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Mumbai: The widow of Asgar Shaikh, a victim of the August 2023 Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting case, has moved the sessions court to revoke a recent order directing that the accused, dismissed RPF constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary, be transferred to Thane mental hospital for a fresh evaluation. The widow, in her plea, has claimed that prior medical evaluations have already revealed that Chaudhary's mental health is stable. She alleged that the evaluation report has been suppressed from the court. I ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The wife of the victim of a hit-and-run accident in Ghatkopar area here has moved the sessions court against the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) decision to grant bail to the 17-year-old minor accused in the case. Meenal Patel, the survivor of the February 5 accident, said in the plea filed through advocate Ruben Mascarenhas that the minor's release undermines the interests of justice and ignores the destruction of evidence. The incident had occurred near Somaiya College. As ...Read More >
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday responded to a Madurai court's verdict in the 2020 custodial death case of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu, where nine police officials from the Sathankulam police station were sentenced to death. The judgment comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were allegedly assaulted by police personnel in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district, for reportedly keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. Also Read ...Read More >
Panaji: A Goa court on Wednesday granted bail to Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, owners of fire-ravaged nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane, in a forgery case, paving the way for their release from jail. The brothers had earlier secured bail in a case related to the devastating blaze of last December that left 25 dead. Advocate Parag Rao, representing the Luthras, told reporters that Judicial Magistrate First Class (Mapusa) Jude Sequeira granted regular bail to the accused in the forgery case. Als ...Read More >
PANAJI: The Mapusa JMFC court granted bail to Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra in the alleged NOC forgery case on a bond of Rs 50,000 each, paving the way for their release.The court did not make any oral observations, stating that detailed reasoning would be part of the written order.The brothers are accused of using a forged no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Candolim primary health centre to operate their nightclub.Mapusa police had registered a separate FIR based on a complaint by the health o ...Read More >
Mumbai: The sessions court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail of a man, his wife and son, booked by the Andheri police station on the complaint of their landlord for allegedly misusing power of attorney, transferring three rooms to their names and cheating the landlord to the tune of '63.60 lakh. As per the case registered by the 75-year-old landlord of Sitabai Hawaldar Chawl, he had inducted Devendra Singh as a tenant in 2016. The landlord claimed that over a period of time, Singh gaine ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Sanjay More, the driver of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus that rammed into pedestrians and multiple vehicles in Kurla West on the night of December 9, 2024, killing seven people and injuring 42 others. The court granted More bail primarily because he had already spent about 15 months in custody while the trial was unlikely to conclude soon. The incident occurred around 9:30 pm when More, driving a 12-metre-long O ...Read More >
Update on Rajpal Yadav's cheque bounce case. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a cheque bounce case * Presiding over the matter, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma expressed clear displeasure * The case stems from a May 2024 sessions court order that convicted Yadav in a cheque bounce matter Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a c ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 2: Granting bail to a BEST driver accused in the fatal Kurla electric bus crash that claimed nine lives in December 2024, the Bombay High Court has made strong prima facie observations on the lack of proper training imparted to drivers operating electric buses, terming it "shocking". HC questions training standards for electric bus drivers Justice R. M. Joshi, while allowing the bail plea of driver Sanjay More on March 30, noted that although he had prior experience driving conve ...Read More >
Rejecting Advani' s plea against Khanna's estranged wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle Khanna and son-in-law Akshay Kumar, a single-judge bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh held that such a status could not be granted when the deceased actor's marriage with his legally wedded wife, Kapadia, was "subsisting" (not dissolved by divorce, annulment or death of one of the spouses). "The requirement that the parties must be qualified to enter into a legal marriage, including being unmarried, is c ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 2 (PTI) The proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case in Assam will not be impacted in any way by Singapore Police concluding its probe by maintaining that there is no evidence of foul play, officials said here on Thursday. Assam Police's investigation here has been "comprehensive" and the charge sheet filed before the local court in Guwahati has been based on it, they maintained. "The investigation, findings and closure by Singapore Police into the drowning of Zubeen Garg in tha ...Read More >
This comes five days after the district and sessions court in Goa denied the duo anticipatory bail in a second case filed against them, alleging they submitted forged documents in applications for permission to run Birch by Romeo Lane, for which they remain in jail. The fire at Birch by Romeo Lane, on the intervening night of December 6 and 7, was allegedly caused by electrically triggered pyro sparklers ignited as part of an ongoing dance performance at the nightclub. The sparklers allegedly s ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by actor Anita Advani seeking recognition of her alleged marriage with late Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. A single bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh dismissed the appeal filed by Advani challenging an order passed by the Dindoshi sessions court in Mumbai in 2017, rejecting her civil suit seeking similar relief after Khanna's death in July 2012. Advani had challenged the earlier verdict, while Rajesh Khanna's w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by actor Anita Advani seeking recognition of her alleged relationship with late Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. A single bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh dismissed the appeal filed by Advani challenging an order passed by the Dindoshi sessions court in Mumbai in 2017 rejecting her civil suit seeking similar relief after Khanna's death in July 2012. A detailed copy of the HC order dismissing the app ...Read More >
