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No fraudulent intention, says court while accepting closure report in MSCB 'scam'
Mere irregularity or lapses in procedure cannot be converted into offences, it ruled while giving a clean chit to the late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and other accused.
March 16, 20262016 Una flogging case: 5 convicted for thrashing Dalit men, 35 acquitted; sentencing on Tue
The court of special SC/ST atrocities cases and additional district and sessions judge JJ Pandya convicted five accused and acquitted 35 others, while the case against a policeman was abated as he died during the pendency of the trial, district government lawyer Ketansinh Vala said, adding the court reserved its order of sentencing for Tuesday.
March 16, 2026Delhi: Man gets life term for unnatural sex, murder of 11-year-old boy
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat, however, refused to award the 34-year-old the death penalty, observing that the offences were heinous in nature but did not fall in the rarest of rare category.
March 16, 2026Gurugram: Two get life term for shooting cabbie dead; 3-year sentence for weapon supplier
According to the police, on March 24, 2022, information was received at Pataudi police station that a man's body was lying on Palasoli Road near Mau Lokri village, with a gunshot wound in the head.
March 16, 2026Delhi court sets aside conviction in child abuse case over procedural lapse
According to the prosecution, the father of a seven-year-old boy complained to the police on December 11, 2011, that the school van driver sexually assaulted the child for several weeks while ferrying him to school.
March 16, 2026Red Fort blast: Court sends 2 accused to 15-day judicial custody
Special Judge Pitambar Dutt sent Zameer Ahmad Ahangar and Tufail Ahmad Bhat to jail after the completion of their five days in NIA custody.
March 16, 2026Union minister Hardeep Puri's daughter moves Delhi HC over allegations of links with Epstein
In her lawsuit seeking Rs 10 crore as damages and an order to restrain several entities from disseminating defamatory content, Himayani Puri said there was a "coordinated and malicious online campaign" to link her to Epstein and his crimes.
March 16, 2026More than 83,000 cases settled in National Lok Adalat at Thane; settlements cross Rs 187 crore
Of the total disposals, bank recovery cases emerged as a significant category, with 3,966 cases settled for an amount of Rs 62.08 crore. The initiative also saw a massive resolution of 26,485 electricity bill disputes and 14,716 water bill cases.
March 16, 2026Thane court acquits two men in 2023 chain-snatching case
According to the prosecution, on January 10, 2023, two motorcycle-borne men allegedly snatched a gold 'mangalsutra' from a pedestrian in Kalyan.
March 16, 2026Hathras gangrape: Hearing in defamation case against Rahul deferred to April 13
Advocate Alok Chandra, representing the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha in the matter, said he filed the formal objection on Monday and a copy of the same has also been provided to the petitioners' counsel.
March 16, 2026Court in Kerala orders further probe into death of ADM Naveen Babu
Babu was found dead on October 14, 2024 at his official residence in Kannur, allegedly after CPI(M) leader P P Divya made remarks against him during a farewell event.
March 16, 2026MACT Thane gives compensation of Rs 24.33 lakh to kin of man killed in WB road accident
In his order of March 11, details of which were made available on Sunday, MACT Member KP Shrikhande asked the Assam-based owner of the offending vehicle and the firm that insured it to pay the amount to deceased Chandrabhan Danbahadur Singh's wife, two minor children, and mother along with 9 per cent interest from April 7, 2022.
March 15, 2026Judicial system must work like hospitals, with same spirit of service: CJI
He highlighted that while discussions often focus on fundamental rights, fundamental duties are also a crucial part of the Constitution and should be upheld. He urged the organisation of similar programs at the grassroots level to raise awareness about these fundamental duties.
March 15, 2026Curtains drawn on 4-decade-old MC Mehta case on air pollution as SC disposes PIL
The PIL, filed by environmentalist M C Mehta in 1985, led to several landmark judgments and orders aimed at preventing, controlling, and managing pollution levels in Delhi-NCR and related issues.
March 15, 2026Environment ministry endorses names of 10-member expert committee set up to define Aravalli hills
New Delhi, Mar 15 The Union Environment Ministry has told the Supreme Court that it has no objection with the Central Empowered Committee's proposed 10-member high-powered expert committee which has been tasked to come up with a uniform definition for the Aravalli hills and ranges.
March 15, 2026Kin of security manager awarded Rs 1 crore compensation at Thane Lok Adalat
A speeding tempo coming out of a petrol pump crashed into his motorcycle. Nadar suffered serious injuries and was rushed to a hospital in Bhiwandi where he was declared dead.
March 15, 2026Techie’s kin awarded Rs 2.14 crore at Thane Lok Adalat
According to the claim details, Omakar and his colleague were travelling from Mumbai to Pune in a Swift Dzire on August 2, 2024, when the accident occurred. Around 7 pm, near a food mall on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, a speeding Tata Tigor EV crashed into their vehicle.
March 14, 2026Delhi court grants interim bail to accused in AI Summit protest case
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Rajeev Kumar, who is accused of being part of a "premeditated conspiracy" and recording the incident at the AI Summit protest on his mobile phone.
