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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court reserves order against Sajjan Kumar for Jan 22
The first FIR was over the violence in Janakpuri, where two men, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, were killed on November 1, 1984.
December 22, 2025Delhi tribunal awards Rs 68.74 lakh compensation to parents of man killed in 2022 road accident
The tribunal noted the deceased was only about 25 years old at the time of death and was working as a senior analyst in a private company.
December 21, 2025PFI was trying to procure arms from neighbouring countries: NIA counsel to Delhi court
"The case against the PFI and its leadership is that they formed the organisation to radicalise Muslim youth with a view to establishing a caliphate in India and to establish Sharia law,” Tyagi said.
December 21, 2025Delhi court discharges brother-in-law in cruelty case
It said the magistrate "committed a patent error and manifest illegality" in directing that charge be framed against the accused.
December 21, 2025Coal block case petitioner lawyer ML Sharma passes away
In a landmark judgment, the top court in 2014 declared coal allocation between 1993 and 2009 illegal, arbitrary, non-transparent and devoid of any procedure.
December 21, 2025Thane court sentences three people to 3 years RI for kidnapping baby
The court acquitted them of charges under section 143 (trafficking), noting that while kidnapping was proven, the "exact purpose" (such as sale or forced labour) was not established by the prosecution.
December 21, 2025UP: Five convicted for raping mother-daughter on NH-91 nine years ago
The prosecution filed a chargesheet against six accused, one of whom died during the trial. Special Judge (POCSO Act) Om Prakash Verma convicted the remaining five on Saturday.
December 21, 2025Natural disaster blamed for landslide deaths as J-K court quashes plea against Vaishno Devi board
The court held that for criminal liability under Section 106 of the BNS, there must be proof of a grossly negligent or rash act, foreseeability of harm and a direct causal link between the act or omission and the death. “Mere error of judgment or an administrative lapse does not suffice for criminal liability,” it said.
December 21, 2025CM Revanth Reddy appears in court over 2023 case
The case was registered against them at Mattampally police station in Suryapet district based on an allegation of wrongful restraint of the public in a road show during an election campaign in 2023.
December 20, 2025Court acquits MLA Tukaram Kate, 13 others in 16-year-old BMC office ruckus case
The judge said that “there was no specific evidence that any of the visitors caused damage to the property of BMC”.
December 20, 2025Court orders framing of attempt to murder charges against two in Delhi CM attack case
The court noted that the victim in this case is the chief minister, an elected representative of the state, but still, the accused managed to breach the security ring.
December 20, 2025Former FilmCity MD Govind Swarup acquitted in 21-year-old corruption case
They also pledged FilmCity corporation's fixed deposits to secure loans and bank guarantees for the private event, thereby causing it a loss of Rs 6.42 crore, the prosecution claimed.
December 20, 2025Punjab AAP MLA Pathanmajra wanted in rape case declared proclaimed offender
The complainant woman alleged that the MLA misrepresented himself as divorced, entered into a relationship with her and later married in 2021 while already being married.
December 20, 2025Court grants anticipatory bail to film director Kunju Muhammad in molestation case
The public prosecutor opposed the bail plea, stating that the allegations were serious in nature and that granting anticipatory bail could affect the investigation.
December 20, 2025Naqab row: SC Bar Association issues condemnation letter against Bihar CM, two ministers
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) letter said, "Besides infringing on her autonomy, agency and religious freedom, it is a reflection of the depraving attitude against women in general."
December 20, 2025Court sentences three to life imprisonment for raping minor in Jharkhand's Godda
According to the FIR lodged in November 2024, the 16-year-old girl was returning home from a fair when two of the convicts caught hold of her near a bridge and dragged her to a nearby field before they called one of their friends.
December 20, 2025J-K: NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Hizbul Mujahideen chief
The court said the investigating officer has collected sufficient evidence which prima facie implicates Shah in various offences under sections 13, 18, 20, and 39 of the UAPA, pertaining to threat to sovereignty, terror conspiracy, and involvement in terrorist activities.
December 20, 2025Hair stylist gets 3 years in jail for sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl
Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar, in her order of December 16, details of which were made available on Saturday, sentenced Salmani to three years in jail under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code and section 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
December 20, 2025AgustaWestland: Court orders Christian Michel's release from custody in ED case
The AgustaWestland case centres on alleged irregularities and kickbacks paid to former defence ministry officials to secure a contract for 12 VVIP helicopters from the British-Italian firm.
