criminal law

Main accused released on bail in Scarlett case Placido Carvalho, the main accused in the sensational Scarlett Keeling case was released on bail today after Goa's Children Court said "there is no prima facie material against him bringing out his nexus with the offences of murder and rape." "Even after 23 days of detention of the accused (Placido Carvalho), I do not find that there is..

A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, his son and two others in a case of manipulating evidence on alleged kickbacks received by him in defence deals. Rejecting their bail applications, additional sessions judge IK Kochar said, "Investigations are at an initial stage and releasing reports at this point of time may hamper the probe." The four accu..

Court rejects Suresh Nanda's bail plea New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) A Delhi court today rejected the bail plea of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, his son and two others in a case of manipulating evidence on alleged kickbacks received by him in defence deals. Rejecting their bail applications, additional sessions judge IK Kochar said, "Investigations are at an initial stage and releasing..

Amitabh Bachchan cleared in tobacco ad case Panaji, Apr 4 (PTI) In a relief for superstar Amitabh Bachchan, a local court has cleared him in a case of an alleged violation of Goa's law against smoking after a poster showed him puffing a cigar. National Tobacco Eradication Organisation (NOTE), an anti-tobacco organisation, had filed a suit against Bachchan along with others o..

HC notice to CBI on Ansal brothers' plea to deseal Uphaar hall The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to CBI on an application filed by Ansal brothers, owners of Uphaar Cinema, seeking permission for "productive use" of the hall which was sealed after a fire tragedy which left 59 cinegoers dead 11 years ago. Issuing notice to the investigating agency on an application file..

HC issues notice to Mayawati on Centre's tax evasion plea The Delhi High Court has sought a response from UP Chief Minister Mayawati on a petition filed by the Centre challenging the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's decision giving her a clean chit in a disproportionate assets case. Alleging that she had tried to evade payment of tax by showing "sham transactions" in the assessment ..

Tikait arrest to enforce law: Mayawati The arrest of BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait is to enforce the rule of law and not out of any personal or caste enmity, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has said, she said there has been criticism that the arrest has been delayed. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Wednesday, she said it was government's responsibility to enforc..

CBI submits twelfth charge sheet, gives clean chit to Pandher CBI has once again given clean chit to the prime accused of Nithari serial killing case Moninder Singh Pandher in its twelfth charge sheet, submitted to the court on Tuesday. CBI submitted the charge sheet on the case of kidnapping and murdering 10-year-old Nisha in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (CBI) ..

Ketan Parekh, five others sentenced to one-year RI Mumbai, Apr 1 (UNI) Stockbroker Ketan Parekh was today sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by a special court here along with five others in the 1992 stocks scam. Justice M V Kanade, pronouncing the judgement, found Parekh and seven others guilty of a conspiracy to siphon off Rs 47.70 crore from Canbank Financial Se..

Maheswar Mohanty resigns on charges of sexual abuse Facing sexual abuse charges, Orissa Speaker Maheswar Mohanty resigned on Monday and a senior minister was sacked for allegedly instigating a woman employee of the assembly to sully his reputation. The day's developments brought to the fore the murkier side of state politics. Mohanty, who has been resisting stepping down follow..

Nand Lal released, vows to fight 'till the end' Maharashtra's Election Commissioner Nand Lal sent to jail by the state Assembly was released as he challenged his conviction in the High Court and braced for a confrontation with CM Vilasrao Deshmukh accusing him of "political vendetta". Nand Lal, who vowed to fight "till the end", came out of Arthur Road Jail at 1030 AM on Friday af..

Accused of sexual abuse, Orissa Speaker resigns Bhubaneswar, Mar.31 (PTI) Facing sexual abuse charges, Orissa Speaker Maheswar Mohanty resigned today and a senior minister was sacked for allegedly instigating a woman employee of the assembly to sully his reputation. The day's developments brought to the fore the murkier side of state politics. Mohanty, who has been resisting ..

SC okays proceedings against Ramoji Rao The Supreme Court directed a trial court in Andhra Pradesh to go ahead with criminal proceedings against Media Baron Ramoji Rao, who had allegedly collected Rs 2,610 crore from public by setting up a chit fund in violation of the RBI rules. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan while disposing off the petition filed by Andhra Prad..

SC stays trial against Chandraswami in FERA case The Supreme Court stayed the trial in a foreign exchange violation case against controversial tantrik Chandraswami after he sought permission to examine through video-conferencing, Saudi Arabia-based arms dealer Adnan Khagoshi (82) as his witness. A bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi, granted a week's time to the Enforceme..

HC takes up Dalmiya's perjury case against BCCI, Pawar The Calcutta High Court on Friday took up a perjury case filed by former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya against BCCI and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before the court. Justice Nadira Patheriya directed that the matter would be heard on 18th April. This comes just two days after Dalmiya..