March 14, 2026MACT awards Rs 18.96 lakh compensation to kin of man killed in 2020 highway accident
According to the petition, the victim, Bandu Barku Andre, a milk vendor, was riding his bicycle on the night of January 31, 2020, when a speeding car crashed into him near Naigaon in Maval. Andre sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at a local hospital.
March 14, 2026Nine-judge SC bench to hear arguments on Mar 17 on definition of 'industry'
According to the apex court's cause list of March 17, the matter would be heard by a nine-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices B V Nagarathna, P S Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and Vipul M Pancholi.
March 14, 2026J-K court acquits 3 men accused of harbouring terrorists who killed BJP leader 5 years ago
"The accused, Abrar Gulzar Khan, Muneer Ahmad Sheikh and Mohammad Waqar Lone, all from Bandipora, are hereby acquitted of the charge under Section 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by benefit of doubt. They are ordered to be set at liberty forthwith if not required to be detained in connection with any other case, subject to verification by the jail authorities," the judge said in the 89-page order passed on Wednesday.
March 14, 2026Middleman denied bail in Rs 65 cr Mithi desilting case; court calls him conspiracy mastermind
His bail plea was rejected earlier this week by Additional Sessions Judge N G Shukla. In the reasoned order made available on Friday, the court noted that Kadam was involved in the serious offence of causing wrongful loss to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
March 13, 2026Delhi court directs further investigation in Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre deaths case
Abhijit Anand, counsel for Dalvin Suresh, the father of deceased Nevin Dalvin, had filed a petition alleging that the central agency's investigating officer (IO) did not conduct a "free and fair investigation."
March 13, 2026Chhattisgarh ACB/EOW files chargesheet against arrested SBI official for Rs 2.78 cr fraud
The chargesheet against Vijay Kumar Ahke, who was serving as Chief Branch Manager of the Specialised Currency Administration Branch (SCAB) of State Bank of India located in Byron Bazaar here at the time of arrest in December last year, was submitted before the ACB/EOW special court in Raipur.
March 13, 2026Four sentenced to life in 2017 case of murder of teen in west Delhi
Additional Sessions Judge Pooja Talwar held them guilty under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC) for killing Manoj in February 2017.
March 13, 2026Man, his three sons among 10 sentenced to life term for killing cop's brother in Rajasthan's Kota
According to Public Prosecutor Ritesh Mewara, the incident occurred in Galana village under Kaithun police station limits on night of February 3, 2019, when Meghraj Nagar (65), along with his three sons and relatives barged into the house of Abhimanyu Bagadi.
March 13, 2026Kerala court sentences 49-yr-old man to imprisonment for remainder of life in POCSO case
The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to imprisonment for the remainder of his life under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
March 13, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court declines plea seeking FIR against BJP MLA Kapil Mishra
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed the plea filed by Mohammad Ilyas saying that registration of an FIR was not legally permissible in view of earlier judicial findings.
March 13, 2026Allow victim to file complaint against false cases: Plea in SC
The plea filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has sought directions for “purposive and harmonious interpretation” of sections 215 and 379 of the BNSS, claiming that innocent citizens are committing suicide due to false cases.
March 13, 2026Delhi tribunal awards over Rs 60 lakh compensation to woman disabled in road accident
Presiding Officer Rakesh Kumar Singh was hearing a claim petition filed by Poonam, who sustained severe head injuries when she met with an accident at the age of 17.
March 13, 2026Court convicts man for murdering sanitary shop owner over property dispute in Delhi's Dwarka
Additional Sessions Judge Shivali Bansal was hearing a case against Kamal Sharma, who was accused under IPC sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and 34 (common intention) and his associate Vishal Solanki under IPC sections 201 and 34 for helping dispose of evidence.
March 13, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 45.48 lakh to kin of two drivers killed in road accident in 2010
The accident took place on April 18, 2010, near Shahapur in Thane district. Victims Rameshkumar Amarpal Singh (42) and Firoz Siddik Ahamad Shaikh (27) were taking a tanker to Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh from Chembur in Mumbai.
March 13, 2026UP: Father-son sentenced for life in murder case
District government counsel, criminal, Arvind Tripathi on Friday said two others were acquitted in the murder case of villager Ramesh Yadav.
March 13, 2026UP: Man gets 10 years in jail for raping college student in Jhansi
After completion of the trial, the court of Additional District Judge-II, Anubhav Trivedi, held the man guilty and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment.
March 12, 2026No public servants found liable in cheating case involving private firm; CBI court transfers matter
The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court transferred the Rs 140-crore case to the magistrate's court for further proceedings after noting it lacks specific jurisdiction to proceed with the matter after the probe agency's submission.
March 12, 2026Model code violation case against AAP MP Sanjay Singh: Next hearing on Mar 19
On February 27, Ajit Kumar, who wrote the FIR, had appeared before the court and recorded his statement, following which the defence counsel cross-examined him.
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