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Frisking of Kalam: Case filed against Continental Airlines s

   21 July 2009 at 20:31

Police on Tuesday registered a case against the "concerned staff" of Continental Airlines for frisking former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the IGI airport here in breach of protocol. The case was registered after the Bureau of Civil Avi ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   125 Views


Madras HC grants conditional bail to doctor, son in markshee

   21 July 2009 at 20:10

The Madras High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to a doctor and his son in connection with the mark sheet fudging case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.Justice M Jeyapaul granted the bail to Dr C Krishnamurthy and his so ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   120 Views


Madras HC holds proviso of Advocates Welfare Fund Act valid

   21 July 2009 at 20:08

The Madras High Court held as valid, the proviso to Explanation II (5) to Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Advocates Welfare Fund Act.Allowing appeals by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu Government challenging an order of a single Judge, ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   611 Views


Ex CJI A S Anand releases book: Justice, Courts and Delays

   21 July 2009 at 20:06

It is one thing to tell a hungry person to wait for the food-- quite another to say that seeds have just been sown for grain to grow.That example was cited by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to illustrate the plight of litigants who suffer de ..

Posted in Others |   297 Views


J&K: About 70,000 cases settled by Lok Adalats since 2007

   21 July 2009 at 20:05

About 70,000 cases, some of them pending for decades, were settled by Lok Adalats since 2007 amicably in Jammu and Kashmir where 3807 cases have been disposed of by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and 1035 cases have been recommended for ex- ..

Posted in Others |   155 Views


Delhi HC upholds Sanjeev Nanda’s conviction in BMW case but

   21 July 2009 at 20:04

The Delhi High Court on Monday has reduced the sentence of Sanjeev Nanda, who was convicted in BMW hit-and-run case from five years to two years of imprisonment.Pronouncing the verdict in a packed courtroom, Justice Kailash Gambhir said that though t ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   113 Views


Ajmal Amir Kasab Trail adjourned, Kasab says attack was a wa

   21 July 2009 at 20:03

Designated court judge M L Tahilyani adjourned the proceedings of the 26/11 attacks trial till tomorrow even as the only surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab said the attacks were carried out to warn the Indian government against continuation of atro ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   138 Views


SC: No rule of law in Rajasthan

   21 July 2009 at 20:02

The Supreme Court has directed Home Secretary, Rajasthan to appear personally in the court on July 27 to explain why its order to re-arrest a rape accused has not been complied with. A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and A K Ganguly yesterd ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   121 Views


Hyderabad: Witness identifies Abu Salem in court

   21 July 2009 at 17:54

A local court in Hyderabad today recorded the statements of two witnesses in a fake passports case in which underworld don Abu Salem is one of the accused.Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari heard the depositions of the then passport officer A S ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   109 Views


Raped mentally challenged girl can continue pregnancy: SC

   21 July 2009 at 17:49

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a mentally challenged orphan girl who was raped at a Nari Niketan in Chandigarh to continue her pregnancy resulting from the sexual assault. The apex court was initially reluctant to interfere with a Punjab and Ha ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   110 Views