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Mumbai: In a reply submitted before the sessions court, cricketer Prithvi Shaw has strongly opposed the an appeal filed by social media influencer Sapna Gill. Shaw said that Gill's appeal is false, frivolous, vexatious and filed with the sole intention to malign, defame and harass him by misusing his public image and celebrity status.The legal battle originated from an alleged altercation in 2023, which led to cross-complaints. The dispute, which allegedly began as an argument over selfies at a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) has registered a case against Dhanwantari Foundation International Trust (DFIT) for allegedly cheating more than 4,000 victims by luring them in the name of the Brahmin community and promising high returns on deposits within a fixed period. The accused are said to have collected about Rs 516 crore. Based on a complaint lodged by Susrala Narsimha Murthy on December 23, 2023, a case was registered at CCS under Sections 406 and 420 read with 34 ...Read More >
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw has filed his detailed reply before the Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai, opposing the criminal revision application filed by actress Sapna Gill in the alleged molestation case. Terming Gill's plea as "false and vexatious", Shaw urged the court to dismiss her application, contending that it had been filed with the sole intention of maligning his public image and harassing him by misusing his celebrity status. In their sub ...Read More >
Nashik, Dec 16 (PTI) A court in Nashik district on Tuesday upheld the two-year jail term handed to Maharashtra Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. A magistrate's court had on February 20 convicted the NCP leader and his brother Sunil Kokate and sentenced them to two-year imprisonment in the case pertaining to submitting fake documents to get flats under a government quota. On March 5, a sessions court stayed the conviction of the du ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) NCP received a major blow after the Nashik session court upheld the two-year sentence handed down to sports minister Manikrao Kokate in the case of illegally acquiring a government flat using forged documents. In the wake of the court's order, Kokate's ministership hangs in the balance. Those who filed an intervention petition opposing bail for Minister Kokate have submitted documents to the Bombay High Court. Minister Kokate had hogged the headlines after a vid ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 14,077 cases pending in Mysuru City and Taluk courts were amicably settled through mediation at the National Lok Adalat, the fourth and last one of the current year, held on Dec.13 at City and Taluk Courts across the district. Out of the 49,645 Civil and Criminal compoundable cases, 26,694 were taken up for amicable settlement at the Lok Adalat, held on Dec. 13 as per the directions of National Legal Services Authority and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority. Of t ...Read More >
In a significant development, seven suspects linked to the Zubeen Garg death case are set to appear via video conference at the Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate's court today. This decision was made to ensure the safety and peace of the public, as the CID raised concerns about possible disturbances. Guwahati: The seven individuals accused in the Zubeen Garg death case will be produced virtually before the chief judicial magistrate's court in Kamrup (Metro) on Tuesday. The move is intend ...Read More >
Guwahati, Dec 16 (PTI) All seven accused in the singer Zubeen Garg death case appeared virtually before Kamrup (Metro)'s Chief Judicial Magistrate during a hearing on Tuesday, after the charge-sheet was submitted last week. The court fixed the next date of hearing on December 22. Garg had gone to attend the North East India Festival (NEIF) in Singapore, where he died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea on September 19. The state government formed an SIT to probe into the c ...Read More >
The prosecution had 'miserably' failed to prove the conspiracy charge against Dileep in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case, a Kochi court has observed while citing inconsistencies and lack of sufficient evidence against the Malayalam star. IMAGE: Actor Dileep speaks to journalists in Kochi on December 8, 2025. Photograph: ANI on X The full judgement of Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese was released late on Friday, and has revealed the judge al ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): A Delhi sessions court today ordered that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and other accused named in a fresh FIR in the National Herald case are not entitled to a copy of the FIR, registered by the Economic Wing Offences (EOW) Delhi Police though they may be informed that such an FIR has been registered. Passing the order, Sessions Judge Vishal Gogne set aside a magistrate's direction that had required the Delhi Police to supply copies of the FI ...Read More >
Early findings revealed that the assault had been filmed, allegedly to later blackmail the survivor. Suni reportedly told her during the crime that he was acting "on contract." The survivor in the 2017 actress assault case on Sunday said the trial court verdict did not come as a surprise to her, noting that over the years she realised not every citizen in the country is treated equally before the law. In an emotional but strongly worded social media post, she alleged that her fundamental right ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram District Sessions Court on Monday granted bail to activist Rahul Easwar in connection with a cyber harassment case. He was released from the district jail later in the evening. The Thiruvananthapuram cyber police had registered a case against Easwar on November 30 for allegedly making public the identity of a woman who accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil of rape and impregnation. Earlier, Easwar's bail plea was rejected by the Additional Chief Jud ...Read More >
The Kerala High Court on Monday extended the interim protection from arrest granted to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case relating to the alleged rape of a woman and forcing her to abort pregnancy. A bench of Justice K Babu, which was hearing Mamkootathil's petition challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Principal District and Sessions Court denying him anticipatory bail, posted the matter for further hearing on December 18. The court extended its earlier direction restraining the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15 (PTI) A court here on Monday granted bail to activist Rahul Easwar in a case related to the alleged defamation of a woman on whose complaint MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was booked for sexual harassment and forced abortion charges. Easwar was granted bail after spending around 15 days in judicial custody. When the bail application came up before the Thiruvananthapuram District and Principal Sessions Court, the prosecution strongly opposed the plea, contending that the accu ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta: Passengers on board a KSRTC bus from Thiruvananthapuram to Kalpetta on Saturday protested after a film starring actor Dileep, who was one of the accused in the 2017 Kerala actress assault case and was later acquitted, was played during the journey. A group of women passengers objected to the screening, citing the actor's association with the actress's assault case. Following the protest, the bus staff stopped the film.However, the situation escalated when some male passengers al ...Read More >
