Siya Goyal and her friend Chetan Chaudhary, accused of murdering her fiancé Ketan Agarwal at Pune’s Lohagad Fort, were remanded to police custody till June 29. The court granted custody to enable further investigation into the alleged conspiracy and murder.
The Pune family court granted interim custody of a minor child to his Singapore-based father, observing that the child’s welfare would be better served in his care. The court noted alleged non-compliance with orders and stressed that custody must focus on the child’s best interests.
The Darjeeling District Consumer Commission has directed Amazon Seller Services and a seller to pay Rs 4.68 lakh compensation to a customer over delivery of the wrong camera model. The ruling highlights e-commerce platform liability and questions the intermediary defence used by online marketplaces.
A special court in Mumbai acquitted all accused in the 2006 murder case of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar after a 20-year trial. The case involved former NCP MP Padamsinh Patil and others accused in the killing near Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai.
A Bihar court granted interim protection to educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in an anticipatory bail matter linked to an alleged vandalism incident outside his Patna coaching institute. The court extended the no coercive action order until the next hearing.
The Jalandhar Consumer Commission directed a restaurant to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to a lawyer after finding that a mandatory service charge of Rs 151.53 was added without consent. The forum held that such automatic charges amount to an unfair trade practice.
Satyaki Savarkar told a Pune court that Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s mercy petitions to the British government did not affect the “Veer” title given by the public. The statement came during a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over remarks made in London in 2023.
The Consumer Commission in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar held postal authorities liable for delaying money transfer to an 80-year-old retired man’s widowed sister. The Commission ordered Rs 3,000 compensation and Rs 2,000 costs for hardship caused.
A Patna court granted bail to Roshan Anand in the Khan Sir coaching institute vandalism case. After release, he alleged Faisal Khan’s involvement in his brother’s death and demanded a narco test during the ongoing controversy.
The District Consumer Commission, Kaithal, held ICICI Bank guilty of deficiency in service for freezing a customer’s account without sufficient proof of fraud. The Commission found no valid legal basis for the lien and ordered relief in favour of the account holder.
