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Court denies bail to Baba Siddique murder case accused, cites material linking him to conspiracy
In an order passed on March 9, special MCOCA judge Mahesh Jadhav refused to accept accused Bhagwan Singh's contention of prolonged incarceration, saying the charges have already been framed in the 2024 case and prosecution has initiated steps for commencement of trial.
March 12, 2026Delhi court seeks MEA clarification on extradition of Bush Foods' ex-MD, wife
Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Garg was hearing the arguments on the charge regarding a money laundering case instituted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against former non-executive director Sai Chandrasekhar and other key persons managing BFOPL.
March 12, 2026Court bins discharge plea of brothers accused of assaulting doctors at Mumbai hospital in 2021
According to the prosecution, the father of Gupta brothers was admitted to the hospital's emergency ward, where Dr Dhadse was on duty at the time, but died during treatment.
March 12, 2026PMLA court denies bail to IAS officer arrested by ED in bribery-linked money laundering case
The court of special PMLA judge KM Sojitra said it was not inclined to allow the application for regular bail moved by Patel, a 2015-batch Indian Administrative Service officer.
March 12, 2026No evidence of weapon use, court grants bail to KSU activists in health minister attack case
Thalassery Sessions Court Judge K T Nisar Ahammed granted bail to Athul M C, Akshay V V, Bithul Balan, Ahmed Yasin and Mubas C H, who were arrested on charges including attempt to murder the minister during a protest over alleged medical negligence incidents at Kannur railway station on February 25.
March 12, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court denies bail to Shahrukh Pathan, says ‘no change in circumstances’
The court said it was noted several times that the matter was delayed due to the conduct of the accused, as his counsel was not available for a very long time.
March 12, 2026Delhi court allows protest petition in Old Rajinder Nagar flooded coaching centre deaths
Abhijit Anand, counsel for Dalvin Suresh, the father of the 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 12, 2026UP court adjourns hearing in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi till March 23
On February 20, Gandhi, the MP from Raebareli, had appeared before the court and recorded his statement, claiming the case was filed against him due to political vendetta. He had also told the court that the audio and video evidence submitted by the complainant was incorrect and said he would present his own evidence.
March 12, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court denies bail to accused Shahrukh Pathan who pointed gun at policeman
Pathan, who is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail, is accused in two cases related to the riots, including pointing a gun at Head Constable Deepak Dahiya and being involved in a plot to murder a man named Rohit Shukla.
March 12, 2026Man gets 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting boy
According to Special Public Prosecutor Kadambini Khandagale, the incident took place on September 8, 2018, when Thorat sexually assaulted the minor in a public toilet in the Ulhasnagar area.
March 12, 2026IAF personnel acquitted in POCSO case after minor says 'assault' was in a dream
Taking note of her testimony and statements of family members acknowledging the misunderstanding, the special court presided over by Judge Rashmi Singh acquitted Shukla of all charges on March 7, holding that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
March 12, 2026Govt schoolteacher held for molesting girl students of Classes 3-4 in Bhandara district
They said the accused teacher, who was arrested on March 10, used to inappropriately touch girl students of Classes 3 and 4, misbehave with them and also show the minors obscene videos on his mobile phone.
March 11, 2026Amazon not seller but a platform: Court quashes notice against its directors over sale of abortion pills
As per the complaint lodged against Gurunanak Enterprises as well as ASSPL directors, abortion pills displayed with the names "Woman Abortion Pills" and "Safe Abort Tablets" were available on the portal of the e-retail giant.
March 11, 2026Delhi court grants interim bail to couple accused of racial slurs at NE women
The accused persons have remained in custody for a period of about fifteen days. The statements of the victims have already been recorded and the principal incident stands captured in a video recording. Despite the reprehensible nature of the conduct attributed to the accused persons, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by their continued incarceration at this stage
March 11, 2026NIA seeks life term for Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi for waging war against India
The convicts are well-educated women, and their acts were part of a deep-rooted conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India. They were not just part of the conspiracy but were the main perpetrators,” the National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted in its written arguments.
March 11, 2026Red Fort blast case: Court extends police custody of 2 accused
Ahangar from Ganderbal and Bhat from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, were formally arrested by the NIA in February for their active involvement in the conspiracy related to the Delhi blast.
March 11, 2026Tribunal orders Rs 38.7 lakh compensation to kin of father-son killed in road accident
The incident occurred near a petrol pump in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, on September 6, 2020, when Jayshankar Jangiram Yadav (54) was riding a motorcycle with his 25-year-old son, Aashutosh, as a pillion rider. A speeding truck swerved into the wrong lane and dashed into their two-wheeler.
March 11, 2026Ahmedabad court sentences two foreigners to 20-yr RI in drug trafficking case
Based on intelligence inputs, the Narcotics Control Bureau apprehended Hanchabila John, a citizen of Zambia, for smuggling 2.75 kg of heroin on a flight from Dubai to Ahmedabad on September 3, 2021, the NCB's Ahmedabad zonal unit said on Tuesday.
