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The investigation in the controversial Sidhu Moose Wala murder case continued with the arrest of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. He was taken from Delhi's Tihar Jail for questioning after he was accused of Sidhu's murder. After Bishnoi's arrest, he filed a plea, as his name surfaced in the case. Notably,  the plea was before the bench of the Acting Chief Justice an is likely to be heard on June 1.

Former US President Donald Trump has paid $110,000 in penalties on May 19 after being found in contempt of court for failing to reply to a civil warrant issued by the attorney general of New York. To get the contempt order removed, Trump must file further documentation. James, a Democrat, has claimed that her three-year inquiry found evidence that Trump's firm misrepresented asset values. The charges were denied by Trump. 

A Rohini court, on May 8, pulled up the Delhi police over their failure to control the Jahangirpuri clashes. Violence that had broken out in Jahangirpuri on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Many were left wounded in the incident. Cases of stone-pelting were also reported during the Hanuman Jayanti procession in the north-western area of Delhi. The court noted that the issue seems to have been brushed aside.

A 34-year-old mentally challenged man was hanged till death in Singapore, in connection with more than a decade-old drug case. Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam had been convicted of importing heroin; and he was subsequently sentenced to death in 2010. He was scheduled to be executed last year, but it was deferred after his mother had, in a last-ditch attempt, filed another legal challenge. But it could not overturn the death sentence.

Mathura district judiciary in UP curtailed its functioning, amid spike in COVID-19 cases on January 17. District Judge Rajeev Bharti, issued the order, restricting litigants and staff entry without judge's permission. The decision was taken as per the Allahabad High Court orders, after two COVID-19 deaths in the region. As per the official, the court will function while taking all the necessary precautions till further orders .