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Delhi court sets aside order denying accused right to cross-examine complainant
Accused Devender Kumar filed a revision petition against an April 9, 2025 order of a magisterial court in a phone-snatching case filed by the complainant, Bhawna. The trial court had struck off his right to cross-examine the complainant.
February 23, 2026SIT moves court to cancel anticipatory bail granted to MLA Rahul Mamkootathil
Advocate Sasthamangalam Ajith Kumar, representing Mamkootathil, told PTI that the alleged contact was a missed call made by mistake.
February 23, 2026Tribunal orders Rs 28.68 lakh compensation to tailor, domestic help injured in 2018 accident
MACT member RV Mohite, in two separate orders passed on February 12, directed the offending trailer truck's insurer to pay the compensation amounts at the first instance and subsequently recover them from the vehicle owner due to a "willful breach" of insurance terms.
February 23, 2026Build careers based on collaboration, patience and professional integrity: CJI to law students
He shared an experience from his early years at the Bar, where assisting a fellow lawyer without self-interest led to enduring professional trust and collaboration.
February 22, 2026Nine acquitted in 2017 attempted dacoity, firing case in Thane
Special Judge V G Mohite acquitted the accused of charges under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 395 (dacoity), and 397 (robbery with attempt to cause death) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and provisions of the MCOCA.
February 22, 2026'Shirtless' protest: Not legitimate dissent, blatant assault on public order, says Delhi court
Summarising the reasons for allowing the Delhi Police's plea seeking custodial interrogation, the magistrate said that the accused hailed from remote parts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana, posing a high risk of their absconding.
February 22, 2026UP: Life imprisonment for man for killing relative over property dispute
Additional District and Sessions Judge Vishnu Chandra Vaish on Saturday held the accused, Parmod Kumar, guilty under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC in the killing of Santosh.
February 22, 2026UP court convicts Kaushambi man of rape, sends him to jail for 10 years
Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) Shashank Khare said that on June 25, 2017, Gogia Devi filed a complaint at Saini Police Station, alleging that Chhottan Sonkar of her village had been raping her daughter for the previous several months on the pretext of marriage.
February 21, 2026Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping mother in UP's Bareilly
The woman alleged that on the night of October 10, 2021, Kishan Lal asked her to open the door saying he was hungry.
February 21, 2026Cheating case: Delhi court refuses bail to businessman Satya Prakash Bagla
Additional Sessions Judge Shunali Gupta rejected the bail application, observing that the allegations against Bagla were "serious and grave in nature" and disclosed a prima facie offence under Section 409 of the IPC (316 BNS; criminal breach of trust by an agent) committed in a "calculated manner".
February 21, 2026Shirtless protest: Court sends arrested IYC workers to 5-day police custody
On Friday, Krishna Hari, national secretary of Youth Congress from Bihar; Kundan Yadav, state secretary of Bihar; Ajay Kumar, state president of Uttar Pradesh; and Narasimha Yadav from Telangana were arrested after the protest inside an exhibition hall at the Summit.
February 21, 2026Court orders FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand under POCSO Act
The petitioner had filed the application seeking direction for an FIR against Avimukteshwaranand under sections 69, 74, 75, 76, 79, and 109 (all related to sexual assault) of the BNS, as well as sections 3/5/9 and 17 of the POCSO Act.
February 21, 2026Mumbai metro rail slab collapse: Cops oppose pre-arrest bail plea of 2 construction firm executives
A portion of a concrete parapet of Line 4 collapsed onto moving traffic in Mulund, leaving one person dead and three others seriously injured, following which police registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, mischief causing damage and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
February 21, 2026UP: 4 sentenced to death in 21-year-old murder case
Lallan was shot with a country-made pistol, resulting in his death, while Rakesh Mishra, who was returning home after attending the yagya, sustained serious injuries while attempting to save Lallan.
February 21, 2026Court orders FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand under POCSO ACT
The petitioner had filed the application seeking direction for an FIR against Avimukteshwaranand under sections 69, 74, 75, 76, 79, and 109 (all related to sexual assault) of the BNS, as well as sections 3/5/9 and 17 of the POCSO Act.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi appears before court in RSS defamation case; Sapkal replaces Shivraj Patil as his surety
The cross-examination of the investigating officer would resume at the next hearing, he said, adding that Gandhi's examination has not been scheduled for that day.
February 21, 2026High-level meeting at Calcutta HC over SIR exercise following SC directions
The meeting follows the Supreme Court's direction that the remaining stages of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls must now be conducted under the supervision of judicial officers and former judges.
