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The Supreme Court on Monday declined an early hearing to the plea seeking CBI inquiry into the alleged diversion of food grains meant for BPL families in Uttar Pradesh to Bangladesh and Nepal during 2001-2004. However, a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed advocate Vishwanath Chaturvedi, who has filed the petition in this regard, to file additional documents relating to the..

Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) Pakistan will share the findings of its probe into the Mumbai attacks with India and the rest of the world once the report of an investigation team is vetted by the law ministry, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today. He said war is not the solution to problems between India and Pakistan and the two countries should address "irritants and core issues" like Kashmir ..

Hyderabad, Jan 31 (PTI) A magistrate court today extended till February 7 the judicial custody of Satyam's disgraced founder Ramalinga Raju, its former managing director B Rama Raju and ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas. The 6th additional chief metropolitan magistrate passed the order during a video conference with the accused, who were arrested in the second week of this month in connection with the Rs..

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court has held that a district collector is not a judge and as such cannot seek immunity from prosecution in criminal cases. A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal ruled that the immunity granted to judges under Section 77 IPC would not be available to district collectors or the land acquisition officers who acquire private lands and award compensati..

Kozhikode, Jan 31 (PTI) A court here today acquitted all the 17 accused in connection with the 2004 attack on seven missionaries, including two nuns, at Olavanna near here. Pronouncing the verdict, Kozhikode District Fast Track Court-I Judge Dharmarajan acquitted all the accused, who also included BJP-RSS activists, observing that the prosecution had failed to convincingly establish charges again..

Amidst debate over the recent amendment in the CrPC, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said that the police has not been given blanket power to arrest a person and the change in the provision would help reduce harassment in dowry cases. "Police has not been given blanket power. After this provision police will have to give reasons for why the person is being arrested," he sa..

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the Ansal brothers - Sushil and Gopal who were convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment in the Uphaar fire tragedy case. A bench, headed by Justice S B Sinha, also issued notices on the cross appeals filed by the Ansals and Association of the Victims of the Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) challenging the one year sentence imposed on the accused by the..

The CBI on Saturday sought more time from a trial court in Chandigarh to file a chargesheet against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the 'cash-at-judge door' case. Special CBI Judge Jagdeep Jain fixed February ten as the next date of hearing. The case relates to delivery of Rs 15 lakh cash at the residence of Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmaljit Kaur in August last ..

Over two years after the grisly Nithari killings came to light, the special CBI court will give its first judgement in the matter on 12th February as it has completed proceedings in the Rimpa Haldar murder case. Special Judge Rama Jain completed the proceedings after the re-cross examination of former Noida police officer Dinesh Yadav on 27th January and the recording of statements of the pri..

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to city police on a bail plea of a suspected terrorist allegedly involved in the Delhi serial blasts who wants to appear for an MBA exam next month. Saquib Nisar, who has been in custody since he was arrested on 20th September 2008, pleaded that he should be granted bail to appear in MBA third semester examination which is to begin from 7th February in D..

Pregnant teenager trapped by law 30 Jan 2009, Manoj Mitta, TNN NEW DELHI: That an under-aged pregnant girl needs the care of her family is a no-brainer. But, caught as she is between contradictory child marriage laws and a sluggish Delhi high court, 17-year-old Anamika (name changed), now seven months pregnant, has been languishing in a Nari Niketan for five months. The matter came up ..

President gives accent to Law forbidding arrest in offenses carrying upto seven years imprisonment It has been reported in the Times of India dated 19th January, 2009 that the President has granted assent to the law past nearly three week back by the parliament which brings about major changes in the Criminal Procedure Code. This newly enacted law take away the powers of the police to arrest in..

Days after India proposed an UN-mandated international anti-piracy operation, the Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Centre for not being effective in curbing Somali piracy and guarding Indians. Responding to a petition filed by victims of piracy and missing ships, the apex court said, "You have not taken enough action. Why are you not participating in investigations properly? What action h..

New Delhi, Jan 28 The Delhi High Court Wednesday transferred a case of illegal trafficking of youth through placement agencies to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police after pulling up local police for shoddy probe.A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna was angry when Delhi Police filed the statements of 16 girls. “You (Delhi Police) have produced the stateme..

The Supreme Court allowed Andhra Pradesh government to consider the cases of those serving lifers who have completed 14 years in jail, for premature release.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam also ruled that the state governor may grant pardon or remission after considering the cases of individual convicts.An advocate, Chandrashekhar Reddy, had challenged th..