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Delhi tribunal awards Rs 2.55 crore to woman who lost her leg in accident involving truck
Presiding Officer Gunjan Gupta was hearing a claim petition filed by Reena and directed National Insurance Company Limited, the insurer of the truck, to pay Rs 2.55 crore with 9 per cent annual interest from February 22, 2025, within 30 days.
October 19, 2026Delhi court denies anticipatory bail to professor accused of rape, threatening student with videos
The court, which was hearing a plea moved by the professor, directed that the investigation be assigned to a named senior police officer to ensure a fair probe and preservation of electronic evidence.
October 19, 2026Neha Bora moves Delhi HC against police notice to execute 'peace' bond
Bora, who has been at the forefront of recent protests against the alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, is likely to seek an urgent hearing in the High Court, which is shut this week for Dusshera vacations.
October 19, 2026Delhi court grants bail to Nigerian national accused of possessing forged passports
Special Judge Dheeraj Mor directed that Nwachukwu Benjamin Odinaka be released on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and two local sureties of the same amount.
October 19, 2026Trial begins against prime accused in professor hand-chopping case
Ernakulam Special NIA Court judge P K Mohandas began the trial against prime accused Savad and his aide Shafeer C on October 12.
October 19, 2026Ladakh Bench to function as fully IT-enabled, paperless court; CJI launches digital initiatives
The e-filing portal will enable advocates and litigants, particularly those residing in remote areas, to file cases electronically without having to travel to the court, according to the spokesperson.
October 18, 2026CJI announces virtual access to Supreme Court for Leh, Kargil lawyers
All matters originating from Ladakh would be listed on a single day and heard through video-conferencing, sparing lawyers and litigants the time, cost and hardship of travelling to Delhi, Justice Kant said as he inaugurated the Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh here.
October 18, 2026Kolkata: 7 arrested over Durga Puja stampede produced before local court
Twenty-five people were also injured in the stampede at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata, following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening.
October 18, 2026Mysuru court sentences man to death for rape, murder of 10-year-old girl
The incident took place during last year's Dasara festival, when the girl had accompanied her parents from north Karnataka to Mysuru to sell balloons.
October 18, 2026Tribunal awards over Rs 1.43 crore to family of DDA engineer killed in 2022 car crash
Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's (MACT's) Presiding Officer Abhilash Malhotra, in an order passed on October 13, directed the car's insurer, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, to deposit the compensation amount.
October 18, 2026UP court sentences man to life imprisonment in murder case
Special Judge Ashok Bhartendu also imposed a fine of Rs 1.10 lakh on the convict, Arjun, District Government Counsel Sanjay Chauhan told PTI on Sunday.
October 18, 2026Rape case of minor: UP court sentences man for life
Special Judge Manoj Kumar Sidhu of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual offences) court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, identified as Papu, and directed that the entire amount be given to the survivor, government counsel Pradeep Balyan said on Sunday.
October 18, 2026DGHS scam case: Delhi court rejects bail pleas of ex-DGHS chief, procurement agency head
Special Judge Vidya Prakash, who was hearing separate bail pleas of the accused persons, said in a common order that the gravity of the offences, the role attributed to the two accused and the ongoing investigation weighed against granting them bail at this stage.
October 17, 2026UP court issues non-bailable warrant against Rakhi Sawant in 2010 suicide case
District Government Counsel (Crime) Mridul Kant Srivastava said Civil Judge (Junior Division) Anjali issued the warrant on Friday after Sawant repeatedly failed to appear before the court.
October 17, 2026CJI Surya Kant to inaugurate Ladakh's first permanent high court bench in Leh
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Ladakh Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra said the move was significant as it would bring justice closer to the people of the Union Territory.
October 17, 2026UP: Couple, 2 sons among 9 people sentenced to life in prison in 2020 murder case
Additional District Government Counsel Ravindra Bahadur Singh said Additional Sessions Judge Ram Lal also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts.
October 17, 2026UP court fines actor Pawan Singh Rs 3,000 for missing hearing in wife's maintenance case
Pawan Singh's lawyer, Harivansh Singh, told PTI that the hearing was scheduled before Additional Principal Judge Kamalapati Prajapati at the family court.
October 17, 2026Court denies bail to four accused in Mini Cooper crash that killed three in Keralam
Angamaly Judicial First Class Magistrate Samyuktha M K dismissed the bail pleas filed by Suhail, Ninav, Ameer and Joel.
October 17, 2026Ex-Village Officer gets 4 years' imprisonment for land record irregularities
Kozhikode Vigilance Court Judge Shibu Thomas found Saji A (55), a native of Kundara in Kollam district, guilty of issuing a possession certificate in 2012 by falsely classifying wetland within the limits of Olavanna village in Kozhikode district as agricultural land.
