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Journalist Rajat Sharma filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court seeking to regulate deepfake technology and block platforms hosting unauthorized content. On 15 September 2026, the Delhi High Court delivered a judgment in his favor, protecting his personality rights and directing the removal of deepfake videos featuring him.
Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. His appeal against this conviction was pending before the Supreme Court as of 23 April 2026. Sajjan Kumar died at the age of 80 at Safdarjung Hospital on 13 September 2026 while serving his sentence.
An 86-year-old father alleged that his youngest son forced him out of the ancestral home at Baramunda village. The Orissa High Court ordered the son to vacate the ground floor and restore it to the father, while leaving a separate dispute over land parcels bought in the son's name to civil court.
A case involving allegations under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, with disputes over relief disbursement to victims. The Allahabad High Court directed a state-wide probe into repeated claims and misuse of relief funds, which was subsequently set aside by the Supreme Court for lack of reasoning in the order.
In a judgment delivered on 18 August 2026, the Supreme Court established nationwide guidelines to curb the influence of black money in elections, following proceedings regarding the 2014 Bellary Lok Sabha bye-election. The Court mandated that the withdrawal of election-related cases requires High Court approval, imposed a one-year deadline for investigations, and directed the Election Commission of India and governments to submit compliance reports by 18 November 2026.
A Delhi Court convicted Sukesh Chandrashekhar for impersonating a Supreme Court judge to pressure a judicial officer into granting him bail. Following his sentencing to eight years of rigorous imprisonment on 4 September 2026, Chandrashekhar moved the Delhi High Court to challenge the conviction and request the expungement of derogatory remarks. A hearing regarding the maintainability of his plea is scheduled for 3 November 2026.
The Kerala High Court set aside a trial court order that had awarded 5 lakh rupees in compensation to Ravi Krishna in a defamation suit filed against BJP leader Kirit Somaiya regarding the Rajasthan ambulance scam. As reported on 4 September 2026, the court remanded the matter back for reconsideration.
In this motor accident claim, the Supreme Court ruled on 4 September 2026 that an acquittal in criminal proceedings does not determine outcomes in Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cases due to differing standards of proof. The Court set aside a Karnataka High Court order that had attributed 50% contributory negligence to a deceased driver based on a bus driver's criminal acquittal.
DSP Gursher Sandhu challenged his dismissal from service over an incident involving the recording of an interview related to Lawrence Bishnoi. The Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected the dismissal. Sandhu appeared before Justice Raina virtually in November 2025 and in person in March 2026.
Six persons accused of indiscriminate firing to kill a man in broad daylight in 2001 were acquitted by the Supreme Court after more than a decade of appellate proceedings. One accused had served a life sentence awarded by the trial court and upheld by the Patna High Court in 2015. The Supreme Court concluded that no proper investigation had taken place and quashed the case.
Altaf, a 22-year-old man, died while in the custody of the Kasganj police in Uttar Pradesh following his detention in connection with a kidnapping investigation. On 2 September 2026, the Allahabad High Court held the state government strictly liable for the unnatural death and ordered it to pay ₹10 lakh in compensation to his legal heirs within three weeks.
The Karnataka High Court ruled on 26 August 2026 that the arrest of a witness in a disputed will case by Whitefield police was illegal. The court ordered the investigating officer, ACP, and DCP to personally pay ₹3 lakh in compensation as reported on 1 September 2026. Additionally, the court directed the DG&IGP to issue cautions to police personnel of all ranks against similar unlawful arrests.
The Allahabad High Court set aside the conviction under Section 396 IPC (dacoity with murder) against Krishna Pal and others. The Court found that the prosecution failed to establish that dacoity was the primary intention and that murder was committed in the course of dacoity.
An Allahabad High Court case involving three accused in a 35-year-old dowry death matter. The court held that to sustain conviction under Section 304-B IPC, the prosecution must prove the woman was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before death.
A case was registered alleging that a marriage was contracted with the intent to obtain Canadian citizenship. The Gujarat High Court quashed the FIR against the husband's family, observing that the evidence did not support a conspiracy charge and that the matter appeared to be a matrimonial dispute.
An accused was acquitted by the Delhi High Court in a POCSO case on appeal. The trial court had convicted the appellant under sections 376AB and 341 IPC and section 6 POCSO Act on September 4, 2025, but the High Court found the victim's distress in court insufficient for conviction.
The Madras High Court upheld a 3-year jail sentence for four individuals, including the sons of former DMK minister P M Senguttuvan, in a disproportionate assets case involving Rs 81.42 lakh.
In a custodial death case in Madhya Pradesh, the High Court ruled on 18 June 2026 that custodial violence does not constitute official duty and therefore does not require sanction under Section 197 CrPC for prosecution. On 16 August 2026, the Court further affirmed that Magistrates hold the authority under Section 176(1-A) CrPC to explicitly name accused police officials and doctors within their enquiry reports.
On 27 February 2026, the Rouse Avenue Special Court discharged all 23 accused, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, from the CBI corruption case regarding the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. The CBI challenged this discharge in the Delhi High Court, where Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia filed opposition pleadings as reported on 13 August 2026. Separately, the Delhi High Court initiated criminal contempt proceedings against several AAP leaders in connection with these legal developments on 14 May 2026.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that police cannot interfere in purely civil property disputes and should only intervene to maintain public order. The court warned that deviations from this principle may invite departmental and contempt proceedings.
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