Indore, December 13: The District and Sessions Court of Indore has sentenced an accused of raping his step-daughter to double life imprisonment under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Public Prosecutor Abhijeet Singh Rathore further detailed the judgment, saying that a specially constituted POCSO court in the District and Sessions Court of Indore, which is a special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Judge Nausheen Khan de ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 1 (ANI): Activist Rahul Easwar on Monday who was was taken into custody in Thiruvananthapuram on November 30, for allegedly defaming and disclosing the identity of the woman who has accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil of rape, has described his ongoing legal situation as a "freedom struggle for men." Easwar who was arresed yesterday alleging that the police had violated Supreme Court guidelines while acting against him in the sexual-assault comp ...Read More >
Kochi, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) secretary S. Jayasree, offering temporary relief even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) ramped up action in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case. The interim order, issued by a single-judge Bench, will remain in force until Tuesday, when the matter will be taken up for detailed hearing. Earlier this month, the High Court had dismissed her ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday allowed the revision petitions moved by Law Minister Kapil Mishra and the Delhi police. The magistrate's order is set aside, directing the Delhi police to investigate the role of Kapil Mishra in the North East Delhi Conspiracy case. Special judge Dig Vinay Singh set aside the order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) to the extent of the incident of February 23. Delhi police had submitted that it had al ...Read More >
Prayagraj: Allahabad High Court on Wednesday acquitted Mohammad Sharif, Sabauddin, Imran Shahzad and Mohammad Farooq, who were sentenced to death in the Rampur case of terrorist attack on CRPF camp on night of Dec 31, 2007. As many as eight CRPF jawans died in the attack and five sustained injuries in the attack. FIR was lodged by SI Om Prakash Sharma at police station, Civil Lines, Rampur on Jan 1, 2008.Capital appeal and reference was filed against judgment and order of Nov 1, 2019 and Nov 2, ...Read More >
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], October 26 (ANI): The cousin of a woman doctor who allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe, claiming that she had faced "immense political and police pressure" for over a year and was forced to falsify postmortem and fitness reports. Speaking to ANI, the cousin of the deceased doctor claimed that she had been subjected to harassment for more than a year and was being pressured to manipulate official re ...Read More >
Chenthamara, the accused in the Pothundy twin murders (file image) Chenthamara, the accused in the sensational Pothundy double murder case, was sentenced on Saturday (October 18, 2025) to double life imprisonment for a previous murder that occurred six years ago at Pothundy in Palakkad, Kerala. Pallakad Additional District and Sessions Court-IV Judge Kenneth George sentenced Chenthamara to a double term in prison and slapped a fine of ₹3.25 lakh for murdering his neighbour Sajitha on August 3 ...Read More >
A court in Pune has discharged politician and NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad from the offences registered against him in a case related to the clash involving activists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the Fergusson College (FC) campus in 2016. Additional sessions [...] A court in Pune has discharged politician and NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad from the offences registered against him in a case related to th ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): The Additional Sessions Court in Pune has discharged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad of all charges related to the 2016 Fergusson College violence case, citing a lack of evidence. The order, passed by Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13, stated that there was "insufficient evidence to frame charges" against the legislator. The court also held that the earlier order of the Judicial Magistrate First Cla ...Read More >
PUNE: The additional sessions court in Pune has discharged sitting MLA Jitendra Awhad from all charges in connection with a 2016 incident of violence at Fergusson College. The order, passed by additional sessions judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13 and made available on Saturday, observed that there was insufficient evidence to frame charges against the legislator. Awhad, MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party/NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar/SP), 61, from Thane, had filed a criminal revision a ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three prime accused in the 2015 murder of communist leader Govind Pansare. The single judge bench of justice Shivkumar Dige emphasised that prolonged incarceration without trial could not be justified indefinitely, and said the three arrested accused - Dr Vinrendrasinh Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale - would have to furnish new sureties for availing bail. Kalaskar, however, will not come out of jail, as he has ...Read More >
Mumbai: The sessions court has rejected the bail plea of the CEO of Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd (Virgo), Ketan Kadam, the alleged "mastermind" of the Rs 65 crore financial fraud linked to the BMC Mithi river desilting contracts. Refusing to grant bail in parity with his co-accused Jay Joshi, the judge said Kadam's role was much more serious as he has a direct involvement in the crime and has managed money received from the contractors in his shell companies. "He had played a role since prior to se ...Read More >
Senior police inspector Mahesh Bolkotgi of Shivajinagar police station said, "A suicide note was recovered from his pocket, suggesting that he took the extreme step due to frustration over domestic issues and the delay in justice. Further investigation is underway." He added that the 61-year-old had been involved in a long-pending legal dispute over his ancestral property. His father had sold the land in the 1990s without his consent, prompting him to challenge the sale in court. "In the handw ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the Mithi river desilting scam, the sessions court has refused to grant bail to Ketan Kadam of Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd, observing financial transactions traced to his shell companies. A key accused in the case, he allegedly conspired with BMC officers, compelling the contractor to hire machines at an inflated rent from his firm, with certain conditions added by him to the tender. The scam allegedly caused a loss of Rs65 crore to the BMC. Defence Terms Charges 'Assumptive' The defe ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court has approved anticipatory bail for Dilip Khedkar, entangled in accusations of abducting a truck cleaner after a tumultuous road rage clash last month. Alongside the bail, Khedkar is required to compensate the victim with Rs 4 lakh and contribute Rs 1 lakh to the police welfare fund. The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar's father, Dilip Khedkar, accused of abducting a truck cleaner after a road rage incident last ...Read More >
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