criminal law

Case filed against Rajus 10 Jan 2009, 0521 hrs IST HYDERABAD: Transparency in Contracts, an association of lawyers based out of Cochin, on Friday filed a police complaint against the theft of public money from Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI) by Raju brothers in collusion with the CEO of EMRI, board members and other key staff. The complaint, was sent to the H..

EMRI a scam too? 10 Jan 2009, 0522 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: Those who have been crying foul against various state governments patronising the `108' EMRI ambulance service have now lodged a fresh police complaint alleging theft of public money by the Rajus through EMRI. The `108' ambulance service has curiously been patronised by 12 state governments across the country, with eight hand..

SC Asks Govt To Respond To Guidelines For Speedy Investigations 1/9/2009 The Supreme Court directed the Union Government to file its response to the suggestions for guidelines to ensure speedy investigations and trials in cases involving important public functionaries and politicians. According to petitioner Virender Kumar Ohri, the trial of Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren took over ..

A police officer charged with criminal offences cannot enjoy immunity from prosecution on the ground that he or she is a government employee, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of Justices Altams Kabir and Markandeya Katju has held that the immunity granted under Section 197 CrPC under which prior sanction was essential to prosecute a government official for criminal offence would not be av..

The Supreme Court on Friday said that no distinction can be made among accused persons for the purpose of putting the trial in criminal cases involving influential persons on the fast track. "We cannot define who is an influential person. We cannot say that a person belongs to a particular class," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said during the hearing of a petition seeking l..

SC Judge Witness To Cash-At-Door? 9 Jan 2009, 0423 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: A judicial inquiry has conceded that a Supreme Court judge might have been present in the house of Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmaljit Kaur on the fateful evening when a bag containing Rs 15 lakh was delivered at her door on August 13, 2008. This sensational disclosure was made in a three-pa..

Legal Hurdles May Prevent Sanjay Dutt From Contesting 8 Jan 2009, 2103 hrs IST, TNN Mumbai: Sanjay Dutt's joy at the Samajwadi Party nomination may be shortlived. A quick double-check with his legal counsel would have told that his current position did not enable him to contest the Lok Sabha election. ( Watch ) Ace defence counsel V R Manohar, who represented the actor in the ..

HC Rejects Utsav Bhasin's Bail Plea In Delhi Hit-And-Run Case 9 Jan 2009, 1505 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Utsav Bhasin, teenaged son of a Haryana industrialist, accused of mowing down a man with his BMW car in south Delhi. Justice Veena Birbal dismissed the bail plea of 19-year-old Bhasin and said "The bail application is rejec..

HC Refuses To Extend Nanda's Interim Bail 9 Jan 2009, 1608 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea of BMW-hit-and-run case convict Sanjeev Nanda to extend in his interim bail which expires on Saturday. Justice Kailash Gambhir dismissed the petition of Nanda which means he has to surrender himself tomorrow. Nanda, undergoing five years jail..

Madras high court judges to get Honda civic for official use 8 Jan 2009, 0247 hrs IST, TNN CHENNAI: The government has allocated Rs 4.26 crore for purchasing 36 Honda Civic sedans for the official use of Madras high court judges. A government order, making the budgetary outlay, was passed by the Home (Courts) Department on December 26. In the next few days, a total of 36 Honda Civ..

SC stays execution of non bailable warrants against Raj thackeray 1/7/2009 The Supreme Court stayed till further orders the execution of non-bailable warrants against MNS chief Raj Thackeray by a Jamshedpur court for instigating violence against north Indians in Maharashtra. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam also issued notices to all the eight com..

Kerala HC: Observations Should Not Deter Sr Abhaya Case Probe 1/7/2009 The Kerala High Court made it clear the observations made by single bench Judge, Justice K Hema, while granting bail to the three accused in the Sister Abhaya Murder Case would not deter investigation into the case. Single Bench Judge Justice, Mr R Basant, also orally observed that there were inconsistencies in the ob..

Bombay HC asks police to file chargesheet tn German girl rape case 1/7/2009 A division bench of Bombay High Court in Goa directed state police to file chargesheet against the accused in the German minor rape case within a week. The bench comprising Justice N A Britto and Justice P B Mazumdar also asked the police to beef up security at all sensitive places, including beaches, in the state..

SC Rejects Interim Bail Of Ashok Todi 1/6/2009 The Supreme Court declined to accede to the request of the senior counsel Harish Salve for interim bail to his client Kolkata based businessman Ashok Todi, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of his son-in-law Rizwanur Rehman. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam fixed the matter for hearing on Ja..

Chairman Of Nagarjuna Group,K.S.Raju Moves HC For Bail 6 Jan 2009, 0219 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: The chairman of Nagarjuna group, K S Raju, and its CEO P K Madhav on Monday filed a criminal revision petition in the AP High Court praying to it to grant them bail. They were earlier arrested by the CCS police on the allegation of duping the depositors of Nagarjuna Finance and swallowin..