criminal law

MARAD KILLINGS : FIVE YEARS ON,63 FOUND GUILTY 28 Dec 2008, 0234 hrs IST,TNN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five years after what was Kerala's worst ever communal carnage, a special court in Kozhikode district on Saturday held 63 people guilty in the Marad killings case. ( Watch ) The case relates to the murder of eight Hindu fishermen by an armed mob at Marad beach on the night of May ..

KASAB TAKEN FOR IDENTIFICATION PARADE MUMBAI: Captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, was shifted on Saturday to the fortified Arthur Road Jail in south Mumbai for an Kasab at CST in Mumbai on the day of terror attack.(TOI) identification parade in connection with the November 26 terror attacks, a police official said. ( Watch ) Kasab would be identified by at least 40 eye..

LAWLESS HARYANA : 25% RISE IN RAPE CASES 28 Dec 2008, 0657 hrs IST, TNN CHANDIGARH: An economically progressive state otherwise, Haryana seems to have failed miserably on the law and order front. In a disturbing trend this year, there has been significant 25% increase in the number of rape cases as compared to last year's figures. On an average, two women are being raped daily i..

Chandigarh: Terming the decision taken by single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as “strange and very disturbing”, the Supreme Court held that ‘the course adopted by single Judge is unknown to law’. The observations were made by a division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice R V Raveendran and Justice J M Panchal. The judgment has been passed in wake of an appeal filed by a Ha..

MADRAS HC GIVES BAIL TO 14 LAW STUDENTS 12/23/2008 The Madras High Court granted bail to 14 law students arrested for ransacking the college principal’s room on November 13. Justice T Suthandhiram allowed the bail petitions filed by Mr Kannan and 13 others and granted bail. He directed them to appear before the police concerned when and where required. Following the group clash at ..

JAIPUR SERIAL BLAST ACCUSED SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY 24 Dec 2008, 2206 hrs IST, PTI JAIPUR: Jaipur serial blasts accused Mohammad Saif was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody by a local court for 14 days. Saif has been sent to judicial custody till January 6 by the City Judicial Magistrate to help the ongoing probe into the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur, Inspector General of ..

CALCUTTA HC GRANTS BAIL TO PAPPU IN RIZWANUR RAHMAN'S DEATH CASE 12/24/2008 Calcutta High Court granted bail to Syed Moinuddin alias Pappu, in the Rizwanur death case. Justice Debi Prasad Sengupta granted bail to Pappu after his lawyer pleaded before the bench that he was not directly involved in the death of Rizwanur Rahman, the son-in-law of industrialist Ashok Todi. Pappu was reman..

Mumbai: The former barrister from Lincoln’s Inn sends his vakalatnama to police chief If everything moves ahead as per what lawyer K B N Lam has planned, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist, will soon get an advocate. Lam has sent a signed vakalatnama to the commissioner of Mumbai Police awaiting Kasab’s consent on it. The onus now lies on Kasab whether to accept or not to accept..

KASAB'S POLICE CUSTODY EXTENDED TILL JANUARY 6, 2009 NEW DELHI: The lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasav on Wednesday requested a Mumbai court that a Pakistani lawyer represent him in an Indian court, according to Times Now. A Mumbai court on Wednesday extended his police custody till January 6. Kasab had earlier been remanded to police custody till 24th December. Kasab has ..

CACUTTA HC REJECTS ASHOK TODI'S BAIL PLEA plea 12/23/2008 A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court rejected industrialist Pradip Todi’s bail plea in the Rizwanur Rahman death case. Pradip Todi, brother of Ashok Todi, applied for bail before the High Court after city courts rejected his bail plea. The bench comprising Justices D P Sengupta and P K Deb, rejected the bail plea on the grou..

MUMBAI ATTACKS :POLICE TO FILE CHARGESHEET IN 60 DAYS 21 Dec 2008, 2300 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Maharashtra's Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Sunday said that the state police will club all the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack cases together and chargesheet would be filed within two months. "All these cases, although have happened at different locations, were with the same ..

SINHALA COUPLE REMANDED TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY Rameswaram (PTI): A Sinhalese couple, who arrived here along with a batch of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, have been remanded to judical custody by a local court. The two, who recently got married, fled from Colombo to Tamil-dominated Vavuniya after their marriage fearing reprisals from their parents who disapproved of their wedding, Police Insp..

MADRAS HC SETS ASIDE ORDER OF ACP 12/23/2008 Madras High Court set-aside an order of the City Police Commissioner denying permission to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Kattchi (VCK) to hold a meeting. While disposing off the petition filed by Era Selvam, Central Chennai District Secretary of the Youth wing of the VCK, Justice K Suguna, remitted the matter back to the Assistant Commissioner of Po..

JHARKHAND HC DIRECTS RAJ THAKRAY TO SURRENDER IN 20 DAYS 12/23/2008 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray was directed by the Jharkhand High Court to surrender before a local court in Jamshedpur within next 20 days. The High Court dismissed the petition of the MNS chief requesting exemption from personal appearance in the Jamshedpur court and contending territorial jurisdiction..

PATNA HC: SHAHABUDDIN GRANTED BAIL IN IMPERSOSONATION CASE 12/23/2008 The Patna High Court granted bail to incarcerated RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in connection with impersonation in LLB exam. Justice S M Mahfuj Alam granted bail to Mohammed Shahabuddin after hearing the arguments of both sides. According to the charges, the RJD MP had used a fake candidate to appear in the LLB Exam o..