March 11, 2026IAF personnel acquitted in POCSO case after minor says 'assault' was in a dream
According to the FIR, the alleged incident took place on the night of March 8, 2019, when the girl was staying at her sister-in-law's house in Khadepur under Naubasta police station limits.
March 11, 2026Janakpuri Biker death: Delhi court sends main contractor to one day judicial custody
The contractor, Himanshu Gupta, had been evading arrest and was held in Rajasthan's Udaipur on Tuesday morning after a rigorous manhunt by the police, officials said.
March 10, 2026Antilia bomb scare case: Ex-cop Sachin Waze seeks discharge, questions UAPA charges
As a cop, Waze argued that he was "fully aware" that the Ambanis are India's most strongly guarded family, and thus "threatening" them, that too with certain low-quality explosives, "is one of the silliest crimes", which he could never think of committing, the plea stated.
March 10, 2026Delhi tribunal awards Rs 39.13 lakh compensation to parents of 21-year-old killed in road accident
In the order dated March 7, the tribunal said, “It stands duly proved that the accident in question took place due to rash and negligent driving of the offending vehicle by Respondent No. 1 (truck driver).”
March 10, 2026Karnataka court sentences man to 40 yrs of RI for raping minor girl
According to police, the accused dragged the minor girl, who was sitting outside the house, and forcibly committed the sexual offence.
March 10, 2026Delhi court upholds Metro harassment conviction, calls for safer public transport
The court, in its order dated March 9, said that the prosecution successfully proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt before the trial court and the offence punishable under Section 354 of the IPC was made out.
March 10, 20269 yrs on, tribunal awards Rs 31.6 lakh compensation to kin of vegetable vendor killed in accident
According to the claimants, the victim, Rizwan Asgar Ali Devjani (then aged 28), was heading on his motorcycle towards Vashi market in Navi Mumbai on September 22, 2017, when a motor trailer driven at "exorbitant speed" hit him from behind while attempting to overtake near Shibli Nagar.
March 10, 2026Six sentenced to 10-year jail for killing man over land dispute
On a complaint filed by the deceased's brother Gaurishankar Yadav, a case was registered against Harendra Yadav, his brother Ravindra Yadav, sisters Babita and Sahati, and two others Urmila Devi and Vinod Yadav under Sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
March 10, 2026Plea filed in POCSO court seeking seizure of Swami Avimukteshwaranand's passport
Swami Avimukteshwaranand is trying to flee abroad. Therefore, we have urged the honourable court to consider how he can leave the district. The high court has clearly said that he will not influence the investigation. The high court has only stayed his arrest
March 9, 2026Court rejects bail plea of former TDB member in Sabarimala gold loss cases
Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit C S rejected the bail plea of Vijayakumar in two cases related to the loss of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) and the Dwarapalaka idols.
March 9, 2026J&K HC holds full court reference to condole death of Justice Jhanji
The full court reference was held in the courtroom of the chief justice at Jammu wing of the high court to condole the death of Justice Jhanji, former judge who had also served as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh, an official spokesman said.
March 9, 2026Rohit Shetty house firing case: Accused seeks bail for attending his marriage
All 12 accused arrested in connection with the firing incident are currently in judicial custody. Yadav was among the seven accused, including shooter Deepak Sharma, arrested on February 14 from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
March 9, 2026Delhi riots case: Sharjeel Imam gets 10-day interim bail, barred from using social media
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks -- to attend his brother's weeding scheduled this month and spend time with family during the Eid festival.
March 9, 2026SC dismisses PIL seeking direction for supply of complete copy of Times of India to paper buyers
Questioning how a writ petition would lie against the Times of India, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by G S Rathore.
March 9, 20262020 Delhi riots: Court grants 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam
In an order, the court granted interim bail from March 20 to 30.
March 9, 2026Delhi court reserves order on bail plea of couple accused of racial slurs at NE women for Tuesday
The accused, Harsh Priya Singh and Ruby Jain, were arrested on February 25 by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurling racial slurs at the three northeastern women in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar area.
March 9, 2026Thane MACT orders Rs 5 lakh compensation to kin of woman killed in 2003 crash
The victim, Serena M. Pereira, was riding pillion on a motorcycle on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway at Kashimira on September 18, 2003, when a speeding truck collided with the two-wheeler, causing Serena to fall and come under the wheels of the heavy vehicle. She died on the spot.
March 9, 2026Delhi court grants interim bail to Al-Falah chairman Jawed Siddiqui in money laundering case
Siddiqui, who was arrested on November 18, 2025 in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and linked to the alleged cheating of students enrolled in institutions run by the Al Falah Charitable Trust, was granted the interim bail for two weeks on furnishing a personal bond and surety of Rs 1 lakh each.
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