, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Nashik police in north Maharashtra filed a request application in the court demanding Kharat's custody in the eighth case.
April 30, 2026I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel gets bail in money laundering case
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal noted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has not opposed the bail plea.
April 30, 2026Sir Ratan Tata Trust in 'non-compliance' with Maharashtra law on 3 life trustees: SC ex-judge
The number of life trustees should come down to one from the present three, as per the opinion given by former Supreme Court Judge Justice Krishna Murari.
April 29, 2026Honeymoon murder: Meghalaya court reserves order on bail plea of key accused
Kushwaha is the alleged boyfriend of Raghuvanshi's wife Sonam, another accused who was granted bail on Tuesday by the district and sessions court of Meghalaya's East Khasi district.
April 29, 2026NSE co-location scam: Delhi court takes cognisance of CBI's supplementary chargesheet
Special Judge M P Singh said, "The only additional offence which has been invoked in this supplementary chargesheet is section 418 (cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect) of the IPC."
April 29, 2026Delhi court allows CBI plea seeking production of ex-Reliance Anil Ambani Group executive in Mumbai
Special Judge Hasan Anzar said that the inmate could be produced before the court concerned by issuing a prisoner transit warrant.
April 29, 2026Uphaar fire tragedy: Court seeks status report from CBI on its plea for closure of case against ex-IPS officer
As many as 59 movie-watchers died of asphyxia and burn injuries at Uphaar cinema hall at Green Park here on June 13, 1997, during the screening of Hindi movie 'Border'.
April 29, 2026Court extends police custody of 4 TCS employees in male colleague's religious conversion case
The 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.
April 29, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges under PMLA provisions against separatist Shabir Shah’s wife
She said the “material procured by Enforcement Directorate (ED) during detailed investigation in the form of relied upon documents, statements of the witnesses and of accused persons recorded… are sufficient to show prima facie case and create grave suspicion against the accused Dr Bilquies Shah under sections 3 and 4 (offence and punishment for money laundering) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).”
April 29, 2026Delhi court acquits man of rape charges, says relationship was consensual
Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja was hearing a case against Bilal Ahmed alias Sheelu, who was accused under IPC sections 376 (punishment for rape) , 376(2)(n) (repeated rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation), along with charges under the BNS, relating to causing miscarriage.
April 29, 20267th case of sexual exploitation: 'Godman' Kharat remanded in judicial custody till May 12
Kharat allegedly sexually exploited several women and indulged in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
April 29, 2026Man convicted in 2023 assault case
While police had pressed the charge of attempt to murder against Sahil alias Sanket Dattu Satpute, the court noted that the injury caused to the victim was not fatal, and held him guilty for a lesser offence under IPC section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt).
April 29, 2026Honeymoon murder: Indore victim's kin shocked as Sonam gets bail, seek CBI probe
Transport businessman Raja Raghuvanshi went missing on May 23 last year during the couple's honeymoon, and his mutilated body was found on June 2 from a deep gorge near a waterfall in the Sohra area of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya. Sonam and several others, including her alleged boyfriend, were arrested in the case.
April 29, 2026Bhojshala pleas seek ownership rights, not maintainable under writ jurisdiction: Intervenor to HC
Senior advocate Shobha Menon, appearing for intervenor Munir Ahmad and others from the Muslim community, raised objections to the maintainability of the petitions before an Indore bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi.
April 28, 2026NCB gets 2 days' transit remand from Delhi court to take drug trafficker to Mumbai
Judicial Magistrate Kautuk Bharadwaj allowed the Narcotic Control Bureau's application seeking transit remand of Dola after he was produced at the magistrate's residence late in the evening.
April 28, 2026Truck driver gets life term for murder in road rage
The court declined the prosecution's request for the death penalty, noting that the case did not meet the "rarest of rare" criteria as the convict Noor Mohd Shah had no prior criminal record and is the sole breadwinner for his family.
April 28, 2026