SC makes interim bail granted to MLA Jegan Moorthy absolute

SC makes interim bail granted to MLA Jegan Moorthy absolute

The Supreme Court on Thursday made absolute an order of interim bail granted on June 30 in favour of Kilvaithinankuppam (Reserved) MLA ‘Poovai’ M. Jagan Moorthy in an abduction case. A Bench headed by Justice Manoj Mishra gave relief to Mr. Moorthy despite vehement objections raised by Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General Amit Anand Tiwari … Read more

Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case

Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case

Members of the Christian community take part in a protest rally against the arrest of two Kerala nuns on allegations of forcible conversion and trafficking in Chhattisgarh, in Hyderabad, Thursday, July 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on Saturday (August 2, 2025) granted bail to three persons, including … Read more

IIM-Calcutta rape case: Accused student granted bail

IIM-Calcutta rape case: Accused student granted bail

Police personnel deployed at IIM Calcutta after a student was allegedly raped inside the boys’ hostel of the institute, in Kolkata | Photo Credit: PTI A court on Saturday (July 19, 2025) granted interim bail to a student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta accused of raping a woman on the campus. The accused was … Read more

Court reserves verdict on Baramulla MP’s plea for interim bail to attend Parliament

Court reserves verdict on Baramulla MP’s plea for interim bail to attend Parliament

Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer. | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) reserved its order on a plea by the Member of Parliament from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias ‘Engineer’ Rashid, who sought permission to attend the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, set to begin on July … Read more

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi. | Photo Credit: ANI A Belgian court on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) rejected the bail plea of Mehul Choksi, the diamond merchant who is a prime accused in the ₹13,000-crore PNB fraud case, his lawyer said. The diamantaire was arrested in Antwerp by the Belgian police on April 12 based … Read more

Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

Kannada actor Ranya Rao on Saturday filed a bail petition in the Sessions Court, a day after her request for bail was rejected by a lower court in the gold smuggling case. The Sessions Court is expected to hear the petition on Monday. The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to the Kannada actor … Read more

Kerala HC grants bail to Boby Chemmanur

Kerala HC grants bail to Boby Chemmanur

File photo of businessman Boby Chemmanur | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala High Court granted bail on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) to businessman Boby Chemmanur, in the sexual harassment case that was registered against him on a complaint by a woman actor. He had been arrested in connection with the case, and remanded in judicial … Read more

Kerala High Court allows bail plea of Boby Chemmanur in sexual harassment case

Kerala High Court allows bail plea of Boby Chemmanur in sexual harassment case

Businessman Boby Chemmanur. File Photo: R.K.Nithin The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) allowed the bail plea of prominent businessman Boby Chemmanur who has been arrested and is in judicial custody in a sexual harassment case filed against him by a female Malayalam actor. “Allowed,” the case status of the plea on the … Read more

Delhi court refuses to pass order on J&K MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail plea

Delhi court refuses to pass order on J&K MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail plea

Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. FIle | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar A Delhi court on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) refused to pass order on Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail application in a terror-funding case. Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh dismissed the application … Read more