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1. TCS sexual harassment case: Court says clear evidence of abetment by POSH committee member

TCS sexual harassment case: Court says clear evidence of abetment by POSH committee member

TCS sexual harassment case: Court says clear evidence of abetment by POSH committee member A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik has denied bail to TCS site head and POSH committee member Ashwini Chainani noting that she ‘ignored’ the complaint of a victim in the alleged sexual harassment-conversion case, and thus ‘abetted’ the crime. Besides Chainani, the court on Friday (May 15, 2026) refused bail to Tausif Attar, Raza Memon, Shahrukh Qureshi and Asif Ansari in the case. In the reasoned order, available on Saturday (May 16), Additional Sessions Judge V.V. Kathare said that Chainani’s “silence and insensitivity effectively endorsed the toxic workplace environment”. Chainani was a member of the Internal Committee of the company, formed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, commonly known as POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) Act. Yet, she did not help the victim woman file a complaint in writing as mandated by the Act, the order said. “On the contrary, the act of the applicant would reveal that she had blamed the informant for being in highlight and asked her to let go of the accused,” the judge said. Chainani was arrested in the case on April 10 for alleged abetment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. As per the victim, she repeatedly approached Chainani with oral complaints regarding the harassment, but the latter did not take any preventive action.

2. Handed over my son for police inquiry through lawyers with due respect for law: Bandi Sanjay

Handed over my son for police inquiry through lawyers with due respect for law: Bandi Sanjay Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay said he has handed over his son Bandi Bageerath for p

3. Gravity of a crime must not dictate decision on premature release of a convict: Supreme Court

Gravity of a crime must not dictate decision on premature release of a convict: Supreme Court

Gravity of a crime must not dictate decision on premature release of a convict: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that granting premature release to a convict is a “distinct Executive function”, adding that the heinousness of the crime must not dictate the decision on remission. The court said justice did not permit the permanent incarceration of an individual in the shadow of their worst act. The nature of the offence cannot, therefore, be the sole ground for refusing remission. “We wish to make it clear that in a constitutional polity governed by the rule of law, the denial of remission cannot rest solely on the ground of the heinousness of the crime. Remission is not an extension of the sentencing process, but a distinct Executive function concerned with the present and future, namely, the prisoner’s conduct, evidence of reformation, and prospects of reintegration into society,” a Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed in a recent judgment. Reformative ideal The judgment, authored by Justice Nagarathna, said that to predicate the denial of remission only on the heinous nature of the offence would amount to a “retrospective reaffirmation of guilt”. “The gravity and heinousness of the offence stand exhausted at the stage of sentencing and the judicial determination of punishment necessarily incorporates these considerations. A criminal justice system that refuses to look beyond the gravity of the offence to the offender’s transformation will betray its reformative ideal particularly at the remission stage,” Justice Nagarathna said. The decision on remission must emerge from a holistic assessment of the prisoner and after balancing societal interests with the prisoner’s right to be considered for release on fair and reasonable criteria, she said.

4. Bandi Bageerath arrested near Narsingi after week-long manhunt

Bandi Bageerath arrested near Narsingi after week-long manhunt

Bandi Bageerath arrested near Narsingi after week-long manhunt After a week-long manhunt, Bandi Bageerath, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay, was arrested by Cyberabad police on Saturday (May 16, 2026) night, in connection with a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act case booked against him at the Petbasheerabad Police Station. Ramesh, he was apprehended at the TGPA junction at around 8 p.m. and was taken to the Narsingi police station first. He was later shifted to Petbasheerbad for post arrest formalities. He was remanded in judicial custody and lodged in Cherlapally jail. The accused had remained untraceable since the case was registered on May 8 following a complaint lodged by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, who had accused him of sexually assaulting and emotionally manipulating her daughter over several months. The arrest had come a day after the Telangana High Court had rejected his pre-arrest bail plea. Following the court’s order, Cyberabad police had intensified efforts to trace him by deploying five special teams, carrying out searches at residences linked to him in Hyderabad and Karimnagar, and issuing a lookout circular to prevent him from leaving the country. Earlier in the day, teams from Cyberabad police conducted searches at Maitri Residency in Banjara Hills and at the residence of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar in Karimnagar while surveillance and technical teams analysed location coordinates, digital trails and other electronic data linked to his whereabouts.

5. TMC sends fact-finding teams across Bengal, alleges attacks and killings after poll defeat

TMC sends fact-finding teams across Bengal, alleges attacks and killings after poll defeat

TMC sends fact-finding teams across Bengal, alleges attacks and killings after poll defeat Trinamool Congress teams visited several areas of West Bengal to take stock of complaints related to post-poll violence and alleged election manipulations. TMC leadership claimed that at least 10 of their workers were “brutally murdered” after the election results. Three fact-finding teams from Kolkata which included many senior TMC leaders visited different parts of the State and spoke to several party workers. “They kept abusing us even after we did so much work for them. These are all BJP workers,” a female TMC worker from Hooghly said that she and her family came under attack after the elections concluded in the State. TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP, Dola Sen, who was part of one of the fact-finding teams said that their party workers and common people are also coming under attack by the BJP workers in the past few days. “They have broken many homes and overtaken many of our party offices. They are also trying to break up all the government bodies and offices... However, even after so much intimidation, our workers are not scared,” Ms. She further added that they will submit their findings to the government and the High Court, where the TMC is fighting a case against the post-poll violence. “TMC counting agents beaten up badly across Bengal and thrown out of counting centres post 2 pm. (It was at 2 pm that all godi media channels in unison began to flash “BJP victory.”),” TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose claimed based on the fact-finding teams’ takeaways.

1. Soumya Ranjan Panda and Ors. vs. Subhalaxmi Dash and Ors. (14.05.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0475/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the financial liability arising from the relocation of students from Sardar Rajas Medical College to other private institutions due to deficiencies in the former's

2. Hirani Developers vs. Nehru Nagar Samruddhi CHS Ltd. and Ors. (13.05.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0474/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether an arbitration clause in a Development Agreement between Hirani Developers and Nehru Nagar Samruddhi CHS Ltd. was incorporated into subsequent Permanent Al

3. Talari Naresh vs. The State of Telangana (13.05.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0473/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal of Talari Naresh against the State of Telangana, challenging his conviction for murder and offenses under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The

4. Lokendra Kumar Tiwari vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (13.05.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0472/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether the contractual appointment of Lokendra Kumar Tiwari as an Assistant Professor, against an advertisement for a regular vacancy, was justified.

5. Sanand Properties P. Ltd. vs. Jt. Commr. of I.T. Range 6 and Ors. (12.05.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0463/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the validity of reopening assessments and taxability of income for Sanand Properties P. Ltd. (SPPL) from the Association of Persons (AOP), Fortaleza Developers. Th

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