criminal law

NEW DELHI: The ingenuity of Madhu Koda and his associates continue to surprise investigators probing what is being referred to as the Great Jharkhand Robbery. For all his claim to be a humble tribal, Koda and his men not only had the smarts to acquire mines in Liberia and Thailand, they also knew how to spirit away the money they allegedly made by handing over minin..

 RANCHI/NEW DELHI: As Enforcement Directorate waits to arrest former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Income Tax department today claimed to have stumbled upon documents showing that he and his associates had allegedly stashed huge sums of money in Swiss banks. The IT department has also handed over these documents to the Enforcement Directo..

A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on the bail plea of Sukhdev Pehalwan, one of the accused in Nitish Katara murder case, who said he wants to take part in the wedding of his nephew. Additional Sessions Judge JR Aryan is likely to pronounce its order on Saturday after the counsel for the accused and special public prosecutor B S Joon wrapped up their arguments on the bail application. ..

The statements made by witnesses in CBI charge sheet in Scarlett Eden Keeling death case has exposed the underbelly of drug cartel run in Goa through beach shacks. The 300-page chargesheet filed before a local court in Goa has quoted Murli Sagar Bolloju, who was present at Lui Cafe shack, where Scarlett spent her last day, stating that drugs are readily available in Anjuna beach village...

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A Delhi court on Saturday allowed a plea of the police to conduct a narco-analysis test on top Maoist leader Kob..

Supreme Court advocate Ajay Agrawal filed an application in the Apex Court seeking a direction to the CBI to recover the laptop of Abdul Karim Telgi, the kingpin of the Rs 50,000 crore fake stamp scandal, to reveal the names of top bureaucrats and politicians involved in the scam. Telgi had reportedly stored the na..

The designated court, conducting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial, issued summons to three National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, who were part of a team that carried out an operation to flush out Pakistani terrorists from Hotel Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House, to appear as witnesses in the case on November 9.  ..

The Forum for Judicial Accountability on Friday demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation register the First Information Report against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other relevant laws to probe allegation..

The Supreme Court said a Hindu woman is reluctant to lodge an FIR for an offence like rape and may take some time before deciding to register a case against the culprit, who had sexually assaulted her.  A bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma, while dismissing the appeal of two brothers agai..

 Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Agarwal filed arguments before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja praying not to close the sensational Bofors kickbacks case pending against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.  The CBI had filed an application for closure of case against Quattrocchi s..

Kidney removed in postmortem, HC awards Rs 10L compensation New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday awarded Rs ten lakh in compensation to a woman whose husband's kidney was illegally removed during his postmortem. The removal of kidney from the deceased's body came to light when a second postmortem was conducted on the plea of the wife of th..

A local court recorded statements of two police officials in connection with a fake passport case involving underworld don Abu Salem.  Ms Nimisha Pandey, who was then posted as sub-inspector in the crime branch of Bhopal police, and another police official R C Vajpayee recorded statements before Chief Judicial..

The Delhi High Court has directed that all outstation cases related to cheque bouncing should go back to their respective courts as they do not fall under the Capital’s jurisdiction. A bench composed of Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Manmohan said that all cases pertaining to bounced cheques in other states should be se..

RULES SUPREME COURT-COURT CAN NOT DIRECT INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY IN INVESTIGATION In a ruling having long-term ramifications for criminal investigations, the Supreme Court has held a court cannot direct an investigative agency to conduct an investigation in a particular manner. A bench comprising Justices R ..