Panaji, Apr 1 (PTI) A sessions court at Mapusa in Goa on Wednesday granted bail to Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, in a case related to the devastating fire of last December that killed 25 people. The Luthras, however, would remain in jail as they were arrested in a case of forgery on Monday. Hours after a fire broke out at the club situated in Arpora village on December 6, 2025, the brothers fled to Thailand, from where they were deported to Indi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday accused the Congress of doing "disgusting politics" by including the issue of singer Zubeen Garg's death in its election manifesto, saying the party had "committed an unpardonable crime" by invoking the late singer's name for votes.Speaking on the sidelines of the BJP manifesto release programme here, Sarma said Zubeen Garg was deeply loved by the people of Assam and it was "unfortunate and sad" to use his name in an election campaig ...Read More >
Guwahati, Mar 31 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the Congress "committed a sin" by including the issue of singer Zubeen Garg's death in its manifesto. Zubeen Garg is very dear to all Assamese, and it is unfortunate and sad to use his name for collecting votes, the chief minister said on the sidelines of the BJP manifesto release programme here. He said the matter is in the court, and Congress is unaware that a fast-track court has already been constituted an ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, 30 Mar: The first hearing of the fast-track sessions court, set up by the Gauhati High Court for day-to-day trial proceedings in singer Zubeen Garg's death case, was held on Monday, with the counsel for arrested singer Amritprava Mahanta making a submission on her behalf. Justice Sharmila Bhuyan heard Mahanta's lawyer, AK Bhuyan, while the counsels of two other accused, Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddhartha Sharma, will present their cases on Tuesday. Shyamkanu Mahanta was the chief organ ...Read More >
Guwahati, Mar 30 (PTI) The first hearing of the fast-track Sessions Court, set up by the Gauhati High Court for day-to-day trial proceedings in singer Zubeen Garg's death case, was held on Monday, with the counsel for arrested singer Amritprava Mahanta making a submission on her behalf. Justice Sharmila Bhuyan heard Mahanta's lawyer, A K Bhuyan, while the counsels of two other accused, Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddhartha Sharma, will present their cases on Tuesday. Shyamkanu Mahanta was the chief ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed a sessions court order that had halted the bail granted to Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with the shirtless protest during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, thereby clearing the way for his release from jail. A single-judge Bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee, while issuing notice to the Delhi Police, observed that it was prima facie not satisfied with the sessions court's ...Read More >
Meerut (UP), Feb 16 (PTI) The district court here received a bomb threat via email on Monday, prompting authorities to carry out a search operation in the premises after evacuating the staff and others, officials said. Normal work in the courts in Meerut has resumed after nothing suspicious was found, they said. All judicial officers gathered on the lawn in front of the district judge's court as the bomb squad and dog squad were deployed in the court premises. Court-related work was disrupted ...Read More >
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister is expected to move the Bombay High Court to challenge the verdict in order to continue working as an elected representative. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates disqualification for elected representatives sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more in a criminal case. Kokate, 68, had challenged the February judgment of a first-class magistrate court, which convicted him on charges of cheating and forgery in a case dating back ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar on Tuesday threw weight behind AICC leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi after a Delhi court refused to take cognizance in proceedings arising from a fresh FIR in the National Herald case. Both leaders, in separate posts on X, said the court has exposed illegality and mala fide intent of the Modi Government. The ED proceedings against the Gandhis had been held to be without jurisdiction, illegal, and unsustainable in law, Siddaram ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, challenging a sessions court order that upheld his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The move comes as Kokate faces the imminent threat of losing his cabinet post and his assembly seat. In mounting trouble for the minister, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in the case. Kokate's lawyer Aniket Ni ...Read More >
Nashik, Dec 17 (PTI) In mounting trouble for Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. The development comes a day after the district court upheld the two-year jail term handed to Kokate by the magistrate's court in February this year. Earlier on Wednesday, Kokate moved the Bombay High Court, challenging his conviction and the two-year jail term in the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred to the Calcutta High Court the suo motu proceedings it had initiated in the aftermath of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the matter be placed before a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court to oversee compliance with the directions earlier issued by the ap ...Read More >
Nasik: Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate is likely to be arrested unless he succeeds in obtaining bail from the Bombay High Court. The Nasik district sessions court, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the NCP MLA for alleged cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota, as reported by The New Indian Express. The sessions court, on Tuesday, had upheld the order of the First Class Magistrate's court by confirming the two ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every Saturday to mark attendance anytime between 9 am and noon.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) subm ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate "dishonestly induced" the state government to allot him a flat meant for the economically weaker section of society, a Nashik court has held, upholding his two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The court noted that the minister was a "prosperous" farmer. However, the court granted him partial relief by setting aside the lower court's order to cancel the flat allotments, citing lack of jurisdiction for a criminal ...Read More >
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