
Mumbai Court Sentences 44 Somali Pirates to Life Imprisonment
A court in Mumbai has handed down life imprisonment sentences to 44 Somali pirates involved in hijacking cases that occurred in 2024.
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A court in Mumbai has handed down life imprisonment sentences to 44 Somali pirates involved in hijacking cases that occurred in 2024.

A Mumbai court has dismissed a last-minute attempt to prevent the OTT release of the film 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge.' The ruling clears the way for the movie's digital debut.

A Mumbai court has sentenced a cab driver to jail after he was accused of an inappropriate act, rejecting his defense that kissing a woman's hand was part of 'hospitality culture.' The court deemed his actions unacceptable and not a normal course of conduct.

A Mumbai court has rejected the discharge applications of electric employees union members who were accused in a Maoist-related case.

A Mumbai court has rejected the discharge plea of an accused in a case involving the outraging of women's modesty through the use of an application.

A Mumbai court has rejected the bail plea of an individual who was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2022, keeping him in custody.

A Mumbai court stated it is not its job to recover Rs 11 lakh borrowed by a woman for a man she met on a matrimonial site, highlighting the challenges in recovering funds lost to online fraud.
A Mumbai court acquitted a businessman accused of abetting his HIV-positive ex-wife's suicide in a 2013 case, ruling that mere harassment was insufficient to prove intent for abetment.

A Mumbai court has accepted the Economic Offences Wing's closure report, granting a clean chit to Ajit Pawar in the alleged Rs 25,000-crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank case.

A Mumbai court has ruled that the completion of an investigation is not sufficient grounds for granting bail in a case involving the illegal sale of elephant tusks.

A Mumbai court has rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of a temporary peon from Mumbai University in connection with a B Com paper leak case.

A Mumbai court has granted bail to an organizer involved in the Goregaon concert case, where two students died from drug overdoses last month, leading to an investigation into an alleged drug network.

A probe agency informed a Mumbai court that Salim Dola, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, lived as 'Hamza' in Turkey using a Bulgarian passport and has been identified as an international drug trafficker.

A Mumbai court has reprimanded former officials involved in the New India Cooperative Bank case, stating that their plea for virtual appearances "reeks of huge entitlement."

A Mumbai court has granted bail to an insurance agent who was held in connection with an MDS student suicide case, stating that no additional custody was warranted.

An accused individual under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) who had escaped from a Mumbai court has been re-arrested in the Vasai-Virar area.

A Mumbai sessions court has rejected Mayor Ritu Tawde's discharge plea in a 2016 case concerning the alleged assault of school teachers, citing sufficient evidence to proceed with charges. The conflict reportedly erupted over the sudden transfer of a teacher battling cancer.

A Mumbai court has cancelled an open warrant against Kumar Pillai, citing section 21 of the Extradition Act.

A Mumbai court has ruled that patrons cannot bring and consume home-cooked food in restaurants, even if citing health reasons.

An individual identified as Kharat is scheduled to be produced before a Mumbai court on May 18. Further details regarding the case were not immediately available.

Courts in Ghana and Mumbai have denied bail to individuals implicated in separate large-scale fraud cases. One case involves businessmen accused in a Gh¢49 million gold fraud, while the other concerns an agent who activated over 100 SIM cards for overseas cyber fraud.

A Mumbai court remanded alleged international drug trafficker Salim Ismail Dola to the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau until May 8. His arrest follows nearly two years in connection with a 2023 drug trafficking case.


A court in Mumbai has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a three-year-old child, reportedly over a broken teacup.

A Mumbai court has acquitted five Haryana police officers who were accused in the decade-old killing of gangster Sandeep Gadoli in a 'fake encounter' case.
A 79-year-old man was sentenced to three years of simple imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.
Raj Kundra appeared before a Mumbai court after being summoned in a money laundering case linked to the GainBitcoin scam. The ED accused him of acquiring 285 Bitcoins worth Rs 150 crore. Dressed casually, he greeted paparazzi with a smile and denied all ₹60 crore fraud allegations involving him and Shilpa Shetty.