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Judiciary proactively responded to emerging fraudulent schemes like digital arrest: CJI
In his closing address at the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime in London on Saturday, the CJI said the Supreme Court had recently taken suo motu cognisance of the "digital arrest" scam, in which fraudsters impersonate police officers, judicial officials, or bureaucrats over video calls to dupe citizens.
August 30, 2026DJB corruption case: Delhi court sends ex-CEO, another accused to 2-day police custody
The court noted allegations that on January 19, 2023, Yadav transferred Rs 61 lakh directly through banking channels into Rai's personal bank account, when he was the CEO of DJB, and that another Rs 91 lakh was transferred by Yadav to the account of Rai's mother-in-law.
August 29, 2026Sonia Gandhi's 'pre-citizenship' electoral entry case: Delhi court adjourns order on plea to Sept 21
Earlier, Sonia Gandhi's counsel had submitted a reply, saying that the complaint was politically motivated and filed for an extraneous reason.
August 29, 2026UP: POCSO court in Bareilly sentences man to 10 years for raping minor with disability
The complainant told police that a 'Teej' fair was being held in the Shahi area on July 26, 2017, and his wife and 16-year-old daughter, who has a disability, had gone to visit it.
August 29, 2026Court refuses to cancel bail of four Elgar case accused over Press Club gathering
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought the cancellation of bails of Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao, alleging that they violated bail conditions by attending a Mumbai Press Club event earlier this year.
August 29, 2026Thirteen people get 5-year jail in 2012 case of bank fraud
The agency registered the case on March 30, 2012, based on a complaint from a Deputy Zonal Manager of the UCO Bank, Indore, alleging that the accused, in pursuance of criminal conspiracy, availed loan facilities by mortgaging land actually belonging to third parties at different locations, the CBI Spokesperson said in a statement.
August 29, 2026Haryana man sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping girl, circulating obscene video
According to police, the case dates back to September 7, 2023, when a woman from Ferozepur Jhirka area filed a complaint saying a young man from her neighborhood had forcibly entered her home, and raped and assaulted her minor daughter who was alone at the time.
August 29, 2026Court grants bail to Priyank Kharge, Nalapad in RSS defamation case
The 42nd Special Court for Elected Representatives granted bail to Kharge and Nalapad, directing them to execute a personal bond of Rs one lakh each with cash security of Rs 10,000 each in a defamation case filed by A Tejas defending RSS.
August 29, 2026Delhi court adjourns framing of charges in ED's land-for-job, IRCTC cases against Lalu
On October 13 last year, the court framed charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy, and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, and 11 others in a CBI case regarding the alleged IRCTC scam.
August 29, 2026Six years on, man gets 20-year RI for sexual assault; 'Minor girl’s consent immaterial', rules Thane court
Special Judge G T Pawar on Friday held Aniket Rajesh Nishad guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, along with sections 376(2)(n) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
August 29, 2026DJB corruption case: Delhi court sends 2 accused to 2-day police custody
During the proceedings, the ACB said it needed to quiz the accused regarding "hawala transactions" related to the case. It claimed that the accused were not cooperating with the bureau.
August 29, 2026Bar needs to introspect on its role: SC judge Nagarathna flags rising costs, delays in legal system
"I humbly remind every member of the Bar to change their mindset and endure to work for their clients as a public service, lest they lose their relevance in the future to come. That would be disastrous for our system of dispensation of justice and for preserving the rule of law in our country."
August 29, 2026Delhi court acquits 3 of attempt to murder charge due to insufficient evidence
The court, however, convicted the three -- Manoj, Manish and Puran -- of voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful restraint, holding that their participation in beating and restraining the injured man was proved through his testimony and medical evidence.
August 29, 2026FSSAI proposes front-of-pack warning label in red for food products high in fat, salt & sugar
In a compliance affidavit filed in the apex court, the FSSAI said the proposal is intended to provide a simple, prominent and easily comprehensible warning to consumers regarding food products which are high in specified nutrients of concerns.
August 29, 2026Delhi court takes cognisance of NIA chargesheet in Red Fort blast case
The next month, the agency filed a supplementary chargesheet against three more persons, including an absconding paediatrician identified as the founding member of a terror module, for involvement in the blast, taking the number of those charge-sheeted in the case to 13.
August 29, 2026Mumbai court rejects ISIS case accused's plea against fund-raising charge under UAPA
Majid moved the court, pleading that charges under this section should not be framed against him. He also wanted the court to declare that the central agency's supplementary charge sheet had no new evidence.
August 28, 2026Jharkhand man gets life sentence for killing elder brother
The court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Shesh Nath Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict and ordered that failing to pay the amount would lead to an additional one year of imprisonment.
August 28, 2026Courts must look for environment protection without losing sight on needs of development: CJI
Speaking at the high-level Commonwealth Policy Dialogue on Climate Justice organised by the Commonwealth of Nations and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) at the Commonwealth Secretariat in Marlborough House in London, CJI Kant said both environment and development need not always be cast as choices in which one must defeat the other.
August 28, 2026Accused in Saif Ali Khan attack case seeks to plead guilty
He was charged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for 'robbery accompanied by the use of a deadly weapon', causing grievous hurt and house trespass as well as relevant sections of the Foreigners Act and Passport (Entry into India) Rules.
