criminal law

Madras HC Grants Bail To AIADMK MLA And 51 Party Men 1/13/2009 In a reprieve to the incarcerated AIADMK legislator R.Samy, the Madras High Court bench here granted conditional bail to him and fifty one party men, who were arrested on the charges of attempting to attack policemen on duty and damage police vehicles during an election campaign at Tirumangalam assembly by-election, recently. ..

Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Ansal Brothers Files Appeal In SC 13 Jan 2009, 1440 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI: The Ansal brothers - Sushil and Gopal - on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their conviction in the Uphaar tragedy case, which claimed 59 lives in 1997. The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan po..

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that in dowry death cases, no rigid timeframe could be applied under the provisions of Section 304 B of the Indian Penal Code for the purpose of determining cruelty. A Bench of Justice L.S. Panta and Justice Aftab Alam said: “The words ‘soon before her death’ occurring in Section 304 B of the IPC are to be understood in a relative and flexible sense. Those ..

FIR Filed Against Vasundhra Raje in land allotment caseAgencies:Posted: Jan 12, 2009 at 1854 hrs ISTJaipur : Complying with a court directive, police on Monday registered a case against the former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje in a case of land allotment to a trust headed by her, accusing her of cheating, criminal conspiracy and breach of trust. Beside..

Judge Allows Money Manager Madoff To Remain Free 13 Jan 2009, 0009 hrs IST, AFP NEW YORK: A US judge on Monday rejected prosecution demands for alleged Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff to be jailed, but tightened his pre-trial bail conditions. New conditions included compiling a detailed inventory of Madoff's valuable portable items and a ban on transfer of all his assets..

Indian Held In Dubai For $100-million Fraud 13 Jan 2009, 0410 hrs IST, TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES MUMBAI: Kabir Mulchandani who in the late '90s revolutionised the consumer electronics marketing by his innovative ideas has been arrested in Dubai in connection with a multi-crore real estate fraud. A senior official who is part of the investigation told TOI over phone that Mulcha..

Fresh Chargesheet Is Act Of Vendetta: Virk 13 Jan 2009, 0443 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: SS Virk, a senior IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, has accused the Badal government in Punjab of engaging in "vendetta" by slapping him with a fresh chargesheet. He told TOI on Monday that since the Punjab government lost all cases that were filed against him, it decided to file a fresh charge..

Chargesheet Against Rohit Monserrate 13 Jan 2009, 0404 hrs IST, TNN PANAJI: Calangute police filed a chargesheet in the children’s court on Monday against Rohit Monserrate, son of education minister Atanasio Monserrate, in connection with the alleged rape of a minor German girl. The chargesheet reveals that in the last week of September 2008, Rohit under the pretext of going ..

Siphoned PF Funded High Life For Judges 13 Jan 2009, 0045 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The CBI has unearthed shocking details of how hard-earned provident fund savings of class III and IV employees of Ghaziabad courts were illegally spent on furniture, crockery, mobiles, gadgets, laptops, rail tickets, taxi fares and other luxury items for judges. These details figure in CBI's just-rea..

Kasab trial: Court picks judge Swati Deshpande | TNN Mumbai: Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab may not have a defence lawyer yet but he is all set to have a trial judge. Sessions judge M L Tahaliyani, currently a registrar with the Bombay High Court, is learnt to be the chosen one to conduct Kasab’s trial for the 26/11 carnage. Tahaliyani, who was a judge at the City Ci..

In the backdrop of several advocates' refusal to take up the brief of those allegedly involved in Mumbai terror attack, the first lawyer on Monday appeared for an accused in the case who was remanded to police custody till 23rd January. Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed were produced before a magistrate court in Mumbai, which remanded them to police custody in connection with the 26th Novembe..

The National Commission For Women (NCW) has asked the UPA government at the centre to frame a legislation to treat incidents of eve-teasing and molestation on par with rape cases. A proposal in this regard has been submitted to the Union government, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said in Varanasi on Monday "A proposal has been made to redefine rape and to treat cases of eve-teasing and molest..

HC Grants Bail To 52 AIADMK Men12 Jan 2009, 1910 hrs IST, PTI MADURAI: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to 52 AIADMK men, including Melur MLA R Samy, who were arrested for allegedly assaulting the police and issuing murder threats to them at Perungudi during the bypoll to Tirumangalam assembly constituency. Justice..

PUNE: In the back drop of Mumbai terror attacks last year, P N Bhagwati, former chief justice of India, on Saturday said that it is high-time the judiciary gives a serious consideration to terrorism cases by deciding it on a top priority. Bhagwati said terrorist strikes have a severe bearing on public life because it creates a fear psychosis in their minds whenever such incident occur eith..

Tandoor Murder: SC To Hear Sharma'S Petition In April12 Jan 2009, 1513 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear the death sentence of former Youth Congress president Sushil Sharma’s petition in April. Former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma has been sentenced for the murder of his wife Naina Sahni and later disposing off her body in ..