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Keeping in mind the security scenario in the national capital ahead of the Assembly polls next month, Delhi Police on Thursday issued an order prohibiting carrying firearms or any other material which can be used for causing physical violence in the city. The order, issued by city police Commissioner Y S Dadwal, will remain in effect till 15th December. Police has prohibited carrying firea..

The Allahabad High Court has held that bail cannot be granted merely on the basis of the period of detention in jail. In his separate judgement, Justice Vijay Kumar Verma, a judge of the division bench comprising Mr Verma along with Justices B A Zaidi, has directed that the period of detention in jail prior to and after conviction could not be the sole ground for bail without looking into the..

UK chef gets 30-yr jail for cooking gay lover Tuesday, 21 October , 2008, 14:41 Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 October , 2008, 15:46 London: A chef, who was the former winner of Mr Gay UK, has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years for killing his boyfriend and then cooking a section of his flesh. Chef Anthony Morley was sentenced for slaying boyfriend Damian Oldfield whose body he ha..

Reproduced from the Times of India October 18, 2008 pg 13 & pg 7 Four Arrested For Demanding Rs 26 Lakh Bribe From Murder Accused New Delhi: Three crime branch officials and a senior advocate of the Delhi HC were arrested on Friday for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 26 lakh for favouring an accused in a murder case. Former Congress councillor Ashok Jain is one of the main accused in the ..

Several key draft recommendations on the issue of Detention emerged out of the two-day international Workshop on '''Detention' organized by the National Human Rights Commission, which concluded in New Delhi today. The issue of detention in prison in police custody, preventive detention in juvenile justice homes and mental health care were discussed in four technical session of the Workshop. ..

New Delhi October 12, 2008 Several key draft recommendations on the issue of Detention emerged out of the two-day international Workshop on 'Detention' organized by the National Human Rights Commission, which concluded in New Delhi today. The issue of detention in prison in police custody, preventive detention in juvenile justice homes and mental health care were discussed in four technical ..

SC: Courts must ensure accused and victim's rights The Supreme Court has ruled that a court while deciding a criminal case must be equally concerned with the rights of an accused as well as of the victim. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma while upholding a judgement of Madras High Court setting aside the trial court judgement of acquittal in an attempt to murde..

The Supreme Court has ruled that courts cannot give a blanket protection to an accused in the name of granting anticipatory bail as it would amount to providing a passport for indulging in criminal activities. "A `blanket' order of bail may amount to or result in an invitation to commit an offence or a passport to carry on criminal activities or to afford a shield against any and all types of ..

New Delhi, October 9: The Supreme Court has ruled that the High Court dealing with an appeal has full powers to re-appreciate, review and reconsider the evidence against an acquittal order passed by the trial court. "When such an appeal is filed, the High Court has full power to re-appreciate, review and reconsider the evidence at large, the material on which the order of acquittal is founded and..

advocate of Supreme Court Arvind Jain,called upon girl students of Lucknow University not only to learn the art of self-defence, but never to hesitate in killing the man who tries to outrage their modesty, because in India fighting a case against rapist was far more difficult than fighting a case of murder in self-defence. "When state fails to deliver justice, people take law in their hands. Nagpu..

Drawing flak for failing to file a charge sheet in the Noida double murder case within the stipulated time, the CBI has formed a three-member core team to re-examine the case. Sources in the investigating agency said the team would re-examine the case from the beginning and has been mandated to question people accused in the murder of Aarushi Talwar and her domestic help Hemraj and verify all e..

Underworld don Om Prakash Srivastava alias Babloo Srivastava along with two others was sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Custom Assistant Commissioner L D Arora in 1993 in Allahabad. The district court and designated special TADA court convicted Babloo, Kamal Kishore Saini and Manjit Singh alias Mange Sardar and handed down life imprisonment to them with a fine o..

State to drop MCOCA charges against Salem Expressindia.com, India - 29 Sep 2008 The state government has given an undertaking to the Bombay High Court that it would drop the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) charges ... Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:48:11 GMT ..

Hon'ble SC on 30-09-08 stayed the proceedings of trial court in Sohrabuddin Case in Gujarat.Sohrabuddin was killed in an encounter by Gujarat police...

On 30-09-08 three policemen accused in Rizwanur Case , including IPS officer Ajoy kr.,were remanded in jail custody for a fortnight.All 3 are named in the CBI chargesheet...