October 17, 2026Patna court sentences man to two years in jail under anti-triple talaq law
Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajiv Ranjan Sahay on Thursday convicted Naushad Ahmed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, as well as IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint).
October 17, 2026Srinagar court awards life term to woman’s husband, in-laws for her murder
The case was registered under Sections 498-A, 302, 120-B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
October 17, 2026Court acquits 21 BJP-RSS workers in 2014 murder case in Keralam
During the trial, the court examined 81 witnesses and considered 20 material objects and 150 documents.
October 17, 2026Thane court acquits two men booked under MCOCA in 2022 chain-snatching case
Additional special judge V G Mohite on Thursday acquitted Sunil alias Sonya Shankar Fulare and Abdulla Sanje alias Sanjay Irani alias Sayyad of charges under the Indian Penal Code and MCOCA.
October 17, 2026Delhi court issues bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018 defamation case
Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain issued the warrants in the case filed by Vikas Pandey, who accused Rathee of defamation over a video uploaded on his YouTube channel.
October 17, 2026UP: Bahraich court acquits woman, another accused facing trial on poisoning charges
In a judgement delivered on October 15, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shelly Roy acquitted Ankita Jaiswal and co-accused Dilip Kumar Patel after finding the circumstantial evidence insufficient, defence counsel Munnu Lal Mishra told PTI on Saturday.
October 17, 2026Man, brother, sister-in-law get life for killing wife over dowry in UP's Ballia
Sharing details of the case, district government counsel Sanjeev Singh said that Rajni, the daughter of Parmatma Singh from Budaun district, got married to Amlesh Singh, a resident of Athilapur village in Ballia, on February 25, 2020.
October 17, 2026What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 16th Oct
LGD25 SC-PROTEST-LD CP (4.33 PM) The Supreme Court on Friday assured traders that it will act to compensate their losses if the NDMC order shutting down Central Park at Connaught Place over the proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is found to be disproportionate.
October 17, 2026Court hands death penalty to man for 2025 rape-murder of minor girl in Nashik district
Additional sessions court and fast-track special court (FTSC) judge KG Paldewar on Friday handed the death penalty to the accused, Vijay Sanjay Khairnar, nearly a year after the brutal rape-murder of the minor girl sparked outrage and triggered protests in several parts of the state.
October 17, 2026Gujarat: CBI court grants bail to cyber fraud accused who targeted US residents
As per the FIR registered in Delhi on September 8, Pandey and other accused called US residents posing as officers of various law enforcement agencies of the United States government.
October 16, 2026Keralam: Court to pronounce order on bail plea of prime accused in Mini Cooper crash on Oct 17
Angamaly Judicial First Class Magistrate Samyuktha M K on Friday heard the bail application of Suhail (19), who was allegedly driving the car when it rammed a scooter carrying three youngsters in the early hours of October 11.
October 16, 2026Meerut woman, lover sentenced to death for killing her husband, leaving snake on his bed as cover-up
This is the second instance of a Meerut court awarding the death penalty in a murder case this week. In a similar case, a court on October 14 sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for murdering her husband, merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput, and concealing his dismembered body in a blue drum filled with cement.
October 16, 2026Court sentences Tahir Hussain to 2 years in jail for abetting 2020 Delhi riots
In the Friday verdict, Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh held that "the aggravating circumstances substantially outweigh the mitigating circumstances urged on behalf of the convict. No mitigating circumstance of sufficient weight has been established which would justify a lesser sentence".
October 16, 2026Delhi court rejects bail plea of ex-CFO of Reliance Capital Ltd
The court noted the evidence before it and said that Bapna unauthorisedly exercised power in decision-making regarding the operations of Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL) and proceeded to disburse corporate loans after bypassing the sanctions imposed by Reliance Home Finance Limited's (RHFL's) board of directors.
October 16, 2026TCS harassment case accused Nida Khan appears before family court for divorce hearing
The court had summoned her after her husband Moin Khan filed a divorce petition in August this year.
October 16, 2026Meerut 'snakebite' murder: Court cites Manusmriti verse on punishment while pronouncing death sentence
Additional District and Sessions Judge Jaiveer Singh Nagar began the 131-page judgment by quoting a verse from the Manusmriti regarding the duties of a ruler and the importance of maintaining order in society.
October 16, 2026Subordinate court employees in Maharashtra demand HC pay scale, launch stir
Employees will perform their regular duties wearing black ribbons on Friday and Saturday, the federation said in a statement here.
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