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Sadaf Modak
A legal correspondent based out of Mumbai, Sadaf mainly covers trial courts of the city. Apart from writing on major criminal cases, she also keeps a keen eye on the ordinary and not so ordinary events in courtrooms. She also writes on prisons, juvenile justice and human rights. She tweets @sadafmodak
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SEBI opposes Ketan Parekh plea to travel abroad: Misused permission to engage in illegal trade, motive to settle abroad
September 29, 2025 04:20 IST
Opposes plea to go abroad, tells court his motive is to settle in foreign country.
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
Bitcoin ponzi scheme: ED names Raj Kundra in chargesheet, alleges sale of 5 flats by him to wife Shilpa Shetty without ‘change in ownership’ in a bid to shield them
September 27, 2025 00:15 IST
Agency alleges sale of 5 flats by him to wife without ‘change in ownership’ in a bid to shield them
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
Nirav Modi’s brother-in-law turns approver, granted pardon by special court
September 26, 2025 20:36 IST
Modi is currently facing extradition proceedings in the UK, while the trial against others is yet to begin.
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
Solving Crime: How railway police in Mumbai cracked a murder that wasn’t
September 25, 2025 12:30 IST
The hunt for a gang operating between Matunga and Sion railway stations led the police to scour hours of CCTV footage to unravel a Mumbai police constable’s mysterious death.
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
Booked for sexual assault of daughter: Wife says ‘difficult to maintain family’, Mumbai court grants minimum sentence for man
September 24, 2025 19:34 IST
The man was found guilty under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
Banker duped of Rs 17.9 crore after buying art claimed to be owned by maharaja: ED
September 23, 2025 23:40 IST
The ED said that of the Rs 17.90 crore, Rs 4.91 crore was shown to have been transferred to companies for the purchase of silver articles, gold and bullion, even as there was no purchase.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
2003 ‘custodial death’ case | ‘Prosecutor not required to be guided on every petty application’: Court rejects plea by Waze
September 22, 2025 00:30 IST
Waze, who was serving with the Mumbai Police, filed a discharge application in the case a few months ago.
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Months after MCOCA invoked against ‘sex traffickers’, Act dropped after no sanction
September 21, 2025 22:01 IST
A sanction is required under the Act from a sanctioning authority, who is usually a police officer of the rank of an Additional Director General of Police.
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
ED arrests bank staffer for cheating national bank, customers of Rs 16 crore
September 20, 2025 08:39 IST
Transferred money of 127 deposit account holders to personal account: ED
Sat, Sep 20, 2025
Sheena Bora Murder Case: Childhood friend says Indrani was never happy with Sheena’s relationship with Rahul
September 19, 2025 01:25 IST
Rahul is the son of Indrani's then husband, Peter Mukerjea, also an accused in the 'murder' case. On Thursday, Sheena's friend and former classmate, Sanjana Phukan, began her deposition as a prosecution witness in the special CBI court.
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
Fugitive proceedings in India against Mehul Choksi can continue: ED
September 18, 2025 22:30 IST
Choksi was arrested in April in Belgium on the basis of an extradition request by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and is currently in a prison there, pending a decision on his extradition to India.
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
Ex-Naval commander, coaching centre owner found guilty in 2010 Navy paper leak case; sentenced to three year jail
September 16, 2025 22:11 IST
"The offence is of a serious nature involving rigging of examination to the post of Lower Division Clerks in the Indian Navy. The offence has a far-reaching impact as the process of recruitment was compromised. Such offences have to be dealt with high hand," the special judge said.
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
Court revives proceedings against Bhujbal, kin in ‘benami assets’ case
September 16, 2025 20:23 IST
The case has now been restored to its original stage and the next hearing is scheduled for October 6 before the special MP/MLA court in Mumbai.
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
10 years after protests over train delays, 17 cleared by Thane court of rioting charges
September 14, 2025 12:13 IST
A Thane court said the witnesses were all police personnel, and they failed to establish the identity of the members of the unlawful assembly.
Sun, Sep 14, 2025
Accused questions Ujjwal Nikam’s continuation as SPP after becoming RS member
September 12, 2025 01:03 IST
Accused Vijay Palande, who is facing trials in three cases of murder, approached the court stating that Nikam continuing to hold the position of the special public prosecutor (SPP) for the state of Maharashtra, 'raises serious Constitutional concerns'.
Fri, Sep 12, 2025
PNB fraud: Over 7,000 branches, humanly impossible to keep eye on every transaction: Special court, discharging senior executive
September 09, 2025 22:22 IST
K V Brahmaji Rao was named as an accused in the case, in which Nirav Modi, his associates, companies and PNB officials are booked on charges including cheating for allegedly using fraudulent Letters of Understanding (LOUs) for their benefit, in connivance with PNB officials.
Tue, Sep 09, 2025
69-year old woman duped, transfers Rs 65,000 to fund flight tickets for ‘Keanu Reeves’
September 09, 2025 15:12 IST
The elderly woman allegedly transferred the money to Keanu Reeves who sought Indian currency to ‘buy a flight ticket to come to India’ to visit her.
Tue, Sep 09, 2025
10 years after boy’s remains found under Mumbai bridge, 3 accused cleared of murder charges; 1 of them convicted for kidnapping
September 08, 2025 15:39 IST
The DNA found on the bottles at the spot did not match that of the accused. The special court in Mumbai said there appeared to be no attempt to trace who the DNA belonged to.
Mon, Sep 08, 2025
Sold luxury shoes as side hustle during studies in UK: Indrani’s daughter to court in Sheena Bora murder case
September 05, 2025 00:57 IST
Says she does not stand by contents of her memoir
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
Sheena Bora trial: Indrani’s daughter Vidhie counters CBI’s claim that her parents were in Mumbai in April 2012 for murder
September 03, 2025 22:09 IST
The CBI had claimed that Khanna, Indrani and her then driver Shyamvar Rai--who is now an approver in the case--had killed Sheena on April 24, 2012, after she was dropped in Bandra by Rahul.
Wed, Sep 03, 2025
Delayed trials, one conviction: The story of 10 major building collapses in and around Mumbai that killed 326 in 30 yrs
August 31, 2025 19:44 IST
In many cases over the past decades, where building collapses have taken place due to unauthorised constructions or structural changes or lack of needed repairs, developers and civic authorities have been booked.
Mon, Sep 01, 2025
Trump targets cashless bail: How the practice works, situation in IndiaSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 17:23 IST
Trump says that cashless bail leads to an uptick in crime. Researchers say that there is no evidence to support this claim
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
As Manoj Jarange Patil begins hunger strike, here’s why Mumbai’s Azad Maidan was designated as protest spotSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 14:46 IST
How a petition filed by South Mumbai resident groups in 1997 led to protests being restricted to Azad Maidan.
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
‘Mumbai Police or judicial magic?,’ asks HC after hit-and-run case pending since 2022 solved within days after court rapSubscriber Only
August 26, 2025 16:00 IST
Aman Jha, 29, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Malad on August 17, 2022, when he was on his way to a temple. His mother filed a petition before the Bombay High Court last year after the police failed to make any arrest.
Wed, Aug 27, 2025
Text message on instructions to make idli helps domestic worker gets bail in theft caseSubscriber Only
August 24, 2025 22:04 IST
The lawyer representing the accused had submitted that she was absent from work on July 16 and 17, when the alleged theft took place. The police had opposed the bail stating that the cash and jewellery are yet to be recovered.
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