criminal law

JUDGE FINDS DR. HANEEF WAS CHARGED WITHOUT EVIDENCE Dec 2008, 0125 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The judicial inquiry, ordered by the Australian government, into the bungled arrest of Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, on terrorism charges in July last year has concluded that there was insufficient evidence for the authorities to lay charges against him, "The Australian" reported on i..

The Supreme Court has ruled that number of deaths in a criminal case is not a relevant factor for awarding death sentence to the accused. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma while upholding the judgement of Allahabad High Court commuting death sentence to life imprisonment in a Double Murder case observed, ‘It is to be noted that number of deaths in a case would not..

JUSTICE MAY BE DONE 22 Dec 2008, 0208 hrs IST, Abhinav Sharma, TNN JAIPUR: Alarmed over chief minister Ashok Gehlot's intervention, city police are now looking afresh in the infamous hit-and-run case involving Jaipur royal scion Vijit Singh, whose Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI, he was driving, had hit a Kota girl to death on last Monday. Sources said that the investigati..

POLICE SEEK ARREST OF GAYATRI DEVI'S GRANDSON VIJIT SINGH22 Dec 2008, 1225 hrs IST, PTI Print Email Discuss Share Save Comment Text: JAIPUR: Police have moved court seeking cancellation of bail and the arrest of Vijit Singh, a member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, who has been booked for his involvement in a road accident in which a girl was ..

SC notice to CBI on petition by Ashok Todi in Rizwanur case The Supreme Court issued a notice to the CBI on a petition filed by Kolkata-based businessman Ashok Todi on his bail application in the Rizwanur suicide case. Todi, who along with others is facing allegations of abetting the suicide of his son-in-law Rizwanur, has come in appeal against Calcutta High Court order vide which his bail ..

SIX NEW SPECIAL COURTS TO HANDLE CBI'S CORRUPTION CASES 19 Dec 2008, 1817 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The CBI which is faced with a backlog of almost 1,000 corruption cases due to shortage of judicial infrastructure has got a breather with the Delhi High Court approving creation of six additional special courts for exclusively hearing its cases in the city. As on date, there are abo..

ANTI TERROR LAW :'IT'S FOR GOVT OF INDIA TO DECIDE ' Agencies Posted: Dec 20, 2008 at 1357 hrs IST Washington The United States has said India's move to bring in a new anti-terror law in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks was a ‘matter for the people and the government’ of the country. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack was asked during a media briefing whether the Sec..

INTERPOL CHIEF IN INDIA FOR ASSISTANCE IN MUMBAI PROBE: New Delhi (IANS): Interpol chief Ronald K. Noble visited the headquarters of India's premier crime detection agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Friday against the backdrop of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. Highly placed sources in the investigating agency said that Noble visited Interpol's National Central Burea..

The Law Commission of India in its 213th Report on “Fast Track Magisterial Courts for Dishonored Cheque Cases” has made the following recommendations:- (i) Fast Track Courts of Magistrates should be created to dispose of the dishonored cheque cases section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881; (ii) The Central Government and State Governments must provide necessary funds to meet the..

BMW CASE : SANJEEV NANDA GETS INTERIM BAIL 19 Dec 2008, 1201 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted three-week interim bail to Sanjeev Nanda, undergoing five years jail term in the BMW hit-and-run case, so that he could meet his ailing grandfather. ( Watch ) Justice Kailash Gambhir granted three weeks interim bail to Nanda so that he could meet his ailing ..

HOUSE OF 'KASAB'S LAWYER VANDALISED 18 Dec 2008, 0124 hrs IST, Kartikeya & Sukhada Tatke, TNN MUMBAI: Two days after lawyer K B N Lam moved an application in a session's court expressing his willingness to defend arrested Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab in a court, two unidentified men vandalized his Breach Candy home on Wednesday morning. It is the third time an advoca..

CBI TAKES UP INVESTIGATIONS OF ASSAM SERIAL BLAST 18 Dec 2008, 1855 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday took over probe into the October 30 serial blasts in Assam after the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team failed to bring any clues. ( Watch ) CBI sources said a notification was issued by the Centre after the state government requested for a probe b..

"INDIAN LAWYER WANTS JUSTICE FOR TERROR SUSPECT" Indian Lawyer Wants Justice for Terror Suspect Despite Warnings, Lawyer Hopes to Defend Lone Arrested Suspect The only person charged in the terror attack that gripped Mumbai, India, for days and left 171 people dead finally may have legal representation after more than two weeks in police custody. In this Nov. 26, 2008, file photo, a g..

INDI SEEKS TO SOOTHE PUBLIC WITH NEW TERROR LAW Thu Dec 18, 7:04 am ET FOX News NEW DELHI (Reuters) : – The Indian government will rush a new law through parliament on Thursday that will allow police to hold suspects for up to 180 days, a move legal officials said is an attempt to allay public anger over the Mumbai attacks. But the Congress Party-led government, facing an election b..

DISGRACED US FINANCIER MADOFF PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST 17 Dec 2008, 2309 hrs IST, REUTERS NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was placed under house arrest on Wednesday as BNP Paribas become the latest European bank to be sideswiped by the scandal. A federal judge ordered the 70-year old former pillar of Wall..