criminal law

SC says "no" to Chandraswamy's visit abroad The Supreme Courthas restrained godman Chandraswamy alias Nemichand Jain, involved in a FERA (Foriegn Exchange Regulation Act) case, from going abroad. A three-judge-bench, comprising Justices B N Agrawal, G S Singhvi and Aftab Alam stayed the order of the Delhi High Court granting permission to Chandraswami to go abroad. The apex court also issue..

Petition challenges Soren acquittal in Shashi Nath Jha case, SC issues notices The Supreme Courthas issued notices to former Union Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren and the CBI on a petition filed by his murdered secretary Shashi Nath Jha's brother challenging Soren's aquittal by the High Court in the murder case. A bench, comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and J M Panc..

SC stays warrant against Gere The Supreme Court today virtually dropped criminal proceedings against Hollywood actor and active anti-HIV/AIDS campaigner Richard Gere against whom arrest warrants were issued for publicly hugging and kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a function here last year. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran granted permi..

Emails express diverse views on Scarlett's death probe Panaji, Mar 16 (PTI) Goa police's mail box is full with the e-mails expressing diverse opinion on Scarlett death investigation. Goa police has received mixed reactions across the world. While some have called the police as `corrupt,' for many Scarlett's mother Fiona Mackeown is to be cursed for the killing. An e-mail ..

42 CBEC officials got jobs through false caste papers New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The Finance Ministry has found that 42 people have got jobs in the Central Board of Excise and Customs over the years by submitting false caste certificates. The officials submitted false certificates at the time of recruitment to get jobs that were reserved for scheduled castes and scheduled tribe..

Ex-DGP seeks contempt of court proceeding in police reforms case New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh, Prakash Singh, today urged the Supreme Court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the states of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Prakash Singh, who is the petitioner in police reforms case, sought contempt of court proceedings against both states fo..

Brain mapping test for KIMS Director Hubli, Karnataka, Mar 15 (UNI) M G Hiremath, former director of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), will undergo a brain mapping test at Bangalore today in connection with a shootout incident at KIMS premises in January last. According to police, a team of police personnel led by ACP Pratapan had taken Dr Hiremath to Bangalor..

Teacher arrested for asking girls to disrobe Rajkot, Mar 13 (PTI) A physical trainer attached with a private school here was arrested for allegedly asking girl students to remove clothes before performing exercises, police said today.Chetan Acharya, the PT teacher of a private school in Surendra Nagar district, was arrested yesterday. He also threatened the girls with e..

A court today issued a fresh production warrant against underworld don Abu Salem after the Mumbai police once again failed to produce him for the eighth consecutive time in a six-year-old extortion case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sanjeev Jain directed the Arthur Road jail authorities in Mumbai to produce the extradited gangster and his associate, Chander Prakash, before him on April..

The hearing in the Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused was adjourned to 15th April by a court in Puducherry on Friday. Additional District and Sessions Judge-II S Annamalai ajourned the hearing in view of the pendency of a petition by the Sankaracharya in the Supreme Court challenging the continu..

The Supreme Court issued notices to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Shibu Soren and the CBI on a petition challenging his acquittal in the Shashi Nath Jha murder case. The apex court also issued notice to the accused persons on an appeal filed by the CBI against the verdict of Delhi High Court setting aside the life sentence awarded to Soren by the trial court. ..

New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) In statistics that do not show the country's politicians in good light, around 1,300 cases are pending against sitting MPs and MLAs in various courts. Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj provided the information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today quoting the figures as on March 31, 2007, gathered by a department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee. Further, ..

More than 6,000 dowry-related cases are registered on an average annually according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the Lok Sabha has been informed. As per data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in the year 2004 the number of dowry deaths reported were 7,026, in 2005 the figure was 6,787 and in the year 2006 the figure was 7,618. Cases registered under the ..

Preventive detention of a person in public interest is justified and courts cannot interfere with it unless there are "exceptional" circumstances. Such detention is intended to strike a delicate balance between an individual's personal liberty (Fundamental Right) and safety of the country and society at large, the Supreme Court said. A bench of Justices C K Thakker and Altamas Kabir in a jud..

Arms dealer Suresh Nanda, charged with receiving kickbacks in defence deals, his son and two others have been arrested by CBI for allegedly conspiring to fudge their account books seized by the IT department during a raid last year. They were arrested in Mumbai last night by the investigative agency after registering a case against Nandas, Income Tax Deputy Director Ashutosh Verma and charte..