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Saif Ali Khan attack case: Accused Bangladeshi national again seeks to plead guilty
Rejecting his application on September 11, a court in Mumbai had ruled that he will face trial in the case.
October 8, 2026Delhi MACT awards Rs 67.4 lakh to family of man run over by bus while alighting
The tribunal rejected the argument of the insurer, Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, that the deceased person was partly to blame, and directed it to deposit the amount.
October 8, 2026ISIS module case: Accused threatens judge, says no respect for judiciary and current govt
The accused, Tabis Sidique, who was arrested in 2023, upon being produced before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Abhay Joglekar, started misbehaving, asking the name of the court.
October 8, 2026Delhi court orders framing charge against ex-MCD sanitary inspector in bribery case
Special Judge Vidya Prakash passed the order on Wednesday in the case against the accused, Ved Pal, saying there was sufficient material to frame a charge under Section 7 (offence relating to a public servant being bribed) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
October 8, 2026Delhi court denies anticipatory bail to man accused of instigating sexual assault on wife
Additional Sessions Judge Pooja Talwar dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Saurabh Dhingra, noting that coercive proceedings had already been initiated against him and the investigation was not complete.
October 8, 2026Delhi court orders FIR into alleged taking of 30-month-old son to Australia without father's consent
Judicial Magistrate First Class Vikas Madaan directed the Station House Officer (SHO) of Tilak Nagar police station to register the FIR within seven days and investigate the case.
October 8, 2026Delhi court frames charges against bus driver, conductor in Noida bus gang-rape case
Special Judge (POCSO) Sonam Gupta framed the charges a week after Delhi Police filed a chargesheet running into around 400 pages in the case.
October 8, 2026UP: 3 get life imprisonment in 2018 Sonbhadra dowry death case
Government counsel Satyaprakash Tripathi said Chhotak, a resident of Mirzapur district's Marihan police station area, lodged a complaint at Karma police station on November 4, 2018, alleging that his daughter Aasma had been killed by her husband Afroz, mother-in-law Safia and brother-in-law Naseem.
October 7, 2026Advocate Rajveer Bisht elected Bar Council of Uttarakhand president
Sharma is also the Co-Chairman of the Bar Council of India. He previously represented Uttarakhand in the BCI from 2004 to 2009 and again from 2018 to 2025.
October 7, 2026Fake doctor held in Delhi in child death case sent to police custody by Bengal court
The man was arrested at IGI Airport in New Delhi based on a 'Look out' issued by the Purba Bardhaman Police, while he was trying to flee to another country.
October 7, 2026Voice of woman speaking of fear, violence must not be overlooked or normalised: Justice Vikram Nath
Justice Nath lauded the efforts of protection officers, who are appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, in helping the women in distress to get justice.
October 7, 2026Court fines Mumbai Mayor Rs 1,000 for skipping hearing in 2016 assault case
Additional Sessions Judge G G Bhansali noted the incident occurred in 2016 and though a chargesheet was filed in 2017, charges were yet to be framed.
October 7, 2026Prolonged jail cannot by itself release MCOCA accused on bail, says Delhi court
Special Judge Gaurav Rao was hearing the bail application of Hariom, who has been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) by the Sultanpuri police station here.
October 7, 2026Gurugram court sentences man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping minor in 2021
According to the police, a case was registered in October 2021, after a person submitted a missing complaint of his 15-year-old minor girl at Sadar Sohna police station.
October 7, 2026Delhi court takes cognisance of CBI chargesheet against NDMC officials in bribery case
Special Judge Shelly Arora, in an order dated October 6, took cognisance of offences under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (criminal conspiracy) and the Prevention of Corruption Act provision regarding a public servant accepting or attempting to obtain an "undue advantage" (bribe) against accused Vinay Kumar, Satish and Rajesh.
October 7, 2026Delhi MACT awards Rs 78.28 lakh to mechanic left 80 per cent disabled in 2016 accident
Presiding Officer Abhilash Malhotra, in an order dated September 28, held that the accident was caused by the car driver's rash driving and directed the vehicle's insurer, Tata AIG General Insurance Co Ltd, to pay the amount.
October 7, 2026Delhi court grants NOC to Jacqueline Fernandez for renewing her work visa
In an order dated October 6, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep Singh noted that the actor is a Sri Lankan national residing in India since 2009 on an employment visa, which had expired.
October 7, 2026Meerut court convicts wife, lover of husband's murder; sentence to be announced on Oct 16
According to the prosecution, Amit Kashyap alias Mikky, a resident of Akbarpur Sadat village, was found dead at his house on April 12, 2025.
