criminal law

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. ..

Central Bar Association (CBA) on Friday resolved to boycott judicial work in civil court for next three days to protest against the kidnapping of a lawyer, Mohan Chandra Sharma. A meeting was held under chairmanship of CBA president Saroj Kumar Shukla. The association demanded immediate recovery of the lawyer and arrest..

The Delhi High Court reserved its order on the petition of former Assistant Commissioner of Police S S Rathi and nine others who have appealed in the Court against the sentence awarded to them in the infamous Connaught Place shootout case. The trial court had in 2007 awarded life imprisonment to ACP Rathi and nine other policemen for killing two innocent people 12 years ago..

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent today told the designated court, conducting trial in the 26/11 terrorist attack case, that investigating officials in the US have interrogated some Pakistani nationals in connection with the attacks on the metropolis. Deposing before Judge M L Tahilyani, the American official, whose identity has not been revealed, said he woul..

A division Bench of the high court has directed the police and the government to give details of how and on what charges 40-odd persons were arrested again in Mysore after their release pursuant to an order.  The court was not satisfied with the statement filed by Krishna Kumar, in charge of th..

The Supreme Court has held that a warrant issued by a foreign court could not be executed in India without a formal request from the Government concerned for extradition of the accused. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Mukundakam Sharma set aside the Bombay High Court order, whereby it had refused to stay the arrest of a..

 Justice N. V. Ramana of A.P. High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of the G.O. which provided for reservation for ‘C’ certificate holders in NCC while making admission to MBBS and Engineering courses. The judge was hearing a writ petition filed by Rojaravali, who said that the NCC cadets with A and B certificates were being considered till now. The judge took note of the..

 The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission has ordered an immediate halt to the transportation of manganese ore through Belekeri village in Uttara Kannada district following a complaint by the local gram panchayat. After hearing a complaint lodged by the president and vice-president of Belekeri gram panchayat against the “illegal” transportation of manganese ore throu..

 The Madras High Court has held that clerks, accountants and office assistants working in financial institutions and canvassing agents should not be prosecuted for offence under Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interest of Depositors Act. It pointed out that they do not shoulder the responsibility for management or mismanagement of affairs of the firm. Allowing a petition ..

 As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues its probe into five cases of corruption and bribery registered last month against the top brass of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the agency has proposed changes in the way AICTE functions. Going beyond the scope of its investigations which blew the lid off a corruption scandal, the agency has sought to..

The ghost of two-decade old TADA cases continued to haunt Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma with the Gauhati High Court asking the state government to furnish records of the two TADA cases against the minister. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by former BJP MP from Bihar Sukhdeo Paswan, a division bench of Gauhati High Court, comprising acting Chief..

Over two years after a gelatin-laden jeep caused a huge explosion on the national highway near Tindivanam, killing 17 people and injuring many more, the Madras High Court refused to discharge the explosive licence-holder from his criminal liability.  In April 2007, villagers who noticed smoke e..

 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs 3 lakh as monetary relief to the family of a man who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Chennai in 2002. NHRC ordered payment of the compensation to the family of Suresh alias Sura who was shot dead on Ibrahim Street ..

  Why is there a special discount given to a man who has raped his wife though the rape laws for others lay down stringent punishment?  Even as Delhi High Court is yet to take a stand on the issue of contradictory child marriage law making an under-aged pregnant teenager to languish i..

 A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent on Thursday said a separate case has been registered in Los Angeles against perpetrators of the 26/11 terror attacks in which six Americans died. The investigation is still on in the case, said the agent who was the last of the FBI men to depose. He was the 155th state..