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Hyderabad court sentences 33 accused in POCSO, human trafficking case
On July 17, 2015, one victim lodged a complaint stating that when she was engaged in agricultural work a person known to her from her village approached her with the promise of arranging employment.
August 19, 2026DJB corruption case: Delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh sent Jain, former Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai, and private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma to 14-day judicial custody.
August 19, 2026100 murder cases shifted from UP judge's court after he awards 22 death sentences in 4 months
Government counsel Kuldeep Kumar told PTI that the cases, involving offences punishable with death or life imprisonment, were transferred from the fast-track court headed by Diwakar to the court of District and Sessions Judge Virendra Kumar Singh.
August 19, 2026Thane court sentences man to 15 years in prison in drugs case; co-accused gets 1 year; 1 acquitted
Additional Public Prosecutor Vibhavari Y Pathak told the court that a team from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, raided a factory in Palghar on March 19, 2017 and recovered 238.20 kg of mephedrone in slurry form, alongside raw materials and manufacturing equipment. Additionally, 1.012 grams of the drug was seized from More’s car.
August 19, 2026Two women get 10 year-RI in 2022 Thane sex trafficking case
The court also imposed a collective fine of Rs 6,000 on the convicts, identified as Jeenat Rehman Shaikh (39) and Saeeda Amin Shaikh (53).
August 19, 2026UP: Man gets life imprisonment for 2016 murder in Mainpuri
According to the prosecution, on 11 March, 2016, Ramvir and Rajdeo took Atul to a tehravi feast at Nagendra Bharti's house in Bhongaon. During the feast, Atul and Vikram argued.
August 19, 2026Delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody in corruption case
The court also issued notice to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on a bail plea of Jain, which was moved by his counsel on Wednesday.
August 19, 2026Man gets six-month RI for derogatory remarks against Dr B R Ambedkar
Special Judge Y P Manathkar for cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Tuesday found the accused, Shakil, guilty of offences under sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(v) of the Act.
August 19, 2026Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws in dowry death case over lack of proof of cruelty
Additional Sessions Judge Pooja Talwar acquitted Rohit Kumar, and his parents Sunita and Vijay Kumar in the 2016 death of Lalita, who had died by suicide within seven months of her marriage.
August 19, 2026National medical body questions in SC adequacy of NTA's measures to curb exam paper leaks
FAIMA, which filed its response to an affidavit filed by NTA, contended that the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026 must specifically address an eventuality where persons including paper setters, paper vetters and other authorised personnel misuse that access by copying, sharing, transmitting or disclosing the material to an unauthorised person.
August 19, 2026Delhi court reserves order on ACB plea seeking judicial custody of Satyendar Jain
During the proceedings, counsel for Jain said that after the FIR was registered "way back on May 10, 2024", his client was called once on August 5, 2026, and then the second time through a phone call on Tuesday, after which he was arrested.
August 19, 2026Delhi court denies bail to man accused of Rs 10.4 crore impersonation fraud
In an order dated August 17, the court said, “There is a possibility that accused/applicant might abscond and can commit a repeat offence, if released on bail, cannot be ruled out. Hence, the bail application of the accused Amit Kumar is dismissed and disposed off accordingly.”
August 19, 2026Arrest warrant against TMC MP Mahua Moitra for not honouring court summons in hate speech case
Noting that she had failed to appear despite repeated summonses, the 3rd judicial magistrate at the Krishnanagar Court ordered that an arrest warrant be issued against Moitra immediately.
August 19, 2026UGC-NET June 2026 exam to be conducted again in September: Centre to Delhi HC
Taking note of the submission of Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, Justice Jasmeet Singh disposed of a plea filed by a candidate, who appeared for the Sociology paper on June 30, seeking a stay on the declaration of results pending an independent probe and re-conduct of the exam following allegations of paper leak.
August 19, 2026Delhi court acquits man in dowry death case, says suspicion cannot replace proof
Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal acquitted Anil Kumar of offences under Sections 498A and 304B of the IPC, saying that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that his wife Anjali was subjected to dowry-related cruelty or harassment soon before her death.
August 19, 2026SP leader among 14 sentenced to life imprisonment in Raebareli murder case
According to the prosecution, Aditya Singh, a resident of Sikandarpur in Maharajganj, had gone with his friends to a roadside eatery on October 9, 2019. His body was subsequently found near Garhi Khas the following morning.
August 19, 2026Man sentenced to life for sister-in-law's murder committed at 16
The special court in Bahraich convicted the accused of murder, criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence in the 2020 killing of Hasreen, whose headless body was found near a canal in the district.
August 19, 2026ACB seeks 14-day judicial custody of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain
In its submissions to Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh, the ACB sought the police custody of only one of the total six accused, Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB.
August 19, 2026Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, 5 others produced in court in DJB 'scam' case
The other accused are Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB, and private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma, the ACB said in a statement.
