criminal law

LOK AYUKTA RAIDS HOUSES OF TWO BABUS 23 Jan 2009, 2241 hrs IST, TNN Text: HAVERI: The Lok Ayukta sleuths raided the houses of two government officials here on Friday. Valuables and documents pertaining to their properties disappropriate to their known sources of income have been seized from them. One of the houses raided belongs to Shivappa Malleshappa Gaddadavar, a manager ..

Charges Framed Against Anand Sen, Two Others 24 Jan 2009, 0129 hrs IST, TNN Text: LUCKNOW: A Faizabad court on Friday framed charges against former minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Anand Sen, his driver Vijay Sen and their associate Seema Azad for murder, criminal conspiracy and distorting of evidence in connection with the Shashi murder case. The court has fixed Febru..

CBI Seeks Nod To File Case Against Judge 24 Jan 2009, 0313 hrs IST, TNN Text: NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: After having completed its preliminary inquiry into the cash-in-bag scam against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court, the CBI has now sought the Chief Justice of India’s permission to register a regular case. The CBI, which has found prima facie evidence against the ..

Nithari Case: Former CO Summoned 23 Jan 2009, 2347 hrs IST, TNN Text: GHAZIABAD: A local CBI court on Friday ordered former Noida police circle officer Dinesh Yadav to appear before the court on January 27 in connection with the re-examination of documents and other facts in the Nithari rape and murder cases. Anil Haldar, whose child Rimpa Haldar was among those allegedly r..

Margao Court Gets Video Conferencing 23 Jan 2009, 0106 hrs IST, TNN Text: MARGAO: "Internet Protocol address based video conferencing has provided a new dimension to the dispensation of justice," stated Chief Justice of Bombay high court Swatantra Kumar while addressing delegates at the inauguration of video conferencing technology at the district and sessions court, Margao on T..

Vadodara Contract Killer Surrenders In Surat Court 23 Jan 2009, 2236 hrs IST, TNN Text: SURAT: The fourth contract killer, who had been on the run since 2004 in the sensational murder of an electronics showroom owner in Varachha, surrendered before the 11th judicial court here on Wednesday. Mamu alias Mohammed Rafiq Bambaiya, hailing from Vadodara, was taken into custody by D..

HC Fines Bhujbal, A N Roy 23 Jan 2009, 2033 hrs IST, PTI Text: MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 each on deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Maharashtra DGP Anami Roy, and three other high-ranking police officers for not filing affidavits in a case related to Sara-Sahara case. Court was hearing the petition filed by former journalist Ketan..

Father, Son Convicted For Murder In Chandigarh 23 Jan 2009, 1323 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHANDIGARH: Two persons of a family have been convicted on charges of murdering a 17-year-old girl by a local court here. Additional district and sessions judge Raj Rahul Garg on Thursday held 45-year-old Jaswant Singh, father, and his 21-year-old son Sunil guilty of murder of a minor girl in K..

Kochi: The CBI has sought permission from the Kerala High Court to arraign CPI(M) state secretary, Pinarayi Vijayan as ninth accused in the SNC Lavalin case relating to renovation and modernisation of three hydel projects in the state in late 1990s. In the progress report filed by the CBI Chennai unit DYSP, V Ashok Kumar, before the CBI Special court, here, it has been stated that Vijayan, a f..

Delhi HC Summons Police Chief Over Trafficking Of Maids 23 Jan 2009, 1430 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: Slamming the police for not registering a case under appropriate sections of IPC in a case of alleged human trafficking of maids by placement agencies, the Delhi High Court on Friday summoned the Commissioner of Police for giving an explanation. "Have you taken a legal ad..

Raju, Srinivas' Bail Plea To Be Heard On Jan, 27 23 Jan 2009, 1524 hrs IST, PTI Text: HYDERABAD: A local court on Friday posted the hearing on bail petitions of former chairman of Satyam B Ramalinga Raju and its ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas to January 27. The 6th additional chief metropolitan magistrate adjourned the hearing of the bail plea of the two as they are still in po..

Man Assaults Wife Inside Court 23 Jan 2009, 0229 hrs IST, TNN Text: New delhi : A man, engaged in a domestic violence battle with his wife, on Thursday attempted to kill her before a Metropolitan Magistrate in Karkardooma court. Vikas Jain, a resident of Prem Gali, Gandhi Nagar, had come to the Karkardooma court for the hearing of the domestic violence case registered against hi..

SC Judge Agrawal Withdraws From Ansals' Bail Plea 23 Jan 2009, 1149 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge B N Agrawal on Friday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in the Uphaar fire case after counsel Ram Jethmalani expressed reservations about the matter being placed before a bench that included him. A bench headed by Ju..

Headline: CFSL report says M C Sharma was killed by terrorist bullets Dated: 22 Jan 2009 Source: UNI Text: Delhi Police today placed before the Delhi High Court a report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory(CFSL) which states that police officer M C Sharma who was there during the Batla House encounter was killed by the terrorist bullets and from a distance of..

Headline: 11 Malegaon blast accused booked under MCOCA Act Dated: 22 Jan 2009 Source: UNI Text: A special court here today booked the 11 accused in the September 29 Malegaon bomb blast case, including serving army officer Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, under the stringent MCOCA Act. The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA..