criminal law

Noorudin Sheikh, a key witness in the 26/11 attacks case who had deposed against accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed at the trial, was declared "missing" by the prosecution as he failed to appear before the designated court. Sheikh told the court that F..

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court will resume hearing on the bail application of two police officers in Shopian double rape and murder case today. The case came up for hearing before the single bench of Justice Sunil Hali on August 28. However, after..

The Himachal Pradesh vigilance and anti-corruption bureau has sent a questionnaire to Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his former MP wife Pratibha Singh in an alleged graft case. Separate questionnaires have been sent to them a few days ago, Deputy Inspector General of Po..

The Delhi High Court upheld the life sentence handed to former councillor Sharda Jain and three others for their involvement in the murder of fellow councillor Atma Ram Gupta in 2002. Hearing a bunch of appeals filed by Sharda Jain and others challenging the lower court’s judgment of 2006, a Division Bench comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kochhar up..

After hearing arguments from Kashmir Bar Association (KBA) and advocate general of the State, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today said it will issue order later whether the Shopian double rape and murder case should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). However, the Division Bench did not mention the time when the order will be issued. b..

Haryana Police detained a metropolitan magistrate of Delhi and arrested three others, including an alleged prostitute, after booking them under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, police said Thursday. According to the police, Raj Kumar Aggarwal, a metropolitan magistrate in Delhi’s Tees Hazari courts, came to Panipat with his friends, Subhash and Shamsher Singh. The trio ha..

The Petroleum Ministry is mulling filing a defamation suit against an Anil Ambani Group firm for persisting with "false claims" pertaining to government revenues from Reliance Industries KG-D6 fields. The ministry is contemplating seeking law ministry view on slapping the suit on RNRL over a claim that government share from KG-D6 initially will be just Rs 500 crore, while RIL will ear..

Advocating the need for speeding up of inquiries against officials with "doubtful integrity", CBI director Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday blamed the "weak" criminal justice system for encouraging corrupt practices. "The weak criminal justice system of our country encourages corruption. Departmental trials of corruption cases go on for years and these delays encourage the di..

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A trial court on Tuesday dismissed the CBI's contention that it was not under a metropolitan magistrate's jurisdiction to decide on the agency's probe report giving clean chit to former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.  After almost five months of gruelling argume..

In a belated move that may even intrigue many, the law ministry now plans to move Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of cinestar Sanjay Dutt two years ago of TADA charges in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.  Ministry sources said the file has been sent to attorney general G E Vahanvati ..

The Delhi High Court upheld the life imprisonment of a man, who was sentenced by a trial court for poisoning his friend to death 12 years ago.  Holding the accused, Hardev Prasad, guilty of the murder, a bench comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kaur cancelled his bail and directed the police officials to take him into custody.  /b..

The state government has moved the Bombay high court to challenge the dropping of all charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against 11 Malegaon blast accused, including former armyman Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.  A division bench of Justi..

 Expressing serious concern over the increasing number of deaths caused by road accidents due to rash and negligent driving, the Law Commission has recommended 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for such offences, up from a two-year term provided in the Indian Penal Code. The Commission, headed by Justice A.R. Lakshmanan, in its 234th report submitted to the government on Saturd..

Additional Sessions Judge S K Saravaria ordered life imprisonment to two members of the prestigious President's Bodyguards(PBG), Harpreet Singh and Satinder Singh, for raping a 17-year old girl in Buddha Jayanti Garden in 2003. Two other members, Kuldeep Singh and Manish Kumar, were ordered ten years imprisonment each for helping in commission of the offence. On August 17, the Judge had he..