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Prithvi Shaw calls social media influencer's plea against him false, frivolous
Gill then approached a magistrate's court, seeking a direction to police to register an FIR. Police told the court in th...
2022 murder case: Gangster Subhash Singh Thakur sent in police custody till Dec 22
On Tuesday, he was produced before the Thane-based court of Special Judge VG Mohite, who remanded him in police custody ...
7 yrs on, court convicts duo for intimidating woman panchayat official
The incident occurred on September 25, 2018, when a gram sevika (panchayat official- who is the informant in the case) w...
2016 dacoity case: Thane court acquits nine accused under MCOCA
The nine persons acquitted in the case are Trimani Tangraj (38), Rakesh Babu Chalwadi (30), Kishor Shantaram Rumale Pati...
MNS, Shiv Sena workers acquitted in 2018 rioting case
They were charged under Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Police Act for rioting, assault on public servant mischief, an...
Man gets life sentence for raping minor girl in Varanasi
Special public prosecutor Sandeep Kumar Jaiswal said the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act-III) Vinod Kumar convicted th...
Court grants NIA custody of prime accused in Iran organ trafficking case
Jayakumar has also filed a bail application, which is scheduled to be considered by the court on December 17....
3 convicted for murder of Bengal councillor
Dutta was shot dead in the crowded Agarpara North Station Road, and his killing led to massive protests in the area in s...
Mumbai doctor's death: Arrested husband's two siblings get anticipatory bail
Prima facie, no role is attributed to the two accused in the FIR registered by the police, the defence argued....
Land-for-jobs ‘scam’: CBI informs court it has largely completed verification of accused
The prosecution has alleged that appointments in the Group-D category of the Indian Railways' West Central Zone based in...
Court grants bail to activist Rahul Easwar in defamation case
He also alleged that when his bail plea came up for consideration before the court on Thursday last week, the public pro...
District court rejects plea to change cloth covering lock of sealed Gyanvapi wuzukhana
Yadav said the judge observed that since the matter is under consideration before the Supreme Court, the district court ...
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits two accused of arson, rioting
In an order dated December 9, the judge said, "I find that there are serious doubts about the credibility of prosecution...
Thane woman, brother get bail in case of sexually assaulting her minor son
"Ex facie, there are matrimonial disputes pending between accused No. 1 (boy's mother) and her husband, with whom at pre...
Technology should amplify human judgment, not replace it: CJI Surya Kant
Justice Surya Kanta cited the instance of the Lok Adalat system, according to him, this has been an enduring success in ...
CJI advises lawyers to avail hybrid mode of appearance in view of prevailing weather conditions
On November 26, the CJI, while considering the possibility of shifting apex court hearings to the virtual-only mode due ...
National Lok Adalat: Compensation of Rs 1.25 cr given to kin of inspector killed in road accident
On April 14, 2023, he was injured when a BEST bus hit his motorcycle while he was on his way to work. He succumbed to hi...
Messi event chaos in Kolkata: Chief organiser sent to 14-day police custody
We have prepared a list of people who will be summoned. CCTV footage will be reviewed, and those responsible will be arr...
1991 Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram attack: Palghar court acquits sole remaining accused
The original chargesheet was filed against 32 accused, all of whom were acquitted on January 7, 2003. The current case a...
Court refuses to discharge Eknath Khadse in money laundering case linked to land deal
The special court stated that the material on record prima facie reveals that Mandakini Khadse and Girish Chaudhari acqu...
Bride, aunt held for cheating groom of Rs 2 lakh sent to 14-day judicial custody
Acting on a complaint from the groom’s family, police arrested Preeti. A court in Kaij initially sent her to police cust...
Supreme Court reconstitutes 26 in-house committees
The committees deal with various subjects, such as finance, promotions, law clerks-cum-research assistants, staff welfar...
CBI opposes Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases from judge
The CBI further said in its reply that Rabri Devi raised the issue of alleged bias only after extensive arguments on cha...
Undertrial prisoner gets one year in jail for assaulting cops in court corridor
The court found the statements of police personnel who were part of the escort team "coherent, consistent, and free from...
NIA court declares absconding Delhi blast accused Muzaffar Rather 'proclaimed offender'
Section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) deals with the procedure for declaring a person a 'proclaime...
CJI calls for 'unified judicial policy', use of technology to converge practices across courts
"Emerging technological tools are now capable of performing once-unthinkable functions. They can highlight missing prece...
Court cites Latin maxim 'Let justice be done though the heavens fall’ in verdict acquitting actor Dileep
The court acquitted Dileep and three others, while six persons were sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment....
UP: Meerut man gets 20 years jail for raping minor girl
They said the case dates back to March 25, 2019, when the plaintiff filed a complaint at the Brahmpuri police station, a...
India Gate protest: Delhi court grants bail to 6 accused of raising pro-Maoist slogans
According to police, 23 protesters were arrested in two separate cases lodged at the Parliament Street and Kartavya Path...
West Bengal: Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping girl during Durga Puja
Describing the crime as heinous and deeply disturbing, a special POCSO court in Ranaghat sentenced the man to 20 years o...
UP: Girl's father, uncle get life term for killing teenage lovers; mother sentenced to 7 years
They were also awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each under sections 201 (Causing disapp...
Special court to frame charges against accused on Dec 19 in sarpanch Deshmukh murder case
Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village, was abducted, tortured and murdered on December 9 last year for opposing an exto...
Man gets two-year jail for dragging police constable 100 ft with motorcycle
The judge stressed that the behaviour and action of the accused "definitely amounted to using criminal force to deter th...
'Diabolical, brutal': Delhi court awards life term to 2 men for forcing boy to ingest acid
The court noted that after the acid attack, the victim was unable to eat or drink and that at the time of death, he had ...
Local court to hear on Dec 18 UP govt plea to withdraw Akhlaq lynching case
According to officials, the withdrawal application was filed by the Assistant District Government Advocate (Criminal) fo...
UP: Man, parents get life term in jail in dowry death case
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each convict and said that failure to pay the amount would attract an addi...