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Indore court grants divorce to rape convict Narayan Sai’s wife, orders Rs 2 cr permanent alimony

The court’s order of April 2 dissolves his 18-year-old marriage, Anuragchandra Goyal, the lawyer representing Narayan Sai’s Indore-based wife, Janaki Harpalani, told reporters on Tuesday.

April 8, 2026

MP court grants divorce to rape convict Narayan Sai's wife, orders Rs 2crore permanent alimony

Narayan Sai is lodged in a jail in Surat district of Gujarat after being sentenced to life imprisonment in a rape case and the April 2 order by the court dissolves his 18-year-old marriage.

April 7, 2026

MSCB scam: ED asks court to decide discharge pleas of Rohit Pawar, others, on merit

The ED registered its money laundering case on the basis of an August 2019 FIR filed by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

April 7, 2026

Himachal court summons AAP leader Manish Sisodia in defamation case

The case was filed by Anoop Kesari, a lawyer from Una, who along with his supporters quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2022.

April 7, 2026

Delhi Assembly breach: Court sends SUV driver to 8-day police custody

Police produced the accused, Sarabjeet Singh, before Judicial Magistrate Kartik Taparia seeking ten days of police custody but were only granted eight days.

April 7, 2026

Delhi Court grants bail to 'conman' Sukesh Chandrasekhar in ED case

Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the court's decisions cannot "preach liberty", the most sacrosanct constitutional norm, while "playing footsie with the state upon the bogey of special legislation or economic offences".

April 7, 2026

Delhi tribunal awards Rs 42.5 lakh compensation to parents of 5-yr-old killed in road accident

Presiding Officer Sudeep Raj Saini was hearing a claim petition filed by the parents of the deceased child, Rohan Gautam, who was killed on December 12, 2019, while being taken to school by his father on a two-wheeler.

April 7, 2026

Delhi court grants bail to 'conman' Sukesh Chandrasekhar in money laundering case

"Liberty being the most sacrosanct norm in our Constitution, the court cannot preach liberty from its decisions while playing footsie with the state upon the bogey of special legislation or economic offences

April 7, 2026

Delhi Assembly breach: Court sends SUV driver to 8 days of police custody

Singh, 37, is believed to be a "follower of the Kisan Andolan (farmers' agitation)". He has shared several posts on social media platforms expressing support for farmer leaders who lost their lives during the 2020-21 agitation. Some of this content was later deleted either by him or by the original posters.

April 7, 2026

Urgent cases to be mentioned only before CJI-led bench: SC

According to the usual practice, urgent matters are mentioned for listing and hearing before the seniormost judge of the apex court if the CJI is either unavailable or busy heading a constitution bench.

April 7, 2026

Thane court discharges ex-customs official in 2023 corruption case

Special Judge D S Deshmukh of the CBI court, while allowing the discharge application of Dinesh Devram Fuldiya, the former customs official, clarified that the prosecution is at liberty to file a fresh chargesheet once a valid sanction is obtained.

April 7, 2026

UP: Two British nationals jailed for illegal entry into India from Nepal

The court, however, granted them bail after pronouncement of the sentence on the condition that they will not leave the country during the appeal period.

April 7, 2026

Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police personnel sentenced to death by Madurai court

Father-son duo P Jayaraj and J Bennix died after they were assaulted by the convicted policemen in Sathankulam in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu for keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 norms.

April 6, 2026

Cross-examination of probe officer held in Sanjay Singh MCC violation case; next hearing on Apr 20

The proceedings took place in the MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, where investigating officer Anoop Kumar was cross-examined, defence counsel Madan Singh said. He said the court has now scheduled the next hearing for April 20.

April 6, 2026

UP: Man sentenced to 25 years of RI for raping 16-year-old girl in Ballia

Prosecution Officer Vimal Kumar Rai said that on September 25, 2025, the accused, Samadan, kidnapped the girl from a village under the Pakri police station and subsequently raped her.

April 6, 2026

Sexual abuse of women: Police custody of Nashik man extended as more victims being identified

On Monday,the police requested the additional district sessions court to extend the accused Ravindra Erande's custody as investigators are yet to recover data from four mobile phones. The police also produced in court a hard disc and a diary recovered from Erande's office. Additionally, the victims in the case have been identified.

April 6, 2026

Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police personnel sentenced to death by court

First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare, observing that those entrusted with protecting the public had committed a crime that shook the collective conscience of society.

April 6, 2026

Three sentenced to death, one gets 7 years in 2019 Muzaffarnagar lawyer murder case

Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court) Ravi Kumar Diwakar sentenced Rizwan, Singol Alvi and Shalu alias Arbaz to death and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on them.

