criminal law

SC stays death sentence of Mumbai blasts convict The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Ismail Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan issued notice to the CBI while admitting Turk's appeal against his conviction and death penalty by Mumbai TADA Court. The Benc..

Rise in cases of custodial deaths in the country With the number of custodial deaths showing an increasing trend, the Union Home Ministry has issued guidelines to all State Governments and Union Territories to inform the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) about such incidents within 24 hours of occurrence. In 2007-08, the number of police custodial deaths was 188, up from 118 i..

Mayawati moves SC for quashing of CBI probe in assets case Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash CBI investigations against her in a disproportionate case registered five years ago. She alleged that the investigating agency was used by the Centre to secure political ends and probe against her was aimed at "character assassination". ..

SC seeks Bihar Govt's response on Lalu-Rabri's appeal The Supreme Court today sought response from Bihar Govt on a petition filed by RJD chief Lalu and his wife Rabri Devi challenging the Patna High Court's decision to admit the state's appeal against their acquittal in a disproportionate assets case, an offshoot of the multi-crore fodder scam. "How the state government has come int..

Fri, May 9 08:50 PM Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) Anyone impersonating a genuine voter in the Karnataka assembly election starting Saturday will be jailed for up to one year. State Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar told reporters here that the imposters would be jailed or fined under section 171 D of the Indian Penal Code. 'We have directed officials manning polling booths to take actio..

Venugopal's termination "naked discrimination", says SC The Supreme Court, which has ordered the reinstatement of AIIMS director P Venugopal, has termed as "naked discrimination" and "one man legislation," the Centre's controversial Act which prematurely retired the eminent cardiologist. In its 58-page judgement released on Friday, the bench of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and H S Bedi..

HC grants bail to Shahabuddin RJD MP from Siwan Mohammed Shahabuddin, facing life imprisonment in a murder case was today granted bail by the Patna High Court in another case in which he was charged with filing false affidavit with respect to his criminal antecedents for contesting Lok Sabha elections in 2004. Justice Navin Sinha allowed his prayer for bail after hearing his counsel..

Cases against M F Husain quashed Delhi High Court has quashed proceedings against noted painter M F Husain for allegedly painting obscene pictures of Hindu goddesses. The move taken by the Delhi High Court comes as a relief to the renowned artist M F Husain. Eight criminal cases had been filed against Husain in places including Delhi, Indore, Rajkot and Haridwar. All the..

SC stays High Court order raising fine for traffic violation The Supreme Court has stayed the Delhi High Court order which had raised the fine amount for all traffic rules violation by Rs 500. A bench headed by the Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan passed the order on an appeal against the High Court's order. The High Court in March last year had raised the amount of fine aft..

Mumbai blasts case: Judge Kode will not hear Salem's trial Special TADA judge Pramod Kode, who was transferred to the Nashik district court as principal judge, will not hear the Abu Salem trial in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, after Salem's lawyer filed an application on Tuesday. According to the application, the trial should be heard now by the new judge who will preside over t..

SC dismisses doctors' plea in Rahul Mahajan case The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by six Indraprashtha Apollo hospital doctors and five others seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings launched against them in the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case. A bench of Justices A K Mathur and Aftab Alam directed the petitioners to approach the trial court for relief. ..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to move official amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 23rd August, 2006 based on the suggestions of the Parliament Standing Committee on Home Affairs in its 128th Report presented on 16th August, 2007. The suggestions contained in the Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs w..

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against nine persons, including alleged kingpin Amit Kumar, in the multi-crore kidney racket case. The chargesheet was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 against Kumar and the other accused in an Ambala court. Apart from Kumar, whose real name is Santosh Kumar Raut, his brother Jeevan Raut, Upen..

The Delhi High Court granted bail to arms dealer Suresh Nanda, his son Sanjeev and two others who allegedly manipulated evidence in a case of alleged kickbacks in the Barak missile deal. The Nandas, their chartered accountant Bipin Shah and IRS officer Ashutosh Verma had been in custody for the last 53 days. "Each of the petitioners shall be released forthwith," Justice S N Muralidhar sai..

IPS officer R K Sharma, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Shivani Bhatnagar case today filed an appeal before the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction in the trial court. Sharma, the suspended Inspector General of Haryana Police, along with three others were sentenced to life term by a city court on March 24 for killing Indian Express journalist Shivani on January 23, 1999 while sh..