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Case 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
August 26, 2026UP MP's aide among four brothers sentenced to life in 2004 murder case
The case dates back to August 16, 2004, when Ashish Maurya was shot dead in broad daylight near Collectorate Tiraha in the Miyapur locality, allegedly over a land dispute.
August 26, 2026CJI responds to Justice Mehta's letters levelling allegations against Rajasthan HC Acting CJ
Justice Mehta, in his three separate letters to the CJI, has alleged serious administrative irregularities and selective case listings under Justice Sharma.
August 26, 2026Calcutta HC gets one permanent judge, six-month 'fresh appointment' for six additional judges
Six other additional judges, Justices Prasenjit Biswas, Uday Kumar, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Supratim Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and Md. Shabbar Rashidi, have been given a fresh six-month term with effect from August 31.
August 26, 2026Man gets one-year jail term less than three weeks after theft at Bhubaneswar shop
Judge Somesh Somyajit Panda convicted Sethy after examining nine witnesses and 15 exhibits and documents, including CCTV footage.
August 26, 2026ACB seeks sanction to prosecute suspended sessions judge in bribery case
The judge was named in an FIR registered in November 2025 after ACB sleuths arrested court clerk-cum-typist Chandrakant Vasudev for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from a complainant to obtain a favourable order in a civil case. The agency alleged that the clerk had demanded the bribe on behalf of the judge.
August 26, 2026Drug inspector exam paper leak: 3 MPSC officials among 6 held; sent to police custody till Sep 2
The case pertains to the offline screening test conducted on March 22 for the posts of Drug Inspector (Group-B) under the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Department.
August 26, 2026Court dismisses cheating case filed against actor Sunny Leone, husband
According to the complainant, he had facilitated a role for Leone in a Telugu film. He alleged that the parties agreed to pay him a percentage-based incentive out of a total consideration of Rs 1.75 crore.
August 26, 2026Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for posing as SC judge, sentencing on Thursday
Chief Judicial Magistrate Harshita Mishra held Chandrasekhar guilty of offences under IPC Sections 170 (personating a public servant), 189 (threat of injury to a public servant) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication).
August 26, 20261978 trade dispute, 47-year tenancy row among cases resolved in Supreme Court's special Lok Adalat
The Supreme Court has more than 96,000 pending cases, with over 10,000 awaiting disposal for more than a decade, according to official data.
August 26, 2026UP tops pendency list across fast-track courts; Delhi has 7,385 pending cases: RTI reply
According to the reply, Fast Track Courts (FTCs) are set up by the states and UTs in consultation with the respective high courts for expeditious trial of specific categories of cases.
August 26, 2026SC judge Sandeep Mehta writes to CJI against ACJ of Rajasthan HC
Justice Mehta, in his three letters dated August 2, 10 and 17, has accused the acting chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court of "maladministration", "malpractices", "nepotism" and "favouritism".
August 26, 2026Delhi court acquits two men in 2016 murder case, says suspicion cannot replace proof
In an order dated August 25, the court said, “The case of prosecution at best remains in the realm of strong suspicion against them to be responsible for the death of the deceased. It is trite law that moral conviction howsoever strong cannot take the place of jural conviction based upon reliable and convincing evidence.”
August 26, 2026Court issues temporary injunction restraining publication of false content against movie 'Toxic'
The Additional City Civil and Sessions Court passed the interim order on August 22 on a suit filed by production house KVN Productions LLP against various defendants, including X Corp. It also includes a 'John Doe' defendant, representing unknown persons.
August 26, 2026Ex-security guard sentenced to life for burning bank manager alive in Uttarakhand
Public Prosecutor Pramod Pant stated on Tuesday that the Special Sessions Judge of Pithoragarh handed down the sentence on Monday, convicting Deepak Chhetri for the incident that occurred on May 6, 2023.
August 26, 2026Some leaders 'driving' Hindi-Marathi wedge on language mandate for auto, taxi operators: Minister
Seeking to allay fears among drivers from non-Marathi background, Sarnaik said training centres for the language, discontinued after August 15, will be revived in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
August 25, 2026Court allows co-accused to turn approver in Renukaswamy murder case
Rao, who is currently in judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison here, appeared before the court through video conference on Tuesday.
August 25, 2026Police probing Ram temple donation theft case under wrong BNS sections, claims accused's counsel
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged embezzlement case submitted its preliminary findings on June 23, following which an FIR was registered and eight persons associated with the temple's donation-counting process were arrested.
August 25, 2026CBI court rejects discharge plea of PNB scam accused Shetty's wife in DA case
Special Judge S K Karhale held that there is "ample evidence and sufficient grounds" to frame charges against Ashalatha Shetty under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.
August 25, 2026Society of Indian Law Firms welcomes dignitaries from British Virgin Islands
SILF President Lalit Bhasin welcomed BVI Premier Natalio D Wheatley, BVI Minister for Financial Services, Economic Development and Digital Transformation Lorna Smith and others.
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