October 7, 2026Special NIA court rejects bail plea of separatist leader Shabir Shah in 1996 violence case
While rejecting the bail plea, Special Judge Prem Sagar held that the application "needs no consideration at this stage", observing that there was a "well-founded apprehension" that if released, Shah was likely to continue such activities to the detriment of national security and public order.
October 7, 2026Delhi court slams police over 'eyewash' report in MCOCA case
Special Judge Gaurav Rao also sent a copy of the order dated October 5 to the Delhi police commissioner, saying the matter "calls for a detailed inquiry and appropriate action against all the erring officials/investigating officers".
October 7, 2026Gujarat lawyers withdraw proposed strike after assurance to restore judicial powers under Rent Bill
BCG chairman P D Patel said the assurance was given during a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, Advocate General Kamal Trivedi and government officials at Sanghavi's residence in Gandhinagar.
October 6, 2026Man gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment for raping 7-year-old girl in UP's Jhansi
Special Public Prosecutor Vijay Singh Kushwaha said the girl's father had lodged a complaint alleging that on May 18, 2024, his class 2 student daughter was playing outside their house at around 5.30 pm when Govind Das alias Bablu Kushwaha lured her inside his house on the pretext of offering her a toffee.
October 6, 2026Three minor boys sexually assault 8-year-old girl in Latur; detained
The incident occurred in an area under the MIDC police station jurisdiction in the central Maharashtra city and the accused, one of them aged 16 and two 12-year-olds, have been detained, they said.
October 6, 2026Man gets 20 years of imprisonment for raping girl in Bhubaneswar
The court of ad hoc additional sessions judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict, 24-year-old Dillip Bhoi. Failure to pay the amount would attract another six months in prison.
October 6, 2026Bihar judicial association seeks PSOs for officers below CJM rank
In a letter to the Home Department, the association's secretary Ajit Kumar Singh said the government should take an "expeditious and time-bound decision" on the demand.
October 6, 2026UP: Special court to resume hearing Rahul Gandhi defamation case on Oct 7
Santosh Kumar Pandey, counsel for the complainant and local BJP leader Vijay Mishra, resumed arguments in the case, but the hearing could not be completed.
October 6, 2026Amravati pharmacist murder case: Court rejects discharge plea of key accused
A total of eleven accused, including Atib Rashid, have been arrested and booked under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
October 6, 2026SC seeks report on illegal sand mining from river beds
The bench also dealt with the issue related to the incident in which a forest ranger was killed last month after being allegedly hit by a dumper while he was trying to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan.
October 6, 2026Delhi court grants bail to 8 accused in Rs 9.9-crore gold smuggling case
The court, however, noted that no gold was recovered from the person or baggage of any of the accused upon their arrival in India, or at their instance, and that the gold was recovered from the aircraft after they had disembarked.
October 6, 2026Tried to bind law, justice, compassion together: Justice D K Upadhyaya
Justice Upadhyaya, 61, who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on January 21, 2025, said whenever he came across unforeseen situations, he tried to "softly bend" the law towards justice for a deserving litigant.
October 6, 2026CJI Surya Kant administers oath to three new judges, judges count now 37 in SC
Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh took oath in the auditorium of the new Supreme Court block.
October 6, 2026Thane MACT grants Rs 34.54 lakh compensation to kin of labourer electrocuted at Metro project site
Tribunal member R V Mohite on Monday directed the owner of a Hydra Crane and its insurer to jointly and severally pay the compensation amount along with interest at 9 per cent per annum from the date of filing the petition till realisation.
October 6, 2026Delhi tribunal awards Rs 58.98 lakh compensation to family of woman killed in road accident
Presiding Officer Manish Sharma was hearing a claim petition filed by the woman's family and held the tractor driver guilty of "gross neglect and default", finding that his vehicle had hit the woman's scooter from behind near Khajuri Chowk on May 23, 2022, resulting in her death.
October 6, 2026Delhi court grants bail to 17 protesters, seeks report on allegations of 'custodial torture' by two
The court also emphasised that while any person has the right to protest peacefully, assaulting police officials on duty is a matter of serious concern which cannot be permitted under the garb of peaceful protest.
October 6, 2026CJI Surya Kant administers oath to three new SC judges
Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh took oath in the auditorium of the new Supreme Court block.
October 6, 2026Punjab govt moves SC against Punjab and Haryana HC order for CBI probe
The state government filed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the High Court order at 1.42 am on Tuesday as per apex court website.
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