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Land surveyor sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in bribery case in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court Judge Manoj A sentenced Gireeshan C, a native of Chirayinkeezhu, to four years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
April 24, 2026Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to three-day police custody in sixth sexual assault case
Kharat, who was arrested on March 18, is accused of sexually exploiting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
April 24, 2026Iranian student has legal right to use swimming pool: Kerala Human Rights Commission
The order was issued by Commission Chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas while considering a complaint filed by Sara Moosavi, a student and swimmer here.
April 23, 2026Zubeen death case: Shymakanu's bail hearing concludes, order on April 30
The hearing, which began on Wednesday, resumed in the morning, with Mahanta’s counsel refuting the prosecution’s arguments.
April 23, 2026UP court orders FIR against Shahjahanpur cops over alleged tampering of woman's statement
According to prosecution officer Ashish Shukla, the matter pertains to the woman from Jalalabad police station area who had gone with a man of her own will. The police later recovered them from Khatu Shyam in Rajasthan and produced the woman before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Manish Kumar Singh on April 16 seeking remand.
April 23, 2026Coal 'scam' case: Delhi court sends I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel to 14-day judicial custody
Additional Sessions Judge Deepti Devesh allowed the Enforcement Directorate’s plea seeking the accused's judicial custody. He was produced on completion of his 10-day ED custody.
April 23, 2026Delhi court sends man accused of killing IRS officer's daughter to 4-day police custody
Judicial Magistrate Deepika Thakaran allowed the Delhi Police's plea seeking four days of custodial interrogation of the accused.
April 23, 2026Delhi court sends man accused of killing IRS officer's daughter to 4-day police custody
A 22-year-old IIT graduate and the daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was allegedly raped and killed at her Kailash Hills residence by Meena, their former house help, on Wednesday morning, hours after the accused and his associates allegedly sexually assaulted another woman in Rajasthan's Alwar.
April 23, 2026Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to judicial custody till May 6 in fifth sexual assault case
Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman lodged a rape complaint against him at Sarkarwada police station here, has since been accused of sexually assaulting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
April 23, 2026Thane court acquits five men in human trafficking case, cites gaps in prosecution evidence
While acknowledging the social menace of human trafficking, Additional Sessions Judge Vasudha L Bhosale, in the order on April 21, emphasised that the court cannot fill gaps in a weak prosecution.
April 23, 2026After 18 years of trial, UP man gets 10-year jail, Rs 10 lakh fine for illegal drug possession
Assistant District Government Counsel Deepak Tiwari said the accused, Sanjay Singh, originally a resident of Kalyanpur in Kanpur and currently residing in Mahaveeran locality, was arrested on April 2, 2008, by then Premnagar police station in-charge Balbir Singh Gaur during a checking drive
April 23, 2026TCS case: No interim relief to arrested employee in related matter; court cites 'criminal antecedents'
Citing the preliminary stage of the investigation, the court also stated that the purported offence has wide social repercussions affecting law and order in the society.
April 22, 2026NIA court sentences seven accused in Bengaluru prisons radicalisation case
Apart from Naseer, the court has sentenced accused Syed Suhail Khan, Mohammed Umar, Zahid Tabrez, Syed Mudassir Pasha, Mohammed Faisal Rabbani and Salman Khan and imposed a fine of Rs 48,000, it said.
April 22, 2026Man gets life imprisonment for wife's murder after swift court trial
District and Sessions Court Judge Amitabh Mishra convicted Sur Singh Bhilala, a resident of Kandai village, under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000.
April 22, 20265 Haryana cops, acquitted in 2016 gangster 'encounter' case, acted in self-defence: Mumbai court
Nearly a month after the acquittal ruling, the court observed the cops were on duty for apprehending a person with "heavy criminal antecedents" and have established "circumstances to recognize the right of private defence". It also pointed out that the Haryana government had not given sanction to prosecute these police officials.
April 22, 2026Haryana: Man gets life term for 3-year-old's rape-murder
The accused, a member of the girl's family, lured the toddler to an isolated, hilly area near the village, where he raped her before murdering her brutally.
April 22, 2026Zubeen death case: Bail application of key accused Shyamkanu Mahanta heard in fast track court
Mahanta, the organiser of the North East India Festival, had moved for bail on April 10, a day after the Assam assembly polls.
