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UP: Court orders case against couple for abetting youth's suicide
Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Manglik said the court directed the police to register a case under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Priyanka Chauhan and her husband Jitendra Chauhan, residents of Godma village. The court has also sought an investigation report on the matter.
March 1, 2026JNU protest march: Delhi court orders immediate release of student protesters
The court said, "Although the said judgment pertained to verification of surety bonds by jail authorities and police after grant of interim bail, the underlying constitutional principle is clearly that procedural formalities cannot be so protracted as to render the judicial order of bail illusory."
March 1, 2026Man sentenced to imprisonment till death for sexually assaulting 4-year-old child in Kollam
Punalur Fast Track Court (POCSO Act Cases) Special Judge Aravind B Edayodi on Friday awarded the sentence and a fine of Rs 5 lakh to Kalaivanan Kamaraj, a native of Nagapattinam currently residing in Kacheri here.
March 1, 2026NALSA launches nationwide youth film competition to spread legal awareness
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March 1, 2026AI Summit protest: Delhi court stays IYC chief Chib's bail, calls case 'rare & exceptional’
The court said it seemed from the facts presented before it that it was a rare and very exceptional case where the situation demanded passing an ex parte order staying the magistrate's order.
February 28, 2026Two CPI(M) activists sentenced to 5 years’ jail term for attempt to murder BJP worker in Alappuzha
Though the court awarded a total sentence of 10 years and 15 days under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), it ordered that the sentences would run concurrently.
February 28, 2026Faridabad court absolves Nikita Tomar murder convict Tausif, his parents of kidnapping charge
Two years before her murder, on August 2, 2018, Tausif and his parents were accused of kidnapping Nikita, with the police in Ballabhgarh registering an FIR based on a complaint lodged by Nikita’s father, Moolchand.
February 28, 2026AI Summit protest: Magistrate grants bail to IYC chief Chib, but sessions court orders stay
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal directed the stay after the Delhi Police challenged the bail order by Duty Magistrate Vanshika Mehta, and listed the matter on March 6 for further proceedings.
February 28, 2026High proportion of law graduates opting for corporate jobs is worrisome: CJI
"As (GNLU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr S Shanthakumar pointed out, if 93 per cent of you have been hijacked outside the gates of this university by corporate entities, then it increases my worry. Because I presume, as a very selfish head of the Indian judiciary, that the national law schools will produce more and more members of the bar and the bench
February 28, 2026Court sentences former temple priest to life for sexually assaulting minor in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court (POCSO Act cases) Judge Shibu MP found the accused, Binesh (45) of Moothakunnam, Ernakulam district, guilty of the crime and further imposed a fine of Rs two lakh.
February 28, 2026AI summit protest: Can't deny liberty on conjectures, says court, grants bail to Youth Cong chief
Chib was produced before Duty Magistrate Vanshika Mehta at her official residence around 1 am as his four-day police custody, granted by the court on February 24, came to an end.
February 28, 2026AI cannot replace core functions in legal profession, trained mind will prevail: Justice Viswanathan
Referring to technology, Justice Viswanathan said lawyers in the 21st Century are expected to cultivate new skills in technology.
February 28, 2026Kerala: Former commercial taxes officer sentenced to 4 years’ RI in bribery case
Though he was awarded sentences under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the total effective sentence is four years of rigorous imprisonment, with the court ordering that the sentences run concurrently.
February 28, 2026Arbitration framework matured considerably, but challenges remain: CJI Surya Kant
He referred to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s address at the same event, wherein the CM highlighted the growing importance of institutional arbitration within India’s legal and jurisdictional framework, particularly for a state like Gujarat, which leads the nation in industrial development and technological advancement.
February 28, 2026AI Summit Protest: Delhi court grants bail to IYC president Chib
Speaking to the media, Chib's counsel informed that bail was granted by the magistrate against the surety bond of Rs 50,000, and the court has also directed his client to surrender his passport and electronic gadgets.
February 28, 2026UP: Man and his brother get life term for killing wife
On February 21, 2017, Karari police station received information about the death of a woman in Guwara Tayyabpur village. They were initially told that she had consumed poison after a fight with her husband, Amardev, said additional district government advocate (Criminal) Anirudh Mishra.
February 28, 2026Man gets 20-years rigorous imprisonment for raping Dalit girl in UP's Sonbhadra in 2018
Agrahari said Additional District Judge (POCSO Act) Amit Veer Singh held Raj Mishra guilty on Friday and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, also imposing a fine of Rs 56,000.
February 27, 2026Cannot permit narrative to replace evidence, says Delhi court, discharges K Kavitha
"According to him, when he (Reddy) met Accused 18 (Kejriwal), he was told that Accused 17 (Kavitha) would call him. Beyond this assertion, no circumstance, meeting, communication or overt act is attributed to them jointly, and notwithstanding the absence of any further material, they have been portrayed as principal actors operating through intermediaries
February 27, 2026Poll code violation case involving AAP MP Sanjay Singh: Witnesses cross-examined in UP court, next hearing on Mar 12
Ajit Kumar, who wrote the FIR (police personnel), appeared in court and recorded his statement, after which the defence (Sanjay Singh's lawyer) cross-examined him.
