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 Observing that the custodial interrogation of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in a 2008 case of rioting at Kalyan will not serve any purpose, the Bombay High Court today set aside bail granted to him and asked him to surrender before a Railway court on June 29. Hearing the state government's appeal challenging interim anticipatory bail granted to Raj, Justice Rekha Sondurbaldota observed that the..

SC pulls up Jharkhand HC for writing confused judgment The Supreme Court has pulled up Jharkhand High Court as well as trial court for writing confused judgment while dealing with a murder case. A bench comprising justices VS Sirpurkar and RM Lodha while acquitting a 75-year-old appellant noted ‘We are constrained to observe that the whole attitude has been extremely casual both..

SC declines petition regarding reopening of double murder case The Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition challenging the reopening of a double murder case after a long gap of 24 years. A vacation bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and Aftab Alam was not impressed by the contention of senior counsel K T S Tulsi, who contended that his client would have to prove his innocence a..

A local court today extended till June 20 the CBI custody of NCP MP Padamsinh Patil for his alleged involvement in the murder of senior Congress leader Pawanraj Nimbalkar in 2006. Patil was arrested by the CBI for questioning last week from his son’s house in South Mumbai. His son Rana Jagjitsinh Patil is a minister of State for Cultural Affairs.  ..

 A local court today sentenced seven people, including fake stamp scam mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi, to four years-rigorous imprisonment in connection with multi-crore stamp Scam case of 2001. Additional District and Sessions Judge A B Mahajan found Telgi and six others -- Sirajuddin Nashipude, Samirahmed Abdulajimtulla Telgi, Mohammadmaulali Gaura Singhavee, Mohammadsohail Khalidahmed Sh..

Defence counsel Abbas Kazmi, representing lone arrested Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 attacks case, said Kasab was shown to a witness Nafisa Qureshi before she deposed in the court today. Following an application moved in this regard by Advocate Kazmi, Judge Tahilyani inquired Kasab of this and he said in the morning when he was being brought from his cel..

A city court today granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate to record the statements of Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju and four other accused in the Satyam scam case. In his order, XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate K Sudhakar, in his orders, permitted the ED, coming under the Union Finance Ministry, to question the five accused for eigh..

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals of the killers of Y S Raja Reddy, father of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, on whom a bomb was thrown by the alleged supporters of Telugu Desam Party (TDP). A bomb was hurled at Raja Reddy on May 23, 1998 when he was proceeding in his car to his estate at Gandi village. He died on the spot.  br..

 Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru cannot be hanged till other mercy petitions pending before his are disposed of, feels the government. "The question is that it is not Afzal or anybody. You know you cannot pick and choose and hang people. There is justice," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily was quoted as sayin..

A Delhi court on Thurday sentenced fake stamp papers scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a total fine of Rs 1.30 crore in thr..

Witness protection a must to make justice a reality: SC 11 Jun 2009, 0134 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN ..

A city court ordered that security be provided to the undertrial who has raised the issue of mobile phones being used by the undertrial in Tihar jail. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaweri Baweja also directed the Delhi police to make a fresh inquiry into the allegations of complainant and submit a report before the court on July 25. The court had earlier ..

A total of 48 witnesses were examined by the designated court, conducting the trial in the 26/11 terror attack, and all them identified the accused number one, the lone captured Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. The court examined the witnesses in two cases pertaining to the encounter at the Girgaum Chow..

The Madras High Court today granted bail to former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Bank M Gopalakrishnan and former Assistant General Manager(AGM) of the bank A V Shanmugasundaram, who were sentenced for 14 years rigorous imprisonment by trial court. While admitting their appeal and bail petition, Justice M Jeyapaul reduced the fine amount which was imposed b..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and sitting MP from Osmanabad Padam Singh Patil in connection with murder of congress leader Pavan Raje Nimbalkar. The CBI took custody of Patil when he visited Mumbai for some official work this evening, according to CBI sources here today. The Mumbai Crime Branch has already arrested two peopl..