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Canvassing agents of financial firms should not be prosecute

   21 August 2009 at 21:25

The Madras High Court has held that clerks, accountants and office assistants working in financial institutions and canvassing agents should not be prosecuted for offence under Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interest of Depositors Act.It ..

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CBI proposes online processing of applications by AICTE

   21 August 2009 at 21:14

As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues its probe into five cases of corruption and bribery registered last month against the top brass of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the agency has proposed changes in the w ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   351 Views


Gauhati HC asks Assam govt to furnish records of TADA cases

   21 August 2009 at 15:41

The ghost of two-decade old TADA cases continued to haunt Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma with the Gauhati High Court asking the state government to furnish records of the two TADA cases against the minister.Hearing a Public Interest Litig ..

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HC dismisses explosive agent's plea in blast case

   21 August 2009 at 11:40

Over two years after a gelatin-laden jeep caused a huge explosion on the national highway near Tindivanam, killing 17 people and injuring many more, the Madras High Court refused to discharge the explosive licence-holder from his criminal liability. ..

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NHRC asks TN govt to pay Rs 3 lakh to fake encounter victim'

   21 August 2009 at 11:39

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs 3 lakh as monetary relief to the family of a man who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Chennai in 2002. NHRC ordered payment of the compensation to th ..

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Rape in child marriage: HC moved over 'soft' law

   21 August 2009 at 11:33

Why is there a special discount given to a man who has raped his wife though the rape laws for others lay down stringent punishment? Even as Delhi High Court is yet to take a stand on the issue of contradictory child marriage law making an under-ag ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   171 Views


26/11 twist: Will Kasab face trial in US too?

   21 August 2009 at 11:31

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent on Thursday said a separate case has been registered in Los Angeles against perpetrators of the 26/11 terror attacks in which six Americans died. The investigation is still on in the case, said the agent ..

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FIR names 17 cops in case of `staged' encounter

   21 August 2009 at 11:31

Following a Bombay high court directive, the Versova police on Thursday registered an FIR in the alleged fake encounter killing of Navi Mumbai resident Ramnarayan Gupta who was shot dead by D N Nagar policemen on November 11, 2006. The FIR has named ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   221 Views


J&K HC defers Shopian double murder and rape case till Aug 2

   21 August 2009 at 10:51

Jammu and Kashmir High Court deferred Shopian double murder and rape case till August 26.The divisional bench was recently approached by the government requesting to allow it to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The benc ..

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SC stays death sentence of a daughter's rapist and murderer

   21 August 2009 at 10:50

The Supreme Court stayed till further orders the death sentence of a person found guilty of raping and murdering his four-year-old daughter.A bench comprising Justices D K Jain and H L Dutta also issued notices to the state on an appeal filed by Neel ..

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