August 19, 2026Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai elected SC Bar Association president
Rai secured 822 votes in the presidential election. The other candidates were Anupam Lal Das, who polled 451 votes, Adish Agarwalla (412), Gaurav Bhatia (370), Sukumar Pattjoshi (269), Siddharth Mridul (217) and Mahalakshmi Pavani (128).
August 19, 2026Court sentences man to life imprisonment for killing pregnant worker to conceal affair
To conceal the affair and prevent his reputation from being tarnished, the accused decided to kill Ambili, and for that he arranged plastic rope and a tarpaulin and asked her to meet him near the Pampadumpara area, the prosecution argued.
August 19, 2026UP: Kushinagar man gets life term for killing wife, son by setting them on fire
Additional District Government Counsel K K Pandey said the incident took place on the night of June 23, 2022, in Farad Mundera village under the Kaptanganj police station area.
August 19, 2026Jharkhand exam stir: Govt cancels 44 recruitment tests, students' protests on
The decision, announced after a cabinet meeting on Monday and followed by eight notifications issued late Tuesday night, covers recruitment examinations for several key administrative, technical and judicial posts.
August 19, 2026SC collegium approves proposal for appointment of four advocates as Orissa HC judges
"The Supreme Court collegium in its meeting held on August 18, 2026 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following advocates as judges of the High Court of Orissa: Sasmita Tripathy, Aditya Narayan Das, Rajjeet Roy and Gautam Misra," said a statement uploaded on the apex court website.
August 18, 2026Goa govt moves SC seeking enhanced sentence for Tarun Tejpal
On August 6, the Bombay High Court convicted Tejpal of rape and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years, overturning the acquittal of the former editor of Tehelka by the trial court five years ago.
August 18, 2026After 15 years in jail, Maoist leader Azad acquitted in Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati murder case
Azad was acquitted of the charges of murder due to lack of evidence against him. With this development, the Maoist leader has been cleared in all 47 cases against him in the state.
August 18, 2026In HC, JSSC admits unauthorised interference in marks computation of Madhyamik Acharya exam
The commission also acknowledged that there had been unauthorised interference in the computation of marks, prompting it to order a re-examination for candidates whose results were affected.
August 18, 2026Pune Police withdraw Freedom of Religion Act in 2 cases after realising it is not yet in force
Police first invoked the Act in an offence registered at Fursungi police station on August 5, where a 22-year-old man is accused of forcing his wife, a minor, to convert to his religion.
August 18, 20262022 Amravati pharmacist murder: NIA court rejects bail plea of accused
Abdul Salim, the applicant, (prima facie) played an active role in giving support to the actual assailants and helped the co-accused to abscond, said judge Chakor Baviskar of the special court for National Investigation Agency cases.
August 18, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 51 lakh compensation to kin of vegetable vendor killed in 2023 road crash
Tribunal's Presiding Officer R V Mohite, in an order on Monday, directed truck owner Rafik Fakir Mohammad Malim (Charbhuja Transport Co) and Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd to jointly pay the compensation amount along with 9 per cent annual interest from the date of filing the petition until realization.
August 18, 2026UP court sentences man to life imprisonment for killing two in car attack
Additional Sessions Judge (First) Rinku Jindal convicted the main accused, identified as Subhash, in the case arising from an incident in Islamnagar area, according to Special Public Prosecutor Sanjeev Kumar Gupta.
August 18, 2026I will find a way to vanish: Twisha Sharma's desperate texts form backbone of CBI chargesheet
In its 31-page chargesheet accompanied by voluminous documents, the CBI said investigators are awaiting the extraction and forensic results, including the data from the victim's iPhone, since they believe this may contain incriminating evidence concerning her husband, Samarth Singh, and her mother, Giribala Singh, as well as possibly pointing to other witnesses or suspects.
August 18, 2026UP: Man gets life sentence for elder brother's murder over land dispute
Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict, Sukhpal, after finding him guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC.
August 18, 2026Delhi court flags 'compromised' police probe, grants bail to man in Rs 20 lakh extortion case
Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi was hearing the bail plea of Anup Singh alias Annu Sejwal, who was arrested on July 11 and was seeking bail for the fourth time in connection with an FIR registered under provisions relating to attempted culpable homicide, causing hurt, criminal conspiracy and common intention, besides sections of the Arms Act.
August 18, 2026Woman fined for lodging false case of rape of seven-year-old daughter by neighbour
The Rajasthan Police said on Tuesday that the woman alleged that her daughter was guarding a field when their neighbour took her to his field and raped her. She claimed that the child narrated the incident to her the following day.
August 18, 2026Delhi court grants 4 weeks' interim bail to ex-DGHS arrested in health scam
Her counsel had earlier moved the plea seeking interim relief on the ground that Aggarwal, 61, suffers from age-related medical ailments.
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