criminal law

FIR Against Modi For Misappropriation Of Funds 15 Feb 2009, 1425 hrs IST,Times Now NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi was on Sunday charged under with misappropriation of funds, which were meant for disbursement among Jaipur serial blast victims. He has been charged under Section 420 of the IPC and an FIR has been filed at the Jyoti Nagar Police Station in Jaipur..

Man Arrested For Swindling Rs 58 Lakh 15 Feb 2009, 0401 hrs IST, TNN Text: CHENNAI: Police arrested a 32-year-old man working as purchase manager in a private company on College Road, Nungabakkam, for swindling Rs 58.41 lakh in connivance with a shop owner in Parrys. He had submitted fake delivery challans and invoices and cheated the company. The cheating came to light dur..

SC Declines To Quash Action Against Former Indian Bank CMD 2/14/2009 The Supreme Court has declined to quash the criminal proceedings against former Indian Bank Chairman and Managing Director M Gopalakrishnan and others in a corruption case. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order, which had dismissed their pet..

SC Orders UP Govt To File Affidavit In Police Recruitment Scam 2/14/2009 The Supreme Court directed the Mayawati government to file a detailed affidavit giving sequence of the steps leading to the Uttar Pradesh DGP being given power to appoint a committee of senior police officers to inquire into the state Police recruitment scam involving the appointment of 22,500 police constables by the p..

Jharkhand HC Hears Case On Misuse Of State Helicopter 2/14/2009 Jharkhand High Court directed the state government to file affidavit on why the case regarding alleged misuse of state helicopter could not be referred to the CBI for inquiry. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice D K Sinha, heard a writ petition filed by one Bindu Bhushan Dubey. The pet..

Bombay HC Rejects Petition Filed For Accused In 26/11 Terror Attack 2/14/2009 Bombay high court rejected the petition, filed by a city-based advocate on behalf of Fahim Ansari and Sabahudin Ahmed, both accused in connection with the 26/11 terror attack in the city, seeking directions to transfer the case to CBI and alleging that the arrest of his clients in the case was illegal. Justice B..

MAN USES 18-MONTH-OLD SON AS GUARANTEE ON DEBT PAYMENT. Indo-Asian News Service Kemerovo (Russia), February 13, 2009 First Published: 15:05 IST(13/2/2009) Last Updated: 15:07 IST(13/2/2009) The police in Siberia are searching for a man who gave a moneylender his 18-month-old child as a guarantee for debt repayment, an official said Friday. The police were called to the village of Yasn..

Case Registered Against Chiranjeevi For Conducting Road Shows 14 Feb 2009, 1535 hrs IST, PTI Text: GUNTUR: A case has been registered against the Praja Rajyam party founder and actor Chiranjeevi for conducting road shows beyond 2200 hours at Narasaraopet town here, police said. The party leader has been charged under section 188, (Disobedience of order as public servant), se..

Woman Claims Sexual Harassment At UN Saudi Mission 14 Feb 2009, 0905 hrs IST, AP Text: NEW YORK: A Jordanian woman has filed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations, claiming an official repeatedly exposed her to ``egregious'' and ``perverted'' sexual harassment that included groping, punching and trying to kiss her. In the suit, filed in Manhattan fed..

DEATH FOR PANDHER, KOLI IN NITHARI CASE 13 Feb 2009, 1454 hrs IST, TNN Text: GHAZIABAD: The Special CBI court pronounced death sentence to Nithari killings' convicts Surender Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher on Friday afternoon, calling the gruesome episode ‘rarest of the rare’ case. The CBI counsel had earlier asked for death penalty for Surender Koli but refused to ask for ..

Mumbai Police Admit Local Support For Mumbai Attack 12 Feb 2009, 2141 hrs IST, PTI Text: MUMBAI: Admitting for the first time that there was local support for the Mumbai terror attack, police commissioner Hasan Gafoor on Thursday night said some Indian nationals were among the 16 men that also included Pakistanis who were wanted for their role in the carnage. Gafoor also said ..

The Supreme Court of India has given a decision that asking for the wife's share in ancestral property from in-laws would not come under the definition of ‘dowry.’ The judgment has come in the case of Baldev Singh who had moved the apex court challenging a Punjab and Haryana high court verdict where he was punished for abetting the suicide of his wife. However, while his mother and sister were a..

Two years after the grisly killing of children and women in Nithari came to light, a special court on Thursday convicted businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surendra Koli of rape and murder in the first of the 19 cases filed against them. The quantum of sentence in the case of 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar would be pronounced by special court judge Rama Jain on Friday. While Koli..

Fracas At Airport: British Citizen Surrenders To Police 11 Feb 2009, 1949 hrs IST, PTI Text: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A British citizen, who created a ruckus at the international airport here last week, surrendered before police, which had received flack for "security lapse" after it let him off initially. Ahammad Muhammad Al Jalal, a British citizen of Egyptian origin had alleged..

CID Probe Into Death Of Cop Who Investigated Rizwan Case 12 Feb 2009, 1536 hrs IST, PTI Text: KOLKATA: A CID probe has begun into the mysterious death of Dum Dum GRP sub-inspector Arindam Manna, the investigating officer in the Rizwanur Rahman death case, whose body was found lying beside the railway tracks on Wednesday. A state CID officer said teams from the homicide department..