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Law

Supreme Court declines to extend Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail in Assam forged document case, rejects argument that using forged Aadhaar to get bail was...

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2026

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to extend the transit anticipatory bail granted to Congress leader Pawan Khera by the Telangana High Court in...

Law

Karnataka High Court grants bail to son of former Congress MP in forgery case: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2026

The CBI has pointed out that Srinivas forged some documents, including a will to make himself a beneficiary of Raghunath's properties.

Crime

Chhattisgarh: Court rejects bail plea of Congress MLA in cheating and forgery case, sends accused to judicial custody

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2026

On Friday (9th January), a Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Chhattisgarh rejected the bail petition of Congress MLA Baleshwar Sahu in a cheating and...

News Reports

Rampur, UP: Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam sentenced to 7-year jail for using fake documents, 100+ cases pending against father-son duo

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2025

In the passport case, Abdullah was found guilty under IPC sections 420, 467, 468 and 471. He has also been fined Rs 50,000. Rampur Prosecution Director Rohtas Kumar Pandey has stated that a total of 5 prosecution witnesses and 19 defence witnesses deposed before the court during the hearing of the passport case.

News Reports

Face-off between Punjab and Chandigarh police over custody of Navneet Chaturvedi, accused of forging signatures of AAP MLAs in his nomination papers for Rajya...

Aditi - 15 October, 2025

Both the nominations of Navneet Chaturvedi were rejected after the signatures of his proposers in the nomination papers were found to be forged.

News Reports

Nashik court sentences Maharashtra Minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother to two years in 1995 forgery case

ANI - 20 February, 2025

Nashik District Court on Thursday sentenced Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother Sunil Kotake to two years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each in a forgery case.

News Reports

CBI registers case for minority scholarship scam: 830 fake institutions across 18 states found to have claimed over 144.33 crores between 2017-22

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against unnamed officials, nodal officers, and PSU bank staffers for a scam in minority scholarships worth Rs 144 crores. The complaint has been registered by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: 77 newly appointed teachers booked for showing fake disability certificates

ANI - 22 June, 2023

A case has been registered against 77 newly appointed differently-abled teachers in connection with fake disability certificates in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, a police official said on Wednesday.

News Reports

Pakistani national residing illegally in Pune arrested

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2023

Ansari who currently worked at a company in Pune had forged documents and managed to get an Indian passport issued which he used to travel to Dubai as well.

News Reports