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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the POTA court verdict on the three accused in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case. The special POTA court had given death penalty to the accused. The POTA court had convicted six persons for providing logistic support to the two terrorists — Murtuza Hafiz Yasin and Ashraf Ali Mohammed Farooq – who stormed into the temple premises on September 25, ..

Lawyers body says DV Act applies to women kin too  At a time the Delhi high court is deliberating if women can be prosecuted under the Domestic Violence (DV) Act,an influential lawyers body has waded into the debate. Joining issue with a petitioner,who has challenged the booking of women under the special law,Lawyers Collective a trust seen as the prime..

That the credibility of a cheque has eroded over the last few years is no secret. The Law Commission’s 213th report on the Fast Track Magisterial Courts for Dishonoured Cheque Cases reports over 38 lakh (3.8 million) cases relating to the dishonour of cheques pending in trial courts across the country. The report goes on to observe that the increased instan..

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The criminal justice system is founded on a slew of jurisprudential principles that protect the rights of suspects and accused. These include the right against self-incrimination, the right to remain silent, and the right against providing information under physical or mental pressure. Despite this, invasive procedures such as narcoanalysis, brain-mapping, and polygraph tests have been routi..

AJMAL Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from Pakistan responsible for the 26/11 strikes, has been sentenced to death. Special judge M L Tahilyani, referring to the Kandahar experience — where the NDA government had to release dreaded terrorist Azhar Masood in exchange for passengers of a hijacked plane — said a similar danger should not be left hanging over the government. &ldq..

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The Supreme Court has held that pre-marital sex is not a statutory offence and criminal law cannot punish individuals merely for expressing "unpopular views" justifying such acts as it would violate freedom of speech and expression."While it is true that the mainstream view in our society is that sexual contact should take place only between marital partners, there is no statu..

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 The Quattrocchi component of the Bofors pay-off case in Supreme Court was given a burial on Tuesday with the court asking an advocate to withdraw his PIL questioning defreezing of the Italian businessman's bank account in London. The PIL filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal had begun its journey in the apex court four years ago, questioning the surreptitious ..

GUJARAT RIOTS: HC ASKS NANAVATI COMMISSION TO CLARIFY ON SUMMONING MODI..

  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi failed to show up before the Supreme Court appoi..

  A designated court in Chandigarh on Saturday adjourned the hearing in the Cash-at-Jud..