criminal law

ACID ATTACK VICTIM DIES IN HYDERABAD 31 Dec 2008, 1326 hrs IST, PTI HYDERABAD: A young girl in Andhra Pradesh, who suffered serious burn injuries in an acid attack earlier this month, died in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Swapnika, who was put on ventilator support after her condition deteriorated further, breathed her last at around 5.30 am., doctors attending the girl said. Swapn..

26/11 ATTACKS :ANSARI, SHAHABUDDIN SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY 31 Dec 2008, 1218 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: A magistrate court in Mumbai on Wednesday remanded Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin, both arrested for their alleged involvement in November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, to judicial custody till January 12. Ansari and Sabauddin were remanded to Mumbai crime branch custody on December 18 fo..

HARSHER PUNISHMENT FOR TRAFFIC VOILATION LIKELY 30 Dec 2008, 0246 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: The state government is working on a proposal to seek changes in the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, so that punishment is enhanced for traffic violations. Ramanath Jha, principal secretary (department of transport and excise), has said, "Provisions related to violation of rules were fixed long ago. ..

BOMBAY HC STAYS COURT ORDER TO REGISTER FIR AGAINST DGP A N ROY & 6 OTHERS 12/30/2008 Bombay High Court has stayed a local court’s order, directing city police to register an FIR against state Director General of Police A N Roy and six other policemen in a case relating to detention of a person under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act in 2005. Hearing an appea..

Bombay HC stays court order to register FIR against DGP A N Roy, 6 others 12/30/2008 Bombay High Court has stayed a local court’s order, directing city police to register an FIR against state Director General of Police A N Roy and six other policemen in a case relating to detention of a person under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act in 2005. Hearing an appeal ..

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN INCREASING : SURVEY 30 Dec 2008, 2005 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: A secure environment for women appears to be a far cry in India. Crime against the fairer sex is steadily increasing, and less and less number of the accused are getting convicted. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data tells this sorry tale, prevailing for the last three years. In 2005, a whopp..

ABDUCTION ACCUSED JAILED 30 Dec 2008, 0122 hrs IST, TNN PATNA: The police on Monday forwarded Rajnikant alias Pinku, prime accused in the abduction of two youths from the Pirbahore locality here, to jail. DSP (Town) Sanjay Singh said that Pinku was arrested from Parki village under Goh police station in Aurangabad district on Sunday by a team of the Patna police. He said that a..

BOYFRIEND CHARGED OVER 2003 MURDER OF OZ-INDIAN FAMILY Posted: Dec 30, 2008 at 1045 hrs IST Brisbane Police in Brisbane have charged the boyfriend of a 24-year-old Indian origin girl with the 2003 murders of the Singh siblings. Max Sica has been charged with the murders of Neelma, 24, Sidhi, 12, Kunal Singh, 18. They were found dead in a hot spa in the family's luxury Brisbane home on..

CHINA MILK SCANDAL : TWO MORE FACE TRIAL 30 Dec 2008, 0949 hrs IST, AFP BEIJING: Two more suspects in China's tainted milk scandal were set to go on trial Tuesday, bringing the number to 17 who are facing court over the nation's worst food safety case in years. Brothers Geng Jinping and Geng Jinzhu were scheduled to be tried for making and selling food additives laced with the che..

RAJ THAKRAY ARRESTED, RELEASED ON BAIL 29 Dec 2008, 2225 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Acting on a Jamshedpur court order, city police on Monday arrested Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, whose party launched a violent campaign against North Indians in Maharashtra, in a case in which he is accused of hurting religious sentiments and instigating violence. He was later rel..

NEW DELHI: The bloody mayhem of 26/11 may have been a reason to touch the raw nerves of Mumbai lawyers who refused to represent the lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, but by doing so they actually might be harming the interest of the nation in securing his conviction for the carnage, feels Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan. The CJI, speaking to TOI from Tel Aviv in Israel wher..

WITNESSES IN NEW YAORK REFUSE TO RETURN TO INDIA :1984 RIOTS 29 Dec 2008, 1217 hrs IST, PTI NEW YORK: Two key witnesses in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots have again ruled out returning to India to depose before the courts, but their testimony has been recorded by a visiting two member CBI team in the US. The CBI team, which recorded the statements of Jasbir Singh and Jasbinder Singh ..

YEDDYURAPPA FILES CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST KUMARASWAMY: 29 Dec 2008, 1304 hrs IST, PTI BANGALORE: Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa filed a criminal and civil suit against former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, for levelling bribery charges against him. The case was filed before the Principal Civil and Sessions Court Judge H S Kempanna, who adjo..

SC HOLDS 29 GUILTY OF RIOTING, MURDER OF DALITS12/29/2008SUPREME COURT :The Supreme Court has held twenty nine persons guilty of rioting leading to the murder of five Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. The accused belonging to Kamma community had attacked the Dalit Madiga community accusing the latter of not showing proper respect.During assembly elections, the Kamma..

MADRAS HC DIRECTED STUDENTS TO BEHAVE PROPERLY12/29/2008MADRAS:Madras High Court has observed that students should behave properly in colleges as misbehaviour in college campus would not only tarnish the image of the institution, but also affect other students.Allowing a writ petition filed by a student challenging the action of a college in Puducherry removing him ..