December 20, 2025SC imposes Rs 10 cr each fine on 10 dental colleges over violation of BDS admission rules
The court has directed that the fine amounts be deposited with the RSLSA within eight weeks, and that the funds be utilised for the welfare of social institutions in the state, including One Stop Centres, Nari Niketans, old age homes and child care institutions.
December 20, 2025RSS man's defamation plea against Rahul Gandhi: Hearing adjourned to Jan 17 over surety formalities
The court deferred the proceedings after noting the need for compliance with procedural requirements related to surety, he said.
December 20, 2025Delhi court orders framing charges against Cong leader Alka Lamba in police assault case
It also dismissed Lamba's plea seeking discharge, saying the Congress leader also caused danger to life, health and safety of peaceful demonstrators and public servants alike.
December 20, 2025Village assistant sentenced to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment in corruption case
According to the prosecution, while serving as a village assistant at the Kannur-I Village Office, Siyad made false entries in village office registers and fabricated documents, thereby misappropriating Rs 1,62,450 payable to the government as tax.
December 20, 2025UP bank fraud: Cashier gets life term, five others 10 years in Firozabad
Police subsequently filed a chargesheet against cashier Jaiprakash Singh, a resident of Shaktinagar, Praveen Kumar and his father Kunwarpal, a home guard from Bihari village, Akash Mishra from Kothipura, Veer Bahadur from Shivnagar and Sukhdev Singh from Balajipuram in Mathura.
December 20, 2025Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur sent to 14-day judicial custody in defamation case
The prosecution, however, maintained that the matter pertained to a cognisable offence and that judicial remand was permissible.
December 19, 2025Reality of child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation 'deeply disturbing', says SC
The court said the instant case lays bare the "deeply disturbing" reality of child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in India, an offence that strikes at the very foundations of dignity, bodily integrity and the state's constitutional promise of protection to every child against exploitation leading to moral and material abandonment.
December 19, 2025Former principal, teacher of school for disabled convicted in POCSO case
The offences came to light in 2014 after several students revealed the sexual abuse at the school at a meeting organized by a social activist.
December 19, 2025UP: Muzaffarnagar man, sister get life imprisonment over 13-year-old girl's rape
Government counsel Vinay Arora told PTI that the 13-year-old girl was raped by Rashid with the help of his sister Shakila, who also recorded a video of the crime, at Nara village under the Mansurpur police station area in March 2020.
December 19, 2025Sky is no longer the limit: CJI Surya Kant on Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission
CJI Kant said very few moments in life are as uplifting as tonight, when one gets to witness deserving individuals receive recognition for their talent.
December 19, 2025Special Court in Prayagraj sentences child abuse convict to six years of imprisonment
"In the investigation and analysis of data of electronic devices recovered from the possession of the accused, it was found that the accused was involved in the sexual abuse of minor girls. It was also revealed that he was sharing photographs and videos of sexual exploitation of the victims on social media platforms," the CBI spokesperson said after filing the chargesheet in 2022.
December 19, 2025Santosh Deshmukh murder case: framing of charges deferred to Dec 23
Nikam argued that the plea lacked merit and did not fall within the jurisdiction of the trial court. The court asked him to submit his formal reply, and adjourned the hearing to December 23.
December 19, 2025Court restrains actor-critic KRK from posting defamatory content against producer Vashu Bhagnani
The court found that, prima facie, tweets and statements made by the defendant (Khan) are somehow affecting the right of privacy of the plaintiff (Bhagnani).
December 19, 2025Land-for-job 'scam': CBI files status verification report of all accused in court
The prosecution has alleged that appointments in the Group-D category of the West Central Zone of the Indian Railways based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, were made during Lalu Prasad's tenure as the railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in return for land parcels gifted or transferred by the recruits in the names of the RJD supremo's family members or associates.
December 19, 2025Delhi court rejects Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases from judge alleging bias
Earlier, in a detailed reply filed before the judge in the IRCTC scam, the CBI said the transfer application was "a mala fide attempt by the applicant (Rabri Devi) to hoodwink the court, and simply an attempt to not only scandalise the court but also browbeat the special judge (Vishal Gogne), so as to cause direct interference with the independent and fair administration of justice".
December 19, 2025Four men sentenced to life imprisonment for gangrape, murder in 2018
The prosecution also relied on forensic evidence, including reports showing semen traces on the accused's clothes, the victim's mobile phone recovered from the spot, and audio recordings of conversations between the victim and her cousin.
December 19, 2025Gujarat court orders Cong, four party leaders to remove deep fake Modi-Adani social media video
The court observed that the defendants circulated the video containing "prima facie defamatory statements," showing that the actions on social media are likely to harm the plaintiff's reputation and adversely affect his standing in society.
December 19, 2025