The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of raping a woman on a false promise of marriage, noting prima facie material that he had created and operated nine fake profiles on a matrimonial website, using different names, ages and occupations, and even posing as a woman, to target victims. Justice Girish Kathpalia declined bail with the trial at an advanced stage, clarifying that nothing said would prejudice either side at trial.
A Sessions Court in Gandhinagar has granted regular bail to journalist Ravi Nair, who was arrested on a non-bailable warrant in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises. Nair had been convicted by a magistrate and his sentence suspended pending appeal, but was taken into custody this month after a court declined to cancel the warrant. His plea for release had also been argued before the Supreme Court and the Gujarat High Court.
The State of Punjab has withdrawn its habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the Enforcement Directorate’s search at the GMADA headquarters, after the search ended and the officers the State alleged were illegally confined were set free. A court-appointed Warrant Officer had reported that the officers themselves said they were not illegally detained. The Court allowed the withdrawal with liberty to raise all issues before an appropriate forum.
A Delhi court has rejected an accused’s plea to defer arguments on charge, in the CBI-probed NEET-UG 2026 paper-leak case, until a supplementary chargesheet is filed against the newly arrested accused. The court held that the CBI can file a supplementary chargesheet even during trial, that the investigation against the 13 chargesheeted accused is complete, and that the Public Examinations Act requires the trial to proceed expeditiously.
A writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeks to quash 14 actions of the Election Commission of India and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, allegedly taken over the past ten months despite recorded objections by the two other Election Commissioners, raising questions about the collective functioning of the poll body. Mumbai: A writ petition […]
The Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail to social-media commentator Ajeet Bharti in an SC/ST Atrocities Act case over a video allegedly containing caste-based slurs aimed at MP Chandrashekhar Azad, holding that a prima facie case of caste-based humiliation is made out and that the statutory bar on anticipatory bail under the Act applies. New […]
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of five Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court as Permanent Judges, clearing their confirmation in a meeting held on September 23, 2026. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposals for the appointment of five Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court […]
Journalist Ravi Nair has moved the Supreme Court seeking release from custody in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises, after he was arrested on a Gujarat court’s non-bailable warrant and the Gujarat High Court declined interim release. His counsel mentioned the matter before the CJI for urgent listing, which was not entertained. Nair contends the warrant breached the graded procedure the Supreme Court requires before a non-bailable warrant is issued.
The Supreme Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed on a man convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi upheld the conviction but held the case did not warrant the death penalty, applying the ‘rarest of rare’ framework. The detailed reasons are awaited with the judgment.