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UP: Man gets life term for sexual assault of teen, driving her to suicide
Government counsel Vinay Arora told PTI that following sexual harassment at the hands of the accused, the girl, a student of Class 12 committed suicide by setting herself on fire in Shamli district in August 2017.
June 1, 2026PIL in SC seeks constituency-wise disclosure of disenfranchisement in West Bengal
The PIL was filed by the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee's SIR Committee chairperson Prasenjit Bose seeking directions to the Election Commission, the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal and the state government to make public the detailed data pertaining to the electoral roll revision exercise.
June 1, 2026Full Court Reference held for Chief Justice Arun Palli after elevation to Supreme Court
Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Mohd. Akram Chowdhary, Justice Rahul Bharti, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, Justice Rajesh Sekhri, Justice Mohd. Yousuf Wani, Justice Sanjay Parihar and Justice Shahzad Azeem, along with the spouses of the judges of the high court, attended the farewell ceremony.
June 1, 2026UP woman gets life term for throwing acid on husband, causing blindness
Kahkansha allegedly poured acid on her husband, Muzaffar (35), while he was sleeping at their home with the intention of killing him.
June 1, 2026Delhi court acquits man in 2021 firing case that left policeman, civilian injured
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing a case against Sujeet, who was accused under charges of attempt to murder, and obstructing, assaulting and deterring a public servant from discharge of duty.
June 1, 2026NEET paper leak: Delhi court sends 3 accused to 14 days’ judicial custody
Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the CBI’s plea seeking judicial custody of physics translator Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar, paediatrician Dr Manoj Shirure and physics teacher Tejas Harshadkumar Shah.
June 1, 2026Venkita Mohana becomes second woman to be directly elevated to SC from Bar
Mohana, 59, graduated from the Coimbatore Law College in 1988 and has been practising since then. The Supreme Court designated her as a senior advocate in 2015.
June 1, 2026Will not allow senior advocates to argue during partial court working days: SC
The summer vacation in the top court has been rechristened as partial court working days. This year, three to four benches would be holding court each week during this period.
June 1, 2026Thane court acquits three women accused of running prostitution racket
Special Judge (POCSO) S P Agarwal acquitted Sharminbanu, alias Zeenat Yunus Siddhiqui (36), Rizwana Javed Khan (27), and Afsana, alias Muskan Anis Shaikh (25), who were charged under the Indian Penal Code, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA), and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
May 31, 2026Man gets 20 years in jail for raping 15-year-old girl in Navi Mumbai
In July 2019, Nirmal pulled the victim, a Class X student, from a common water tap into his house and raped her twice. As per the prosecution, he put a speaker on full volume to drown out her screams. After she became pregnant, her kin got a case registered in December that year.
May 31, 2026T'gana CM appears before court in Hyderabad over cases registered during BRS regime
While one case was registered at Huzurnagar police station in Suryapet district, the other was booked in Kamalapur police station in Karimnagar district. They were registered during the previous BRS regime.
May 30, 2026Kerala court denies bail to 5 accused of attack on ED officials' vehicles
Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate-III Tania Mariam Jose denied the relief to the accused saying that granting of bail at this stage "will encourage them and other protesters to commit similar acts in future" and "will have a demoralising effect on society".
May 30, 2026NEET leak: Court extends Hawaldar's CBI custody by 2 days; remands Mandhare to judicial custody
Seeking extension of Hawaldar's custody, the Special Public Prosecutor VK Pathak submitted that she was empanelled as a physics translator by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and had allegedly, in conspiracy with other accused persons, unauthorisedly retained and distributed the NEET-UG examination paper for monetary consideration.
May 30, 2026UP: District Court summons records in alleged defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Special Judge MP-MLA Rakesh Kumar passed the order as he took up a plea by the complainant challenging the lower court's rejection of his application seeking voice samples of Gandhi in the case.
May 30, 2026Man sent to prison for remainder of life by Kerala court for sexual assault of minor boy
If the amount is realised from the convict, it should be paid to the victim, the court said and also directed the Kozhikode District Legal Services Authority to provide him additional compensation for the mental trauma undergone by him
May 30, 2026Court orders framing of charges against Jacqueline, Sukesh for money laundering; 'conman' charged under MCOCA in another case
The court also ordered framing of charges against Chandrashekar and 20 others for various offences, including under the stringent MCOCA provisions, in another case registered by the city police's special cell.
May 30, 2026Gurugram: 2,497 cheque bounce cases worth over Rs 40 cr settled in special Lok Adalat
The event was organised under the guidance of District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Narendra Sura, and under the direction of District Legal Services Authority Secretary and Chief Judicial Magistrate Nisha
May 30, 202650-year-old man gets death penalty in 15-year-old double-murder case in Muzaffarnagar
Additional District and Sessions Judge of the fast-track court, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, sentenced Rahis alias Zahid to death after convicting him for murder. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the convict.