August 28, 2026Case file involving repeat offender goes missing from Rajasthan HC registry
The Supreme Court, while hearing the case on August 10, did not interfere with the proceedings before the Rajasthan High Court and dismissed the special leave petition (SLP).
August 28, 2026Delhi tribunal rejects road-accident claim, calls worker's version 'afterthought' for compensation
Presiding Officer Deepika Singh was hearing a claim petition filed by Sakal Dev Singh, who suffered injuries after a truck carrying cement bags overturned in Delhi's Rohini area on March 7, 2012. He had sought Rs 10 lakh as compensation from the driver, the owner and the insurer of the vehicle.
August 28, 2026Delhi tribunal awards Rs 2.72 crore to man who lost leg in road accident
In his petition, Anurag, the claimant, told presiding officer Abhilash Malhotra that he was driving a goods vehicle for his employer, Yogesh Kumar, on December 4, 2023, near the Beg Sarai flyover on Outer Ring Road when a heavy goods vehicle rammed his vehicle from behind, causing it to crash into a tree.
August 28, 2026Delhi court orders framing of charges against ex-ACP for 'suppressing' information while applying for passport
The magistrate rejected the accused's objections to the prosecution's version of the events and held that a prima-facie case under section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, was made out against him.
August 28, 2026Consumer panel slaps Rs 4.75 lakh compensation on Nagpur amusement park over expired food
The commission ordered the operators of Fun N Food Village to pay damages for medical expenses, mental harassment, and loss of family prestige and refund the security deposit.
August 28, 2026Three judicial officers appointed judges of Himachal HC
Chirag Bhanu Singh, currently District & Sessions Judge, Kangra at Dharamshala, was appointed as a judge, while Bhupesh Sharma and Yogesh Jaswal were appointed as additional judges.
August 27, 2026Six people sentenced to 20 years' jail term for manufacturing drugs in Mumbai flat
Judge S M Buke had on Tuesday convicted Sachin Bagul, Sajid Electricwala, Chandrakant Katade, Rahul Salunke, Ayub Tafsir Khan and Bhanudas More alias Bhavesh Patel under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Indian Penal Code provisions.
August 27, 2026Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to woman in heroin supply case due to lack of evidence
"As such, except the disclosure statement of the co-accused Azruddin, there is no incriminating evidence against the present applicant. To the mind of the Court, custodial interrogation of the applicant is not at all required and as such, the applicant deserves the desired relief," the court said in the order dated August 25.
August 27, 2026Indo-German economic relationship growing, need robust arbitration mechanism: CJI Surya Kant
Speaking at the Indo-German arbitration conclave in Berlin, Germany, CJI Kant pointed out that disputes are a natural feature of commercial activity but their existence does not necessarily indicate a failure of trust.
August 27, 2026Curtains on 2019 Lutyens' theft of chairs, cooler, mattress, etc; man acquitted
Judicial Magistrate Kautuk Bhardwaj was hearing a case registered at the Parliament House police station against the accused, Neeraj Kumar Singh, a resident of Khagaria, Bihar.
August 27, 2026'Conman' Sukesh Chandrasekhar moves Delhi HC against conviction for posing as SC judge
Chandrasekhar has sought the deletion of the "derogatory, pejorative, stigmatic and unnecessary observations" on his character in the trial court's judgment.
August 27, 2026Delhi court grants bail to man accused of assaulting cop, flags delay in lodging FIR
Additional Sessions Judge Munish Bansal was hearing the bail plea of Vipanshu Rana, who was arrested in connection with an FIR registered under various Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) provisions, including those relating to assault or obstruction of a public servant.
August 27, 2026Letter against Acting CJ of Rajasthan HC: Bar Associations says issues should be addressed through appropriate forum
Ranjeet Joshi, president of the Rajasthan High Court Advocates Association, Jodhpur, said representatives of three associations had met and decided that the issues raised in Justice Mehta's letter were serious.
August 27, 2026UP: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping Dalit girl in 2023
According to the prosecution, Gupta established physical relations with the minor on the promise of marriage. When the girl pressured him to marry her, Gupta used casteist slurs and threatened her.
August 27, 2026AI can augment reasoning but cannot substitute judicial conscience: CJI Surya Kant
Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Ulrich Herrmann, the presiding judge of the Federal Court of Justice at Karlsruhe in Germany, CJI Kant said that artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in certain defined support functions such as legal research, judgement translation into 16 languages and as a conversational interface for citizens to look for case status and procedures.
August 27, 2026Allegations against Raj HC acting CJ must be dealt with established institutional mechanism: CJI
Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta, whose parent high court is also the Rajasthan High Court, levelled sensational allegations against Justice Sharma in his three letters to the CJI urging him to appoint a permanent chief justice from outside the state.
August 26, 20263 MPSC officials among 6 held for drug inspector exam paper leak; screening test cancelled
The accused, one of them an under secretary of the commission, were arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch, officials said, even as the MPSC cancelled the recruitment process for Drug Inspector Group-B posts under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following a preliminary inquiry into alleged malpractice in the screening examination conducted earlier this year
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