criminal law

 The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice returnable by August 27 on petitions relating to the clash between the police and lawyers on the court premises on February 19. The incidents had left several persons injured. Following the clash, a three-member Bench, comprising Justices S.J. Mukhopadhaya, V. Dhanapalan and K. Chandru, was constituted. In its order, the Bench suggested the s..

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition filed by the Bihar government, challenging the acquittal of six of the seven accused persons by Patna High Court for the murder of then Gopalganj DM, G Krishnaiah.  The court, presided over by Justice Dalvir Bhandari and Justice Mukundakam Sharma,..

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on petitions filed by a Christian body and a disciple of Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev seeking stay of a Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex among consenting adults. A bench, headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, posted the matter for further hearing on September 14 when it is likely to take up another bunch of similar petitions challeng..

By Prashant Mali (cyberlawconsulting@gmail.com) The criminals knew what they were doing when they hit the Western Beaver County School District. They waited until school administrators were away on holiday, and then during a four-day period between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2, siphoned $704,610.35 out of two of the school district's bank accounts. Western Beaver's financial insti..

 A British hacker who broke into U.S. government computer systems seeking evidence of alien life has failed in his latest efforts to block extradition to the U.S. to face trial. The High Court ruled the extradition of Gary McKinnon, whose hacking exploits have drawn high-profile attention from U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and celeb..

For the second consecutive day, US witnesses on Thursday pointed out the Pakistan connection in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai. A US representative of the Yamaha motor company deposing live from the FBI office in Los Angeles via a video-conference link set up in the trial court next to Arthur Road jail said that the ..

 Viewing it as an exceptional case, the Orissa High Court last week stayed the conviction and sentence order of a lower court passed against former Nalco CMD S K Tamotia. A CBI special judge court in February had awarded the technocrat three years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50000 in a disproportionate assets case . Terming the lower court’s verdict “erroneo..

A forensic expert of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deposed before the designated court, conducting trial in the 26/11 terrorist attack case, and said terrorists were in contact with handlers in Pakistan. Throwing light on how the ten-member terrorist group, including lone surviving gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab, were being directed by the masterminds in Pakistan, the ..

 The police have filed a 109-page charge sheet against Shiney Ahuja on Tuesday, charging him with rape, wrongful confinement and threatening his maidservant at his residence in Lokhandawla on June 14.  Ahuja has been remanded to judicial custody till August 13. The sessions court earlier r..

 Another application has been filed before the Delhi High court by an NGO, on whose plea the National Human Right's Commission (NHRC) conducted an inquiry into Batla House encounter case, raising doubts about its findings.  Seeking a fresh probe by a court appointed special investigative t..

Assistant Commissioner of Police S S Rathi and nine others sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two innocent businessman 12 years ago in Connaught place have told the Delhi High Court that there was no conspiracy angle in the case and therefore charges of section 120(b) of IPC leveled on them should be removed. Arguing before a bench of Justice B N Chaturvedi and Justi..

 A few US nationals will be deposing before the special sessions court in the 26/11 terror attack case this week. According to sources, agents of Callphonex, a Voice over Internet Protocol service provider based in New Jersey, are likely to depose in the court on the conversations between the attackers and their Pakistan-based h..

The Gujarat Government informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the family members of Sohrabuddin, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in November 2005. A bench, headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee, directed the Narendra Modi Government to pay the compensation to the mother and brother of the deceased.  ..

Investigations into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian took a new turn when it came to light that key forensic evidence relating to the vaginal swabs of the two victims have been allegedly tampered with.  While there was no official word from either Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory..

In a major twist to Sister Abhaya murder case, the CBI today informed Kerala High Court that a Supreme Court Judge had visited the Forensic Science Laboratory in Bangalore and viewed the CD documenting the narco analysis tests conducted on the three accused in the case. ..