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CHENNAI, 3 Mar 2009 : Orally cautioning the Tamil Nadu government against "playing tricks with the court," the Madras high court on Monday said that the CBI should probe the entire gamut of the February 19 violence on court campus, and not just the police version of the incidents. Making it very clear that a full bench order, delivered during the February 19 violence, alone should be the..

New Delhi, March 02: The Supreme Court has said courts cannot force a man, accused of torturing his wife for dowry, to pay maintenance to her as a condition for granting anticipatory bail in the case. Holding that such conditions are "onerous and excessive", a bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal set aside a Delhi High Court order which had directed a man to pay mainte..

MUMBAI : An order passed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Gamdevi, while exercising his power as a special executive magistrate, asking an accused to produce two sureties - one of a respectable gentleman and one of a respectable woman - has attracted the ire of the Bombay High Court. Questioning under what provisions of law the magistrate passed such an order, the division bench ..

GREATER NOIDA: The criminal investigation department (CID) has filed a report of abduction, murder and rioting against a former Dankor police station chief, two sub-inspectors and 9 constables. The report filed says the then SHO, OP Chowdhary, sub-inspector Netrapal, sub-inspector Udaipal and the 9 other policemen, had abducted one Bhatkoo of Muzaffarnagar, on December 31, 2006, and then s..

CBI Arrests An Income Tax Officer, Mumbai Dated : 27-02-2009 Source : CBI New Delhi : TEXT : Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Income Tax Officer, Circle 10 (1) (4), Mumbai, while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4.5 lakhs through a Chartered Accountant based in Borivali. The accused demanded an illegal gratification of Rs. 12.5 lakhs, of which the complainant has ..

Bombay HC: Contempt of Court Case Filed Against Police Inspector Dated : 28-02-2009 Sourece : UNI Delhi : MUMBAI: Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a contempt of court petition before the Goa bench of Bombay High Court against a police inspector for not filing chargesheet against state health minister Vishwajit Rane and closing the criminal complaint instead. Mr Rodrigues..

Calcutta HC: Rs 166 Crore Defamation Suit Against Guinness Book Of World Records Dated : 28-02-2009 Source : UNI KOLKATTA : TEXT : The Calcutta High Court summoned Guinness Book of World Records (GBWR) officials for not complying with an order directing them not to print or sell the records book without describing the feat of an Indian circumnavigator, in connection with a Rs 166 cr..

Delhi: HC Acquits Murder Convicts Dated: 1 Mar 2009, 0858 hrs IST, Source : PTI Text: NEW DELHI: Three persons, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a man, have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court which rejected the testimony of the victim's wife that her husband's business rivals stabbed him to death. Allowing a joint appeal filed by Pawan Kumar, Rajesh alias B..

The Supreme Court decided to hear a Gujarat govt petition challenging the recommendation of the Central POTA Review Committee for dropping charges under the anti-terror law against the accused in the Godhra train carnage. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed the state government to file its appeal against the decision of the Gujarat High Court which had dismissed the petit..

The Supreme Court has granted extension of time to the Centre to place before it the policy for regulating sale of firearms and granting arms licences. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam asked the Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam to place the documents relating to the government policy on the issue within three weeks. The court was he..

RAIPUR: A local court on Wednesday ordered to seize the office of Director General of Police (DGP), Chhattisgarh, after police department failed to pay compensation to an accident victim. Rejesh Upadhya, lawyer of the accident victim, said that the court of Arvind Varma ordered to seize DGP's office building and pay a compensation of Rs 2.21 lakh to the victim Mukesh Dahiya. Upadhya said t..

Heinous offences like murder cannot be condoned by courts and no judgement of acquittal can be passed even if the families of the deceased and accused reach a compromise, the Supreme Court has ruled. Such cases cannot be condoned as maintenance of law and order is the prime duty of the State, the apex court said. "Maintenance of rule of law is the prime duty of the State. In violation of t..

NEW DELHI: Heinous offences like murder cannot be condoned by courts and no judgement of acquittal can be passed even if the families of the deceased and accused reach a compromise, the Supreme Court has ruled. Such cases cannot be condoned as maintenance of law and order is the prime duty of the State, the apex court said. "Maintenance of rule of law is the prime duty of the State. In vio..

Teenage girl 'raped' by boyfriend 18 Jan 2008, 0142 hrs IST, TNN Print Email Discuss Share Save Comment Text: HYDERABAD: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her lover after confining her at his friend's room in Patigadda. The minor is a resident of DAD quarters, Karkhana. Raju (19), the neighbour of the girl, works at a juice shop at Begumpet. Raju's co-worker..

4 year old raped, murdered 17 Feb, 2009 1720hrs IST TNN[ Lalit Kumar ] GHAZIABAD: A 4 year old girl was raped, and then murdered, in the Sihani Gate police station area in Ghaziabad. The girl's body was, on Tuesday afternoon, found wrapped in a blanket and abandoned on Rakesh Marg. According to the police, little Bhanu, daughter of a washerman of Gulmohar Apartments, went missing on Sund..