February 27, 2026Forensic Science is 'Suraksha Kavach', safeguards justice in digital age: CJI
The digital age has transformed not only how crimes are committed but also how truth must be discovered. Cyber-intrusions, digital fraud, identity manipulations and transnational data crimes challenge traditional investigative models and demand a new level of analytical sophistication
February 27, 2026IBC represents legislative choice to privilege speed over exhaustive judicial scrutiny: SC
The court said experience shows that unsuccessful bidders would always try to "spin" commercial decisions of the Committee of Creditors (CoC) as procedurally-faulty in order to secure a second shot through litigation by filing applications or making representations.
February 27, 2026Odisha court issues notice for attachment of property of cyber fraudster
Ganjam SP Suvendu Kumar Patra said the police had petitioned the court after Sahu allegedly earned money by operating mule accounts in banks.
February 27, 2026Media cannot perform its role under constraint, fear or influence: Justice BV Nagarathna
Speaking at the presentation function of the IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2025, Justice Nagarathna, who is set to become the first woman Chief Justice of India in September 2027, said the recent trend of attempts to capture the press not only has economic underpinnings but also political overtones
February 27, 2026Judge who discharged Arvind Kejriwal in excise-policy case dealt with several key matters in past
The judge had set aside a magistrate's order that dismissed a complaint seeking the prosecution of former Union minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, saying there were prima-facie grounds to proceed against him for the offence of criminal breach of trust.
February 27, 2026J-K court issues warrants against four absconding 'terrorist commanders' including Hizbul chief
"In a significant step towards dismantling terror networks and reinforcing rule of law, Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has secured non-bailable warrants against four operatives of proscribed terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen
February 27, 2026Excise 'scam': Court directs departmental inquiry against CBI's investigating officer
Earlier, while orally pronouncing the substantive portions of the verdict, the judge said, "I am recommending a departmental inquiry..." against the IO, after noting that "there was no material at all" against Singh.
February 27, 2026Excise scam: Relief and tears as Delhi court discharges Kejriwal and 20 others, CBI appeals in HC
Hours after the verdict by special judge Jitendra Singh, the CBI filed an appeal challenging it in the Delhi High Court. Several aspects of the investigation were either ignored or not considered adequately, a spokesperson of the agency said in response to the scathing criticism by the trial court.
February 27, 2026Actor-politician Vijay's wife files divorce petition
She has accused her husband of having an extra-marital relationship with an actress and that he has subjected her to "persistent mental cruelty, neglect and desertion". If required, she said she would implead the actress as second respondent.
February 27, 2026Court accepts closure report in Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank case involving Ajit Pawar
Mahesh Jadhav, special judge for cases involving MPs and MLAs, accepted the `C-Summary' report filed by the EOW stating that no criminal case was made out.
February 27, 2026Delhi court discharges Sisodia in excise scam case, says no prima facie case of unilateralism
Special Judge Jitendra Singh was hearing the case against Sisodia, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha and 20 others, who were accused in the liquor-policy case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
February 27, 2026Excise 'scam': No prima-facie case of policy manipulation against Kejriwal, says court
The prosecution seeks to connect Accused 18 (Kejriwal) mainly based on one sentence in the statement of the witness, namely, prosecution witness 225 Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy: 'Thereafter, he told me that K Kavitha, daughter of K Chandrashekar Rao, the then chief minister of Telangana, would be contacting me in this regard
February 27, 2026Excise 'scam': Court pulls up CBI for using phrase 'South Group'
The court also said such a nomenclature finds no foundation in law, does not correspond to any legally-cognisable classification and is wholly alien to the statutory framework governing criminal liability.
February 27, 2026Man gets life term for killing father over lottery dispute in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court Judge K P Anilkumar found Vinod guilty of killing his father, Antony, following a dispute over a lottery ticket that had won a prize and sentenced him to a life term under section 302 (murder) of IPC.
February 27, 2026Key observations of Delhi court in Delhi excise policy case
Prosecution case does not disclose even the threshold of prima facie suspicion, far less the "grave suspicion" mandated by settled principles of criminal jurisprudence.
February 27, 2026Excise case: Court says procedure allowing indefinite jail term can degenerate into punitive process
It highlighted that a procedure permitting prolonged or indefinite incarceration based on a provisional and untested allegation risked "degenerating into a punitive process" and raised a "concern of considerable constitutional significance", where individual liberty was "imperilled" by invoking the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
February 27, 2026Chronology of events in excise policy corruption case involving Arvind Kejriwal
Feb 12, 2026: Delhi court reserved its order on charge.
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