criminal law

The Government on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a fresh petition filed by Shaukat Hussain Guru, a convict in the 2001 Parliament attack case, challenging his 10-year jail term. Shaukat's earlier review and curative petitions on the issue of his conviction were dismissed by the apex court, yet, he choose to file the present petition reiterating his claim that he could not be conv..

Law bends before justice: Shanti Bhushan New Delhi, Mar 27 (UNI) Former Union Law Minister and Senior Counsel Shanti Bhushan, appearing for Shaukat Hussain Guru who has been serving ten year imprisonment in the Parliament attack case, today told the Supreme Court that ''justice was more important for a court of law than finality of proceedings''. Appearing before a benc..

Sohrabuddin encounter: SC reserves order on 2 cops' bail plea New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the bail pleas of two top IPS officials allegedly involved in the fake encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh in Gujarat. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat, P S Sathasivam and Aftab Alam issued notice to the Gujarat government on the petition ..

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) An application was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking placing of CBI report before it relating to the probe into the last year's Nandigram firing incident in West Bengal in which 14 persons were killed. The application filed by advocate Kedar Nath Yadav, on whose petition the Calcutta High Court had ordered the CBI probe, sought action based on the report of the inve..

Wednesday 26 March, 2008. HC notice to Ansal brothers on CBI plea The Delhi High Court issued notice to Sushil and Gopal Ansal, owners of the Uphaar cinema who were sentenced to two years jail term in the 11-year-old fire tragedy, on CBI's plea seeking imposition of fresh conditions while releasing their passports for going abroad. A total of 59 cine goers including women ..

Court issues production warrant against Prabhakaran The Colombo High Court issued production warrants against LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran and the outfit's intelligence chief Pottu Amman in former Sri Lankan Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar assassination case. "The Colombo High Court has reissued production warrants through Inspector General of Police Victor Perera for the arrest of Pr..

IPS officer R K Sharma, 3 others gets life term in Shivani case Senior IPS officer R K Sharma was awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court in the sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, saying he did not deserve the death penalty due to his "excellent" service record. Suspended Inspector General of Police R K Sharma was today sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational Sh..

New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The Government's bid to dismiss an Intelligence Bureau sub-inspector for alleged smuggling has boomeranged on it, with the Supreme Court slamming it for its failure to probe the larger issue of trans-border smuggling. "Trans-border smuggling is a subject of federal function. We fail to understand as to why no deeper probe was made in regard to his involvement, if any, vis-..

New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) In serious offences like murder, a court cannot grant bail in a casual manner without considering the pros and cons of releasing the accused, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam said it was essential for a court to indicate in its order the reasons for prima facie concluding why bail was being granted particularly where an accuse..

GUWAHATI, March 20 — The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Hrishikesh Roy today after setting aside the detention of Rabin Dhekial Phukan under National Security Act, 1960, ordered his release from custody. Dhekial Phukan, the Kakopathar correspondent of an Assamese vernacular daily, was arrested in connection with Doomdooma PS case (No 141..

New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) Suggestions have been made to expand the definition of rape and make the crime punishable by death and views have been sought from states in this regard, the Lok Sabha was informed today. The Law Commission in its 172nd report on Review of Rape Laws has recommended a number of changes, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said while replying to questions. As the Home Ministry pr..

Tutor 'thrashes' Class V student Created on : 03/19/2008 1:18:10 PM (NORMAL ) Jammu, Mar 19 (UNI) A Class fifth student was mercilessly beaten by his tutor in the Satwari area of the city outskirts here yesterday, police today said. Police said, the student Arif, 12, was thrashed by his tuition teacher Suraj Prakash on a complaint from his classmates. ''The classmat..

A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence against convicted IPS officer R K Sharma in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case till 24th March even as the prosecution sought death penalty for him. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri said he would pronounce the punishment against Sharma and three other convicts next week, after the prosecution and the defenc..

Accused in fake visa racket case brought to Hyderabad Created on : 03/19/2008 1:07:10 PM (NORMAL ) Hyderabad, Mar 19 (UNI) The accused in the fake US visa racket involving South Indian film actors and directors, busted by the Chennai police recently, was today brought to the city from Chennai by train for further investigation. Police sources said a five-member Chennai..

Shivani murder: Court convicts R K Sharma, 3 others New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) Suspended inspector general of police Ravi Kant Sharma and three others were today convicted by a city court here in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri held Sharma guilty of hatching the conspiracy to murder Shivani, who had allegedly threatened to exp..