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New Delhi: The Law Commission of India has recommended amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code to provide for restoration of a criminal complaint dismissed in default by a court resulting in discharge or acquittal of the accused depending on the case being a warrant case or a summons case. The Commission, headed by Justice A.R. Lakshmanan, said in its 233rd report: “It i..

The fate of Italian Businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi might be decided on Saturday as the CBI will be p..

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 M..

The ghost of Bofors pay-off may finally be given a legal burial with the Government telling the Supreme Co..

The Centre on Wednesday filed a fresh affidavit in the Gujarat High Court in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, saying it ne..

NO PRIOR SANCTION NEEDED FOR PROSECUTING ABETTOR: SC Holding that no prior sanction was required to proceed against an accused abetting another officer to accept bribe, the Supreme Court has allowed the CBI to prosecute a top Customs and Central Excise officer under the Prevention of Corruption Act. A bench of J..

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Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday wanted speedy completion of an ambitious project to increase coordination among v..

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The trial in internationally significant Jewish outreach centre--Nariman House -- attack case, during the 26/11 terror strike in the metropolis, will begin in the designated court tomorrow.  The witnesses and evidences pertaining to the attack, in which five Isrelis and two terrorists were killed may be produced before the court tomorrow, Special Public Prosecutor Ujwa..

MOTHER IN LAW AND SISTER IN LAW ARE ALSO BOOKED UNDER DOMOSTIC VIOLENCE ACT,WHERE IN CASE SESSION COURTS JUDGMENT TO EXEMPT FROM IVESTIGTION  OF DVA  MOTHER IN LAW AND SISTER IN LAW IS RULED OUT BY BOMBAY HIGH COURT...

IN IPC 302 AND SUCH SECTION PRISONERS ARE GAVE HARD WORKS LIKE EARTH DIGGING,FIED FLOUING,COOKING FOR 500 COPRISONERS ETC., IN JAILS .IS IT JUSTIFIED TO AWARD TO LIFE PRISONERS SUCH HARD WORKS?, IN A PETITION FILED BY PRISONER PACHAL IN HON'BLE SUPREME COURT , THE SC ISSUED NOTICE TO GUJARAT GOVERNMENT ...

A retired banker, who was held hostage by terrorists at the Taj Mahal hotel during the 26/11 attack, today told the designated court that he escaped through the stairs when the captors left him amid gunfire.  The 62-year-old witness, whose identity was withheld, said at around 2330 hrs on the night of 26/11, four terrorists entered his room on the sixth floor of the ho..