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Mumbai metro rail slab collapse: Cops oppose pre-arrest bail plea of 2 construction firm executives
A portion of a concrete parapet of Line 4 collapsed onto moving traffic in Mulund, leaving one person dead and three others seriously injured, following which police registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, mischief causing damage and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
February 21, 2026UP: 4 sentenced to death in 21-year-old murder case
Lallan was shot with a country-made pistol, resulting in his death, while Rakesh Mishra, who was returning home after attending the yagya, sustained serious injuries while attempting to save Lallan.
February 21, 2026Court orders FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand under POCSO ACT
The petitioner had filed the application seeking direction for an FIR against Avimukteshwaranand under sections 69, 74, 75, 76, 79, and 109 (all related to sexual assault) of the BNS, as well as sections 3/5/9 and 17 of the POCSO Act.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi appears before court in RSS defamation case; Sapkal replaces Shivraj Patil as his surety
The cross-examination of the investigating officer would resume at the next hearing, he said, adding that Gandhi's examination has not been scheduled for that day.
February 21, 2026High-level meeting at Calcutta HC over SIR exercise following SC directions
The meeting follows the Supreme Court's direction that the remaining stages of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls must now be conducted under the supervision of judicial officers and former judges.
February 21, 2026RSS defamation: Rahul names Sapkal new court guarantor, faces BJP backlash over AI Summit protest
The Court of Joint Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) P. M. Kolse scheduled the next hearing in the defamation case for April 4 after completing procedural formalities regarding Gandhi's new surety.
February 21, 2026Delhi court rejects businessman Satya Prakash Bagla's bail plea in cheating case
The defence had argued that there was no further need for custodial interrogation, denied allegations of tampering with evidence, and claimed that Bagla was suffering from serious ailments, including high blood pressure and having only one functioning kidney.
February 21, 2026MACT awards Rs 19 lakh compensation to kin of pedestrian killed in 2018
Badruddin Kalaraj Choudhary, originally from Assam, was walking home near Indian Compound in Bhiwandi on February 4 that year when a speeding motorcycle dashed into him, resulting in his death from severe injuries the next day.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi names Sapkal new guarantor in RSS defamation case; faces BJP's black-flag protest
The court had asked the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition to appear before it in person to furnish a new surety in the case following the death of his previous guarantor, former Union Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, on December 12 last year.
February 21, 2026Maharashtra minister withdraws defamation case against Raut after latter expresses regret in court
Bhuse's defamation complaint stemmed from an article published in Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mouthpiece 'Saamana', in 2023, in which Raut accused him of indulging in corruption of Rs 178 crore in Girna co-operative sugar factory located at Malegaon.
February 21, 2026After Shivraj Patil, Maharashtra Cong chief Sapkal new surety for Rahul in RSS defamation case
The Bhiwandi magistrate's court in neighbouring Thane district had asked the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition to furnish a new surety as Patil, who had stood as guarantor for him, passed away on December 12 last year.
February 21, 2026Shirtless protest: Court reserves order on Delhi Police plea for custody of arrested IYC workers
The arrested protesters were Krishna Hari, national secretary of Youth Congress from Bihar; Kundan Yadav, IYC state secretary, Bihar; Ajay Kumar, IYC state president, Uttar Pradesh; and Narasimha Yadav from Telangana.
February 21, 2026AI in legal sector needs ethical guardrails, strong data protection: Experts
He said that it was futile to compare AI with the intent, intelligence, emotional core, critical, refined and experienced mind of a seasoned practitioner of law.
February 21, 2026RSS defamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears in Bhiwandi court; names Sapkal as new guarantor
The Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition was required to appear before the court in person in the case following the death of his previous guarantor, former Union Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, who passed away in December last year.
February 21, 2026Court denies bail to PFI national leader, NIA claims he organised armed training camps
NIA Court judge MK Mohandas on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Ashraf alias Karamanna Ashraf Moulavi, the national in-charge of the PFI education wing and vice president of the All India Imams Council affiliated to the banned organisation.
February 21, 2026Rahul Gandhi appears in Bhiwandi court in RSS defamation case
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Rajesh Kunte filed a complaint in the court alleging that the Congress leader, while speaking at a rally at Sonale village during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, stated that the Sangh was behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
February 21, 2026Former school headmaster, clerk get six years RI in corruption case in Kerala
According to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), during the period from July 2011 to October 2015, Kalam served as clerk and Rajan as headmaster at Kilimanoor Government Higher Secondary School.
February 21, 2026Metro parapet section collapse: officials of contractor firm seek anticipatory bail
Alpesh Patel and Ganesh Gholap -- director and technical director of the contractor firm Milan Road Buildtech -- and project consultant T Sai Suresh Kumar moved the court with pre-arrest bail pleas.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The couple was convicted under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (POCSO) Pradeep Kumar Mishra.