April 6, 2026

Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police personnel sentenced to death by court

First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare, observing that those entrusted with protecting the public had committed a crime that shook the collective conscience of society.

April 6, 2026

Assam govt seeks vacation of stay on deploying forest force personnel for assembly polls

A reply submitted before the NGT's eastern zonal bench in Kolkata said the plea against the state government's March 19 order directing the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcoming polls had wrongly "stretched" the provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, making it applicable to manpower deployment.

April 6, 2026

Turkman Gate violence: Court denies anticipatory bail to alleged instigator

Earlier on January 21, a separate sessions court dismissed the first anticipatory bail application moved by Iqbal on the grounds that the investigation was at a very preliminary stage and the offence was of a "serious nature".

April 6, 2026

Janakpuri biker death: Court seeks CCTV, CDR details over 'illegal' detention of accused

The case pertains to the death of Kamal Dhyani, who worked as an assistant manager at the Rohini branch of the HDFC Bank. Dhyani died on the night of February 5 after his motorcycle fell into a 15-foot-deep sewage pit that was allegedly left open during work being carried out by the Delhi Jal Board at Janakpuri.

April 6, 2026

National security breach: Court sends 7 foreigners to 30-day judicial custody

The foreign nationals were produced before NIA Special Judge Prashant Sharma after the completion of their NIA custody.

April 6, 2026

Goa nightclub fire: Court to pronounce order on Luthra siblings' bail plea in forgery case on Apr 8

The Luthra brothers are owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, where a fire on December 6 last year killed 25 persons and injured several others. They had fled to Thailand after the incident, but were placed under arrest in the fire tragedy case after being deported from the South East Asian nation.

April 6, 2026

Court acquits seven NDF activists in 2008 murder case of former CPI(M) worker in Kannur

Thalassery Additional Sessions Court Judge Philip Thomas acquitted the accused in the case pertaining to the death of former CPI(M) activist U K Salim at Hussanmotta on July 23, 2008.

April 6, 2026

Three Bangladeshi nationals get 14 months in jail for illegal stay in India

Jahid Aainal Khan (23), Sapna Madan Sikdar (31) and Juithi Jahangir Dhali (25) were convicted under Passport (Entry into India) Rules 1950 after they voluntarily pleaded guilty.

April 6, 2026

Bengal SIR: Tribunal orders Cong candidate's name to be reinstated in supplementary roll

This was apparently the first such ruling by any tribunal involving a candidate to resolve an ongoing adjudication case due to “logical discrepancy”, an Election Commission (EC) official said.

April 6, 2026

Nanded triple murder case: Six arrested, remanded to police custody

The accused were produced before a local court of the Judicial Magistrate (first class), which remanded them to police custody until April 8, police inspector Santosh Tambe told PTI.

April 5, 2026

MACT awards Rs 20.52 lakh compensation to kin of septuagenarian killed in car collision

The accident occurred on November 22, 2022, when the victim, Ganesh Gopal Chaudhari, was travelling in a car from Vikramgad in Palghar district toward Nashik, and a speeding four-wheeler collided with his vehicle in the ghat section.

April 5, 2026

UP court sends terror module members to 5-day police custody

Additional Director General (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said the gang's main operative, Saqib alias "Devil", a resident of Meerut who worked as a barber, was introduced to Pakistan-based handlers through Aqib from Meerut via Instagram.

April 4, 2026

Delhi court sends LeT handler Shabir Ahmed Lone to 7-day judicial custody

A team from the New Delhi range of the Special Cell arrested Lone on March 29 from the Ghazipur area here in connection with an LeT module unearthed in February after pro-Pakistan and pro-terror posters were found at various locations, including Janpath metro station, in the national capital.

April 4, 2026

Court grants three-day police custody of director Ranjith in sexual harassment case

Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Selmath RM allowed the petition filed by the police seeking custody of Ranjith for three days, granting it until Monday evening.

April 4, 2026

Gurugram: 2 sentenced to life term in 2022 murder case

On April 11, 2022, the body of Sunil Kumar -- a resident of Dhadhot village in Mahendragarh -- was found in a deserted area near the under-construction Dwarka Expressway, and a case was registered at Bajghera police station, they said.

April 4, 2026

UP: Man sentenced to life in prison for killing nephew in 2019

Additional District and Sessions Judge (Court Number 1) Rinku Kumari pronounced the verdict, holding the accused Shahid guilty of murder.

April 4, 2026

Court reserves order on cognisance of ED chargesheet against Robert Vadra

The ED had earlier filed its chargesheet against Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur.

April 4, 2026

Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws in dowry death case

Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Wason acquitted Kartik Sharma, his father Ravi Dutt Sharma, and his mother Veena Sharma in the case of Shivali Sharma, who died by suicide in March 2023.

April 4, 2026