criminal law

After the sensational Nalini-Priyanka Gandhi meeting raised hopes for the early release of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, another convict, P R Ravichandran, on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking remission of his life term on the ground that he has already undergone more than 14 years of jail term, a cond i t i o n mandatory for lifers to seek parole. Lodged in the central p..

With a recent case of impeachment against a judge of the Calcutta high court and a CBI inquiry into a PF scam involving several judges showing the judiciary in poor light, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan promised tough measures against "black sheep" in judicial robes. Interacting with the media on Thursday, the CJI made it clear that he would not hesitate to permit prosecution of cor..

Homosexuality a criminal offence: Govt tells court Friday, 26 September , 2008, 21:08 New Delhi: The government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it is not scrapping the present law on homosexuality as it is a "criminal offence" and would "disturb the law and order situation and create unnecessary problems in society." Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra said the gover..

The jailed RJD MP md. shahabuddin was sentenced to 10-yr RIon 26-09-08 by a special court in Siwan in a case related to recovery of a sophisticated weapon and ammunitions...

The Supreme Court on 25-09-08 refused to stay the proceedings in the infamous Rizwanur Case. Ashok Todi had moved the apex court seeking a stay on the proceedings...

it is reported by the Tranperncy International (TI) that India the greatest demopcracy stood in the 85th position in the list of corrupt countries of which the most and 1st country is Somalia with 180th rank. Denmark, Newzeland and Sweeden are the most less corrupt countieres in the world. China in the 72nd rank, Pakistan in 134th rank, Sreelanka in the 92nd and bangladesh in 147th rank. This li..

The CBI is all set to take over the investigation of Rs 7 crore Ghaziabd District Court GPF scam, in which 36 judges, including a sitting Supreme Court judge and eleven High Court judges are facing allegations of being beneficiaries of the scam. The Centre had informed the Supreme Court on September 18 that CBI is prepared to investigate the scam. Uttar Pradesh government has already giv..

A fast track court awarded capital punishment to one of the 5 convicts in the infamous Prof. Papiya ghosh murder case in Patna on 19-09-08.Patna university's history professor was killed on dec.2,2006...

The jharkhand high court on 19-09-08 said that the proceedings against Raj Thackeray would continue in the jamshedpur court where a complaint case was filed against him.Mr. thackeray has been charged with hurting sentiments of Biharis. ..

Hearing the BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case, the Allahabad High Court issued a show cause notice to Shailendra Nath Singh, the Additional District Judge (ADJ) of Fast Track Court in Ghazipur, asking him to reason out why his termination be not recommended to the High Court Administrative Committee for granting bail to two accused into the case. Besides, the High Court ordered him to appea..

Goan NGO Utt Genkara spokesman Adv Aires Rodriges filed a criminal complaint with the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Panaji, against Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte for having allegedly filed a false affidavit stating that he had passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination and declared to the Goa Legislative Secretariat that he had passed S Y BA. The JMFC would ..

The recent death in custody of a man from a remote village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has sparked suspicion among human rights groups. It's been estimated that each year, more than 1,500 Indian prisoners die within less than a day of being arrested. Presenter: Alana Rosenbaum Speakers: Bateshi Bai, Saikheda Village resident; Tsering Samphal, Commission for Scheduled Tribes;..

Shatrujeet Kapur , DIG, CBI Jaipur had made a study on the highly rated conviction rate in CBI cases and comes up with interesting details.As per official statistics, conviction rate in CBI in the last 10 years has been as under:-YEAR PERCENTAGE1998 721999 57.12000 71.92001 70.02002 68.72003 68.42004 66.3br..

3 senior UP Govt officials chargesheeted in Recruitment Scam case The CBI filed a charge sheet against three senior government officials of Uttar Pradesh, including state Home Secretary Mahesh Kr Gupta, for their alleged involvement in the 1998 recruitment scam in the Department of Information and Public Relations. The charge sheet against Mahesh Kr Gupta, presently Home Secretary, Prabhat ..

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of Sushil and Gopal Ansal, who were sentenced to two years of imprisonment by the trial court in the Uphaar fire tragedy, which claimed 59 lives. The apex court also cancelled the bail granted to Ajit Chowdhary and Nirmal Chopra, managers of the theatre, who were awarded seven years of imprisonment. The order was pronounced by a Bench compris..