6 verified cases from Goa, newest first.
The Goa High Court has directed the Merces panchayat and the state pollution control board to file a response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning illegal land-grabbing and environmental violations in the area.
The Enforcement Directorate uncovered a pan-India organised network of cyber fraudsters operating digital arrest scams, affecting over 330 victims and resulting in losses exceeding Rs 400 crore. The network is subject to over 163 FIRs across 20 states and Union Territories.
Three nightclub owners and partners were arrested following a fire that killed 25 people at a nightclub in Goa. The Bombay High Court cancelled their bail in August 2026, citing charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal negligence, and forgery in obtaining nightclub permissions.
Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra were granted bail by the Mapusa JMFC court in connection with an alleged NOC forgery case related to a nightclub fire tragedy.
Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal was accused of rape, sexual harassment, wrongful confinement and assault of a woman journalist at a Goa resort in November 2013. After initial acquittal in 2021, the Bombay High Court's Goa bench convicted him in 2026 following final arguments on the chargesheet filed by Goa Police in February 2014.
The Supreme Court acquitted a husband and 17 in-laws in a dowry death case where charges were filed under Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Court criticized the prosecution as frivolous.