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In a major relief to the DDA , the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has given a clean chit to the housing agency in the multi-million housing scam that came to the fore last year, highly placed sources said today. The revelation was made during the DDA’..

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for calling the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi a ‘naatakbaaz.’. The petitioner had sought directions to the Union government to lay down some guidelines in order to protect the honour of Mahatma Gandhi and other national leaders, martyrs and freedom fighters. p..

Lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the 26/11 attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab today said he wished to observe ‘Roza’ in jail, during the holy month of Ramzan, beginning from August 23. As soon as court’s proceeding for the day was completed today, Kasa..

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.  CBI counsel S Sreekumar stated before a Division Bench comprising Justices K Balakrishnan Nair and ..

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 an NRI B J Lakhani who is facing allegations o..

The Madras High Court has said the CB-CID should complete investigation with in three months and submit the final report in a case relating to alleged kidnapping of three people and damage to their property in Erode district last year. Justice P R Sivakumar passed the order on a petition filed by B R Rangasamy, V Gobinath and R Mohanraj of Erode district, cited as accused i..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of a Pardhi tribesman and his wife, after the latter was gangraped, besides destabilisation of 50 families of Betul district’s Chauthia village by a group of politically-affiliated persons who ransacked their dwellings on September 11, 2007. Chief Justice A K Patnaik an..

Hubby's emails pick holes in wife's cruelty claims By Gyanant Singh in New Delhi A SUPREME Court bench turned to personal emails exchanged between a couple to decide whether the wife had been subjected to cruelty as alleged by her. The case was decided in favour of the husband after the court noted that there was no reference to..

 The Allahabad High Court refused to order a CBI probe into arson and vandalisation that took place at Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) Chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s Lucknow residence on the night of July 15. A division bench comprising Justices Ravindra Singh and N A Moonis passed this order on a writ petition filed by Dr Joshi, seeking quashing of an FIR lodged ..

The Delhi High Court rejected the bail plea of Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal, undergoing life imprisonment on the charges of abducting and killing Nitish Katara, son of a senior IAS officer, in 2002. Dismissing the bail application, a bench comprising Justices B D Ahmed and P K Bhasin directed the Delhi Government to take over the case as there was considerable confusio..

The Supreme Court issued notices to former Uttar Pradesh MP Afzal Ansari, seeking cancellation of bail granted to him by the Allahabad High Court in the BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case. A bench headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee issued the notice after hearing CBI counsel who contended that the accused was a terror in the area and no witness would dare to depose against..

In yet another interesting move, lone captured terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab backtracked from his earlier statement that he wanted to confess all the charges leveled against him in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. When judge Tahiliyani asked him why he was saying so, Kasab said, ‘I don’t want to say anything in this regard or confess anything. You can continue with the trial.’ He said ‘Jo bhi baat..

About three weeks after his surprise confession, Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the prime accused in the 26/11 terror attacks, told the court on Friday that he wanted to plead guilty to all the charges framed against him. The judge M L Tahaliyani, however, told Kasab to discuss his plea with his lawyer and inform ..

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The Delhi High Court upheld the death penalty of an accused who brutally murdered two sons of his brother-in-law six years ago. A bench comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kaur said the accused Rajesh Kumar has shattered the trust of a family bonding, thus his case falls under the category of the rarest of rare case and he is subjected to death penalty. ..