criminal law

'Judges Linked To PF Scam May Be Shifted' 19 Jan 2009, 0405 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, who has set in motion the process of action against judges with questionable conduct, has said some judges of the Allahabad HC are proposed to be transferred in connection with the Ghaziabad provident fund scam. "The CBI has made some preliminary inquirie..

KANPUR: `The amendment in criminal procedure code passed by the Central government will create anarchy in the society and it was passed with intention to shield the musclemen of politicians,' was the opinion of several advocates in Kanpur court on Saturday. They claimed that law and order management in society would shatter with this amendment and it was an effort to disturb the society with t..

J & K SHRC Seeks Report On Student's Death 1/18/2009 Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed police to submit a report in a case involving the mysterious death of a management student of Kupwara district in Jammu last year. The direction was given to the Inspector General of Police, Jammu, K Rajindra after a human rights activist Mr Nadeem Qadri filed a petitio..

Raju Taken Into Police Custody For Interrogation 18 Jan 2009, 1230 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: Satyam’s disgraced former chief B Ramalinga Raju was on Sunday taken into police custody for four days, following a Hyderabad court’s Ramalinga Raju being taken into police custody. (Times Now) More Pictures order on Saturday. ( Watch ) The court had granted custody of Raju, his brother..

Delhi Blast Witness Lands In Media Glare 18 Jan 2009, 0416 hrs IST, Paulomi G Mehta, TNN NEW DELHI: Four days after the chargesheet for the Barakhamba Road blast was filed, the authorities on Saturday presented before the media a key Varun (face blurred) with other children selected for the award. (TOI Photo) witness in the case, the 12-year-old balloon seller who had seen the two suspe..

Blasts Accused sent To Judicial Custody 16 Jan 2009, 0011 hrs IST, TNN new delhi : Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Mohammad Hakim, arrested in connection with September 13 serial blasts, was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a trial court on Thursday. Mohammad Hakim has been accused of providing logistical support in carrying out the blasts in the Capital. On January ..

Supplementary Charge-Sheet Filed In Ahmedabad Blasts Case 17 Jan 2009, 2249 hrs IST, PTI AHMEDABAD: A supplementary chargesheet in connection with the blast at the city civil hospital on July 26 last year, which claimed 37 lives and injured several others, was filed on Saturday. Crime Branch sources said the 3200-page supplementary chargesheet, filed in the designated metropolita..

SC Fixes Final Hearing Of Natwar Singh Plea In Oil For Food Scam 1/17/2009 The Supreme Court fixed for final hearing in the month of July, the petition filed by former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh, seeking the copies of inquiry committee report, as well as all documents relied upon by the Justice R S Pathak committee in Oil-For-Food scandal. Senior counse..

SC Grants Bail To Todi Brothers In Rizwanur Suicide Case 1/17/2009 The Supreme Court granted bail to Kolkata-based businessman Ashok Todi and his brother Pradip Todi who are facing allegations of abetting the suicide of Rizwanur Rehman, son-in-law of Ashok Todi. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam directed that the two be released on bail on their fu..

Hyderabad Court Sends Raju To Police Custody 17 Jan 2009, 1700 hrs IST, IANS HYDERABAD: A city court on Saturday granted police custody of fraud-hit Satyam's Raju bothers and senior company official Vadlamani Srinivas for four days from Sunday. Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju resigned as Satyam chairman on Jan 7 after admitting to the country's biggest fina..

SC Rejects Alleged Rape Vvictim's Plea For Not Taking Blood Sample 1/17/2009 The Supreme Court turned down the plea of an alleged rape victim seeking directions to the police for not taking her blood sample in a case which involves senior officers of Delhi Jal Board and MCD. According to the complainant, she was sexually assaulted on the promise that work will be given to the firm in whic..

Aamir's Statement Recorded In Road Mishap Case 17 Jan 2009, 1529 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Police have recorded the statement of actor Aamir Khan as a witness in a road accident case where an 83-year-old was fatally knocked down allegedly by an underage driver in suburban Khar. "We have recorded the statement of Aamir Khan and other three witnesses in the accident case in which a seni..

Aarushi Murder: Case Against Accused Weak, Says CBI 16 Jan 2009, 1544 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Eight months after the murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official admitted on Friday they have no "clinching evidence" and that the case against the three accused is weak. "We have completed our investigations ..

Satyam's Raju Seeks Special Treatment In Jail 16 Jan 2009, 2012 hrs IST, PTI HYDERABAD: Satyam's tainted founder Ramalinga Raju on Friday asked the court for special treatment for him and his brother in jail, but the prosecution said those who made money at the cost of the poor don't deserve such privileges. The Rajus' petition seeking special status in the Chanchalguda central ..

Raju's Bail Plea Hearing On Jan 19: Custody Order Tomorrow January 16, 2009, Press Trust Of India Hyderabad: A city court on Friday posted hearing on Ramalinga Raju's bail petition to Monday, while reserving orders on separate pleas of the police and market regulator SEBI for interrogating the former Chairman of Satyam Computer. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate D Ramakrishna, ..