February 20, 2026RSS defamation case: Rahul Gandhi to appear before Bhiwandi court
"Gandhi has been asked to furnish a fresh surety as (Congress leader) Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, his current surety, died on December 12," his lawyer advocate Narayan Iyer told PTI.
February 20, 2026Outsourcing all work to AI will decay human mind, says lawyer Pavan Duggal
In an exclusive interview with PTI, Duggal said AI is poised to transform the country's legal ecosystem which has largely remained unchanged for centuries.
February 20, 2026Delhi court convicts toy-factory owner in child labour case, acquits of trafficking charges
The case arose from an FIR registered at the Sarai Rohilla police station on November 17, 2016, after several boys working at the factory allegedly fell unconscious due to food poisoning. One of them, Mansoom, later died during treatment.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The POCSO court termed the crimes as "rarest of rare" and held Ram Bhawan and his wife Durgawati guilty of systematically abusing children between 2010 and 2020 and producing child sexual abuse material.
February 20, 2026UP court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children
The POCSO court termed the crimes as "rarest of rare" and held Ram Bhawan and his wife Durgawati guilty of systematically abusing children between 2010 and 2020 and producing child sexual abuse material.
February 20, 2026Delhi bar council election: Lawyers told to opt for video conferencing on February 21, 23
In a circular signed by NDBA secretary Tarun Rana, members were informed that the advisory followed a communication from the office of the principal district and sessions judge, New Delhi district.
February 20, 2026Delhi court convicts 21-year-old in 2016 NDPS case
Special Judge Gajender Singh Nagar was hearing a case against Iqbal Hussain, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who was accused of possessing 200 grams of heroin and supplying the contraband to Delhi.
February 20, 2026Nine years later, Delhi court acquits Brazilian national in 3.69 kg cocaine seizure case
Serious questions have been raised against the seizure and recovery proceedings, and the NCB has miserably failed to link the recovered contraband with the accused person. Therefore, the benefit of the said doubt must go to the accused
February 20, 2026Raj Kundra appears before court in Bitcoin money laundering case; granted bail
The fact that Kundra remembers the exact number of Bitcoins received in five specific tranches seven years after the transaction "solidifies the fact that he was indeed the recipient of Bitcoins as a beneficial owner and not acted merely as a mediator
February 20, 2026Court grants statutory bail to ex-TDB president Padmakumar in Sabarimala gold loss case
Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit CS granted bail to Padmakumar in the case pertaining to the alleged loss of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum), after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) failed to file the charge sheet within 90 days of his arrest.
February 20, 2026Thane court acquits man in 11-year-old rape case
In the judgment dated February 12, a copy of which was made available on Thursday, Additional Sessions Judge D S Deshmukh acquitted Ketan Chandrakant Kadam, alias Nanhe, who faced charges under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
February 20, 2026'Moral policing': Kerala court sentences 5 to life term for beating man to death
The court imposed a fine of Rs 85,000 on the accused and said if the amount was recovered from them, it should be given to the victim's legal heirs.
February 20, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 25 lakh to girl for 2016 accident, says ‘bright future’ hampered
Gracy was playing in front of her house in the Digha area of Navi Mumbai on February 16, 2016, when a car reversed at high speed and hit her. The child sustained 50 per cent functional disability, including moderate hearing loss in the right ear, corneal opacity in the right eye, and facial palsy, the court noted
February 20, 2026'Gross abuse of power' by Mamata Banerjee by barging into I-PAC raids: ED tells SC
The agency rejected the West Bengal government's submission that Banerjee and the police had intervened to prevent "armed persons impersonating officials of Central agencies" from conducting an unauthorised search.
February 19, 2026Animal welfare over livelihood: Mumbai court rejects plea to return seized ceremonial horse to owner
Additional Sessions Judge (Mazgaon court) Mujibodeen S Shaikh, in a ruling passed earlier this month, upheld a magistrate's decision to put the horse in an Animal Welfare Board-recognised centre rather than returning the animal to its owner.
February 19, 2026Sabarimala gold loss: Not even iota of evidence against Tantri, says court
Rajeevaru is the 16th accused in a case pertaining to the loss of gold from the Dewarapalaka (guardian deity) plates and the 13th accused in another case relating to the alleged loss of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum).
February 19, 2026Delhi court grants bail to retired Navy officer accused of rape on false promise of marriage
The court noted that while the investigating officer provided a written document titled “grounds of arrest” (to the accused), the contents were like “reasons for arrest” and not the specific grounds mandated by law.
February 19, 2026