Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case | Bhopal Court Denies Parents Application For Second Autopsy

The Bhopal Court, on Wednesday (May 20), has partly allowed the application filed by the parents of Twisha Sharma, rejecting their prayer for a second post-mortem by AIIMS or any other certified medical body, but accepted their prayer for preservation of the body under -80 degree Celsius. Judicial Magistrate of First Class Anudita Gupta further directed the police officials to find such...

Court Acquits Four Men In Delhi Riots Case, Says “Dangerous” To Rely On Police Witnesses

A Delhi Court yesterday acquitted four men in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case relating to alleged burning of an auto-rickshaw and vandalism of a shop, observing that it would be “dangerous” to rely upon the testimonies of the police witnesses.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts said that the two police witnesses, on whose testimonies the prosecution...

Advocate Mohammed Shah Appointed As Additional Advocate General Of Kerala

The newly-elected UDF government has appointed Advocate Mohammed Shah as the Additional Advocate General of Kerala.Shah was an elected Member of the Kerala Bar Council from 2018 to 2026.On Monday, the government had announced its decision to appoint Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General and Advocate T. Asaf Ali as the Director General of...

Telangana SLSA Conducts Rescue Operation; Over 500 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Brick Kilns In Nizamabad

The Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA), Hyderabad, in coordination with the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Nizamabad, conducted a bonded labour rescue operation at Degaon and Maghidi villages of Armoor Mandal in Nizamabad District on May 19, 2026.According to the press release issued by Ch. Panchakshari, Member Secretary, TSLSA, two bonded labourers — Thupakula...

Former Gujarat High Court Judge Justice Biren Vaishnav Takes Oath As State's Lokayukta

Former Gujarat High Court judge Justice Biren Vaishnav was sworn in as the Lokyukta of the State at ceremony held at Gandhinagar last Wednesday (May 13). Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to Justice Vaishnav at Gandhinagar's Lok Bhavan, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh...

Bengaluru Court Remands Gameskraft Founders To 14-Day Judicial Custody In Money Laundering Case

A special court at Bengaluru on Tuesday (May 19) remanded the founders of gaming company Gameskraft Technologies— Deepak Singh, Vikas Taneja and Prithvi Raj Singh, to 14 days of judicial custody in a money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate.The development comes two weeks after the platform founders were remanded to ED's custody on two separate occasions by the same...

Right To Privacy Doesn't Survive After Death, Legal Heirs Can Administer Deceased's Digital Estate: Gujarat Court

A Civil Court in Gandhinagar has held that the right to privacy of a deceased person does not survive after their death and the legal heirs can administer the deceased's digital estate.In doing so the court held that "digital data" of a deceased party stored on Apple's 'iCloud account' constitutes a valuable digital asset forming part of the deceased's estate, which would fall...

Delhi Riots: Court Denies Interim Bail To Umar Khalid, Says Grounds Raised Are 'Unreasonable'

A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied interim bail to Umar Khalid in relation to the UAPA case alleging larger conspiracy in commission of 2020 North East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts dismissed Khalid's application seeking interim bail for 15 days for attending the Chehlum ritual after death of his late uncle and to attend to his mother's pre and...

Gujarat Court Recognises iCloud Data As Inheritable Property, Directs Apple To Help Daughter Recover Dead Father's Locked iPhone Contents

A Civil Court in Gandhinagar has held that "digital data" of a deceased party stored on Apple's 'iCloud account' constitutes a valuable digital asset forming part of the deceased's estate, which would fall under administration under the Indian Succession Act. The petitioners–deceased's wife and daughter had approached the court seeking that it may recognize that the digital data stored in...

WhatsApp Chats Point To Allegations Against Samarth Singh: Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Twisha Sharma's Husband In Dowry Death Case

A Sessions Court in Bhopal on Monday (May 18) denied anticipatory bail to advocate Samarth Singh in a case concerning the death of his wife, Twisha Sharma, over allegations of cruelty and dowry harassment, noting that from the FIR and the WhatsApp chats, it appeared that the main allegations were against Singh. For context, Samarth Singh is booked in an FIR for offences under IPC Sections...

TCS Nashik Case: Court Denies Bail To 6 Accused, Notes Victim Was 'Vulnerable' Employee Targeted By Superiors

A sessions court in Nashik recently denied bail to five men and a woman booked in the infamous TCS Nashik BPO Case of sexual harassment and forced religious conversion case, after considering that the victim in the case was "vulnerable" and that since the accused worked as her superiors, they could tamper the evidence. Additional Sessions Judge VV Kathare denied bail to Raza Meman, Asif...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case : Bhopal Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Ex-Judge Mother-in-Law; Denies Bail To Advocate-Husband

A Bhopal Court on May 18 denied anticipatory bail to Advocate Samarth Singh, while granting the same to his mother, Retired Judge Giribala Singh, on Friday, May 15, 2026, in the case concerning the death of his wife, Twisha Sharma, due to alleged dowry harassment. Additional Sessions Judge Pallavi Dwivedi rejected Samarth's bail, who was accused of physically and mentally abusing his wife....