February 21, 2026RSS defamation: Rahul names Sapkal new court guarantor, faces BJP backlash over AI Summit protest
The Court of Joint Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) P. M. Kolse scheduled the next hearing in the defamation case for April 4 after completing procedural formalities regarding Gandhi's new surety.
February 21, 2026MACT awards Rs 19 lakh compensation to kin of pedestrian killed in 2018
Badruddin Kalaraj Choudhary, originally from Assam, was walking home near Indian Compound in Bhiwandi on February 4 that year when a speeding motorcycle dashed into him, resulting in his death from severe injuries the next day.
February 21, 2026Delhi court rejects businessman Satya Prakash Bagla's bail plea in cheating case
The defence had argued that there was no further need for custodial interrogation, denied allegations of tampering with evidence, and claimed that Bagla was suffering from serious ailments, including high blood pressure and having only one functioning kidney.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi names Sapkal new guarantor in RSS defamation case; faces BJP's black-flag protest
The court had asked the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition to appear before it in person to furnish a new surety in the case following the death of his previous guarantor, former Union Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, on December 12 last year.
February 21, 2026Maharashtra minister withdraws defamation case against Raut after latter expresses regret in court
Bhuse's defamation complaint stemmed from an article published in Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mouthpiece 'Saamana', in 2023, in which Raut accused him of indulging in corruption of Rs 178 crore in Girna co-operative sugar factory located at Malegaon.
February 21, 2026After Shivraj Patil, Maharashtra Cong chief Sapkal new surety for Rahul in RSS defamation case
The Bhiwandi magistrate's court in neighbouring Thane district had asked the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition to furnish a new surety as Patil, who had stood as guarantor for him, passed away on December 12 last year.
February 21, 2026Shirtless protest: Court reserves order on Delhi Police plea for custody of arrested IYC workers
The arrested protesters were Krishna Hari, national secretary of Youth Congress from Bihar; Kundan Yadav, IYC state secretary, Bihar; Ajay Kumar, IYC state president, Uttar Pradesh; and Narasimha Yadav from Telangana.
February 21, 2026AI in legal sector needs ethical guardrails, strong data protection: Experts
He said that it was futile to compare AI with the intent, intelligence, emotional core, critical, refined and experienced mind of a seasoned practitioner of law.
February 21, 2026RSS defamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears in Bhiwandi court; names Sapkal as new guarantor
The Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition was required to appear before the court in person in the case following the death of his previous guarantor, former Union Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, who passed away in December last year.
February 21, 2026Court denies bail to PFI national leader, NIA claims he organised armed training camps
NIA Court judge MK Mohandas on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Ashraf alias Karamanna Ashraf Moulavi, the national in-charge of the PFI education wing and vice president of the All India Imams Council affiliated to the banned organisation.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi appears in Bhiwandi court in RSS defamation case
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Rajesh Kunte filed a complaint in the court alleging that the Congress leader, while speaking at a rally at Sonale village during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, stated that the Sangh was behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
February 21, 2026Former school headmaster, clerk get six years RI in corruption case in Kerala
According to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), during the period from July 2011 to October 2015, Kalam served as clerk and Rajan as headmaster at Kilimanoor Government Higher Secondary School.
February 21, 2026Metro parapet section collapse: officials of contractor firm seek anticipatory bail
Alpesh Patel and Ganesh Gholap -- director and technical director of the contractor firm Milan Road Buildtech -- and project consultant T Sai Suresh Kumar moved the court with pre-arrest bail pleas.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The couple was convicted under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (POCSO) Pradeep Kumar Mishra.
February 20, 2026RSS defamation case: Rahul Gandhi to appear before Bhiwandi court
"Gandhi has been asked to furnish a fresh surety as (Congress leader) Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, his current surety, died on December 12," his lawyer advocate Narayan Iyer told PTI.
February 20, 2026Outsourcing all work to AI will decay human mind, says lawyer Pavan Duggal
In an exclusive interview with PTI, Duggal said AI is poised to transform the country's legal ecosystem which has largely remained unchanged for centuries.
February 20, 2026Delhi court convicts toy-factory owner in child labour case, acquits of trafficking charges
The case arose from an FIR registered at the Sarai Rohilla police station on November 17, 2016, after several boys working at the factory allegedly fell unconscious due to food poisoning. One of them, Mansoom, later died during treatment.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The POCSO court termed the crimes as "rarest of rare" and held Ram Bhawan and his wife Durgawati guilty of systematically abusing children between 2010 and 2020 and producing child sexual abuse material.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The POCSO court termed the crimes as "rarest of rare" and held Ram Bhawan and his wife Durgawati guilty of systematically abusing children between 2010 and 2020 and producing child sexual abuse material.
February 20, 2026