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Sheena 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, 2026Man sentenced to death for burning woman alive after rape attempt in Mathura
District Judge Vikas Kumar convicted the accused, Umesh Kumar, in the case on April 30 and pronounced the sentence on Tuesday, terming it a "rarest of rare" crime.
May 5, 2026Thane court acquits three in 2021 murder case; says prosecution failed to prove guilt
While the medical evidence confirmed homicidal death, it was insufficient to link the accused to the crime, Principal District and Sessions Judge SB Agrawal said in the order passed on Monday.
May 5, 2026Top executives of pvt firms among 7 held in 'overtime payment' scam in Chhattisgarh
Businessman Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur's former mayor Aijaz Dhebar, was apprehended in the case in February. Anwar Dhebar is in judicial remand for his alleged involvement in multiple cases, including an alleged liquor scam, in the state.
May 5, 2026Private firms' top executives among 7 held in 'overtime' scam at Chhattisgarh govt body
Businessman Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur ex-Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, was apprehended in the case in February 2026. Anwar Dhebar is in judicial remand for his alleged involvement in multiple scams, including liquor scam, in the state.
May 4, 2026Delhi court sentences 3 men to 4 yrs imprisonment for defrauding IDBI bank in 2009
Special Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik was hearing arguments on sentencing after the private company's ex-officials, Sumit Chaturvedi (64), Amit Chaturvedi (67) and Parvin Juneja (66), were convicted on April 24 for the offences of cheating, criminal conspiracy and using a forged document.
May 4, 2026Delhi court grants bail to ex-official accused of diverting funds from India’s Geneva Mission
Special Judge Vijeta Singh Rawat was hearing the third regular bail application of Mohit, who joined the Permanent Mission in Geneva on December 17, 2024, as an assistant section officer.
May 4, 202633 years on, Gujarat court convicts 12 in arms landing case linked to Dawood; 10 get 5-year RI
The case pertains to a conspiracy hatched by Ibrahim, later designated as an international terrorist, and his associates based in Dubai and Pakistan to avenge the December 6, 1992, demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by smuggling a cache of weapons and explosives, including RDX, into India by sea, and creating mayhem and communal discord.
May 4, 2026Speech-and-hearing impaired man gets life imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl in Gondia
Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge K N Gautam sentenced Laxman alias Mukka Isaru Bramhankar (47) to life imprisonment under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for aggravated penetrative sexual assault.
May 4, 2026Shirdi cops take custody of 'godman' Kharat in cheating case filed by Ahilyanagar farmer
The case was registered on the complaint of farmer Raosaheb Nanasaheb Gondkar (55), a resident of Pimpalwadi in Shirdi in Ahilyanagar district, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, he added.
May 4, 2026Allegations grave in nature: Delhi court denies bail to Al-Falah chairman in ED case
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan rejected the regular bail plea, saying the accused is a "central figure" in the administration and finances of the university and its affiliated entities and he may influence witnesses if released.
May 4, 2026Gujarat court convicts 12 in 1993 arms landing case linked to Dawood; 10 of them get 5-year RI
Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court Judge RP Mogera convicted 12 accused, and sentenced 10 of them to five-year rigorous imprisonment, and two to seven-year RI, special public prosecutor Tushar Gokani
May 4, 2026Prosecution failed to prove its case: Delhi court acquits man, family members in dowry death case
Additional Sessions Judge Shivani Chauhan passed the order during the hearing of the case against Tanuj Behuria, his brother Abhimanyu Behuria and sister-in-law Reena Behuria in connection with the death of Tanuj's wife in 2015, within a year of their marriage.
May 4, 2026Systematic plan to brainwash victim: Court on denying pre-arrest bail to Nida Khan in TCS case
"The magnitude of the offence is truly multi-dimensional and multi-layered, and the custodial interrogation was required to go to the root of the case," the court stated while terming Khan's plea "devoid of merits
May 4, 2026Delhi court stays FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra over derogatory posts on women journalists
Additional Sessions Judge Purushottam Pathak was hearing a plea moved by Mitra seeking a stay on a magistrate order dated April 23, which directed the filing of an FIR against him.
May 4, 2026Thane man acquitted in kidnap & rape case; court cites victim's consent
As the victim was a major, she was competent to make her own decisions, Special POCSO Court Judge Ruby U Malvankar said in the order on April 24, a copy of which was made available on Monday.
May 4, 2026Deeply shocked: Court raps Delhi Police for arresting murder accused from Bihar without transit remand
Noting that Mukesh was apprehended in Darbhanga and brought to Delhi, the court asked the investigating officer (IO) to explain through the concerned DCP why the accused was not formally arrested in Bihar and why transit remand was not obtained before bringing him to the national capital.
May 3, 2026Jaipur court grants divorce to man citing wife's conduct as mental cruelty
According to the husband's counsel, D S Shekhawat, the petitioner sought divorce alleging mental cruelty, claiming that his wife's actions had hurt his dignity and social standing.
May 3, 2026LeT operative sentenced to 7-year RI in Bengaluru prison radicalisation case: NIA
The Bengaluru special court has sentenced Vikram Kumar alias Chota Usman to seven years' rigorous imprisonment (RI), a statement issued by the NIA on Saturday said.
May 2, 2026Firing at Salman Khan's house was attempt to kill him: Actor's bodyguard tells court
Recounting the incident, the bodyguard, also the complainant in the case, last month testified that he reported for his regular night shift at 7 pm on April 13, 2024.
May 2, 2026Delhi court denies bail to Al Falah University group chairman in money laundering case
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan made the decision after hearing arguments from both Siddiqui and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A detailed order is pending.
May 2, 2026UP: Hathras court adjourns hearing in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi till May 13
The complaint was filed in an MP-MLA court over Gandhi's alleged statement describing certain youths as accused in the case in which they were later acquitted. The matter came up for hearing on Saturday before Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) Deepak Nath Saraswati.
May 2, 2026Ex-IRS officer appeals against 3-month jail to CBI officers, seeks harsher sentence
On April 28, Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt sentenced retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh to three months' imprisonment after convicting them under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (house trespass). The court said the convicts had acted in "sheer violation of their legal powers as public servants".
May 2, 2026Nashik court denies pre-arrest bail to TCS employee Nida Khan; custody of 4 extended till May 5
The offence is a serious one, Nida Khan is one of the prime accused and therefore her custodial interrogation is necessary. The court rejected Nida Khan's bail application today. The final order will be uploaded soon," public prosecutor Ajay Misar told reporters.
May 2, 2026UP court rejects plea seeking Rahul Gandhi's voice sample in defamation case
The plea, filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra through his counsel Santosh Kumar Pandey, had sought Gandhi's voice sample for a forensic test to compare it with an audio clip.
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