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A non-judgmental media is welcome: Nooriya's lawyer

   04 February 2010 at 12:09

Nooriya Haveliwala’s lawyer Renuka Laxmeshwar on Wednesday did not press for the plea of in-camera proceedings, but added that she was against trial by media. art_imgs = 0; cur_art_img = 1; function prev(){ for (i=1;i ..

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Sex before marriage is rape: Delhi high court

   02 February 2010 at 10:29

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday held that sex without marriage amounted to rape.The court rejected pre-arrest bail to a man who repeatedly had sex with a woman but refused to marry her even after their engagement.The woman stayed with her ..

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PF scam judge transferred to Punjab & Haryana HC

   01 February 2010 at 22:01

Less than a fortnight after the Supreme Court recommended the transfer of Justice RMishra in connection with the Uttar Pradesh provident fund scam, he will be sworn inas a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The names of Justice Mishra andthr ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   616 Views


CJI WANTS BAN ON PORN SITES

   01 February 2010 at 11:16

Concerned over the proliferation of websites that display pornography and perpetuate hate campaigns and their potential impact on the society, Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan wanted the Centre to impose a ban on such interconnected pages of ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   744 Views


Ruchika case: Haryana fails to explain Rathore rise, gets HC rap

   29 January 2010 at 06:06

Chandigarh: The Haryana government was reprimanded by the Punjab and Haryana high court for failing to explain why former police chief SPS Rathore kept getting promotions even after the CBI had registered a molestation case against him. The court wa ..

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Court orders release of 42 undertrials

   29 January 2010 at 00:24

NEW DELHI: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of New Delhi Ajay Pande presided over a special sitting of the Patiala House Courts here on Wednesday. The court took up 46 cases and ordered release of 42 undertrials. Union Law and Justice Minist ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   674 Views


Apex court dismisses former DGP’s plea

   29 January 2010 at 00:21

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the former Director General of Police (DGP), Kerala, P. Vijayan, challenging his prosecution by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged fake encounter killing of ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   649 Views


26/11: court rejects plea to examine Rane

   28 January 2010 at 02:44

The defence in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday submitted that it wanted to call upon Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane to depose before the court, in the light of his public statement about a political link in the terror conspiracy. The court h ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   376 Views


Income Tax Intelligence Department overhauled

   25 January 2010 at 17:21

The Finance Ministry has overhauled its Income Tax intelligence wing in order to speed up investigation of high value cases of Rs 10 lakhs and above and stop new methods of tax evasion. Commissioners ofIncome Tax (CITs) of the Central Information Bra ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   450 Views


CBI denies information on Quattrocchi sought under RTI

   24 January 2010 at 22:27

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been investigating the Bofors gun payoff scandal, has refused to reveal any information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) about Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, stating that it &l ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   288 Views