May 30, 2026Himachal: Teacher convicted of molesting schoolgirls, sentenced to 7-year imprisonment
It was alleged that he engaged in inappropriate behavior with several minor female students of the school and touched them inappropriately.
May 30, 2026TCS Nashik case: Hearing on Nida Khan’s bail plea deferred to June 12
Khan, who was arrested in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, had been remanded to judicial custody on May 11 until May 24. Her custody was subsequently extended, and the hearing on her bail plea had been scheduled for May 30.
May 30, 2026Tripura: CBI court sentences three executives of chit fund firm to 6 yr RI for duping 800 depositors
However, the company stopped paying the depositors concerned even after maturity (in 2012). Angry depositors then lodged an FIR against the company at Kailashar police station.
May 30, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Sukesh, 20 others in case filed by special cell
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma said, “I conclude that based on record and appreciation of the present case, the accused persons have prima facie committed offences. They have to be charged with the said offences.”
May 30, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Sukesh, others in case filed by special cell
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma said, “I conclude that based on record and appreciation of the present case, accused persons have prima facie committed offences. They have to be charged with the said offences.”
May 30, 2026Delhi court orders framing of charges against Jacqueline Fernandez, Sukesh, 15 others in money laundering case
Besides Sukesh Chandrasekhar alias Sukash Chandrashekhar, the accused include his wife Leena Maria Paul alias Leena Paulose, Jacqueline Fernandez, Deepak Ramnani, Pradeep Ramdanee, B Mohanraj, Arun Muthu, D Kamlesh Kothari and Pinky Irani.
May 30, 2026Man gets life imprisonment for raping 4-year-old girl; Rs 10 lakh compensation granted to victim
Additional District Judge (POCSO) SV Sharma sentenced the man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, Public Prosecutor Sunil Pandya
May 30, 2026Illegal demand not proved, Thane court acquits I-T officer in 2006 bribery case
Special Judge D S Deshmukh on Friday acquitted Income-Tax officer Anil Ratnakar Mallel (44) of charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in a 2006 case.
May 30, 2026UP court sentences man to death for killing wife, two children
District Government Advocates G P Yadav and Laxman Pathak said the court ordered that the convict be hanged by the neck till death.
May 29, 2026Trial of Nasrapur child rape-murder case starts; parents get teary-eyed while deposing
The prosecution informed the court that it intended to examine 82 witnesses, and also sought addition of the charge of destruction of evidence against the accused, said special public prosecutor Ajay Misar.
May 29, 2026CBI files 1st charge sheet in Reliance ADA group case; names 16 accused
The accused named in the charge sheet included Reliance Communications Limited, five senior executives of the company, and ten officials of the SBI, Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) and the erstwhile Syndicate Bank.
May 29, 2026Woman acquitted in 1989 attempt to murder case over victim's 'self-contradictory' statements
Accused Surekha Salvi, who was charged under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code, was tried in absentia after absconding and being declared a proclaimed offender.
May 29, 2026IO fails to turn up, UP court defers hearing in case against AAP leader Sanjay Singh
Sanjay Singh's counsel, Madan Pratap Singh, said that the investigating officer was required to appear today to record his statement, but he did not show up.
May 29, 2026Baba Siddique murder case: MCOCA court denies bail to man accused of sheltering shooters
Special MCOCA judge Satyanarayan R. Navander, in his ruling, noted that accused Amol Gaikwad was involved in the activities of the organised crime syndicate and his subsequent participation in harbouring the shooters connects him with the conspiracy hatched for committing the heinous offence.
May 29, 2026UP court sets aside Abdullah Azam Khan's seven-year imprisonment in dual passport case
In its order dated December 5, 2025, the magistrate court sentenced Khan to seven years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
May 29, 2026Delhi tribunal awards Rs 67.2 lakh compensation road death victim's kin
Presiding Officer Richa Manchanda was hearing the claim petition filed by the family of Prem Kumar Jha, who died after being hit by a motorcycle.
May 29, 2026Delhi court grants bail to man accused of possessing illegal arms
In an order dated May 25, the court said, "It is not disputed that investigation qua the applicant is completed, therefore, his continued incarceration would serve no further purpose.
May 29, 202619 years on, former govt staffer acquitted in Rs 800 bribery case
Special Judge D S Deshmukh on Thursday acquitted Arvind Motiram Sawant, who worked as a clerk in the office of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) at CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, at the time of the alleged offence in August 2006.
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