April 22, 2026Gold smuggling case: Actress Ranya Rao set to walk out of jail after year
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials intercepted Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, stepdaughter of the DGP rank (suspended) police officer, Ramachandra Rao, at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, on March 2, 2025, after she allegedly carried out 27 trips to Dubai since January 2025.
April 22, 2026MSCB scam: Court discharges NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar, others in ED case
A money laundering case cannot survive in the absence of "predicate" offence, said the special judge for MPs/MLAs cases Mahesh Jadhav, adding that a closure report accepted by a competent court in the predicate offence amounts to acquittal.
April 22, 2026Justice Lisa Gill becomes first woman chief justice of Andhra HC
It had also taken a policy decision to move a judge proposed to head a high court to that court two months prior to taking charge as the chief justice.
April 22, 2026Zubeen death case: Bail application of key accused Shyamkanu Mahanta heard in fast track court
His counsel, Rajdeep Banerjee, appeared via video conference, while another lawyer, Pran Bora, was present in the court, and they argued that Mahanta has been in jail for more than seven months and should, therefore, be granted bail.
April 22, 2026Delhi court stays FIR against ex-Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan, film producer in cheating case
Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh was hearing a revision petition against the April 8 order of a magisterial court, which directed the SHO of Badarpur to register an FIR against the duo.
April 22, 2026MSCB scam: Court discharges NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar, others in ED case
The ED's money laundering case stemmed from an August 2019 FIR registered by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) that alleged fraudulent sale of 'Sahakari Sakhar Karkhanas' (cooperative sugar mills) by then officers and directors of MSCB at throwaway prices to their relatives or other private persons without following due procedure.
April 22, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 25 lakh compensation to kin of mason killed in bike-MSRTC bus collision
In the order passed on April 17, tribunal member R V Mohite directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay a total of Rs 24,94,600 to the family of the deceased with 9 per cent interest from the date of filing the claim petition.
April 22, 2026TCS case: Court denies interim relief to arrested software professional in related matter
The 31-year-old software professional is already arrested in one of the nine FIRs registered in connection with the case. He is currently in judicial custody.
April 22, 2026''It seems I can’t crack jokes now,'' says HM Parameshwara after court orders FIR
But it is a pure lie to say that I, being someone holding an important position, am promoting illegal activities. It all depends on how you perceive it
April 22, 2026Defamation case against Rahul: UP court reserves order for May 2
Gandhi's counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla said the court heard submissions on the plea moved by complainant's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey and fixed May 2 for pronouncement of its order.
April 22, 2026PMK founder Dr Ramadoss' photo can't be used without consent: Court
XIII Assistant Judge Dharmaprabu M issued the direction earlier in the day as the Assembly election campaigning concluded for the polling scheduled on April 23.
April 21, 2026Kangana Ranaut moves Agra court seeking deferment of verdict in case over remarks
According to her lawyer, Anusuya Chaudhary, the application alleges that the complainant was given "undue opportunity" by the court and seeks adequate time for the defence, along with a request to postpone the pronouncement of judgment.
April 21, 2026Key ISIS conspirator gets 6 years imprisonment by NIA court for spreading terrorist ideology
Arafath Ali, a resident of Shivamogga, Karnataka, had fled the country in January 2020 to evade arrest. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, in September 2023.
April 21, 2026TCS case: Prime accused seeks bail, says complaint filed due to frustration or parents' pressure
Danish Shaikh, the accused, also denied making remarks hurting the victim's religious sentiments.
April 21, 2026Court orders FIR against Home Minister Parameshwara for his betting remark
The 42nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court directed police to initiate a probe following a private complaint filed by H R Nagabhushan.
April 21, 2026Meerut blue drum murder case: Accused wife, lover questioned in court
Rajput, a former Merchant Navy officer, was murdered by Muskan and her lover Sahil Shukla in Meerut on March 4, 2025. They stabbed and dismembered him, sealing his body in a cement-filled blue drum - ?an act that shocked the nation with its brutality.
April 21, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Lawrence Bishnoi, 19 others in 2021 case
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma ordered framing charges against Bishnoi and others under Sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (holding unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
April 21, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Lawrence Bishnoi, 19 others in 2021 case
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma ordered framing charges against Bishnoi and others under sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (holding unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate), along with the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.
April 21, 2026Thane court acquits rickshaw driver in 2020 POCSO case after victim fails to testify
Ruby U Malvankar, special judge for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, absolved Ajay alias Langda alias Sonu Omprakash Tiwari of all charges in the judgement passed on April 17. The order copy became available on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026