criminal law

 The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the increasing number of cases of sexual assault, involving rape and murder of minor girls. Two judges of the apex court, however, differed on the quantum of sentence while upholding the conviction of a person in a rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, who was a student of class four, in Surat district of Gujarat in 1999. Presiding j..

Clearing the air on the issue of Ottavio Quattrochi’s name being taken off from its wanted list, the CBI today said the decision was taken on basis of the country’s highest judicial advice. CBI spokesman Harh Bal said the issue will be heard in the Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on April 30 and the country’s premier investigative agency will giv..

After contending that he is a minor and not liable to be tried in a court, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman who rampaged through Mumbai last November and presently in judicial custody has been certified to be a major as per medical experts. This was disclosed by the special public Prosecutor, Ujjwal Nikam ..

With wide ramification for the policy of liberalisation being followed by the government, the Supreme Court has ruled that if government sells country’s assets to private persons or players at a price lesser than their market value, such action amounts to cheating the country. A bench, comprising Justices Lokeshwar Singh Panta (since retd) and B Sudarshan Reddy, who set aside the judgment of th..

AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa on Friday got a major relief from the Supreme Court which allowed withdrawal of the 'London Hotel case' against her in which she was accused of illegally acquiring property abroad. The apex court order came on an application filed by the Tamil Nadu Government after it received an opinion from the Special Public Prosecutor that the charges against the former Chief M..

The designated court, hearing the trial of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, granted time till May second to Abbas Kazmi, representing lone arrested Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, to go through the 11,000-page chargesheet and other related documents. Mr Kazmi had yesterday filed an application before Judge M L Tahiliyani seeking four weeks time to go through the documents before submitting a reply t..

Union Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay and Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane may be summoned to appear as defence witnesses in the 26/11 terror attacks case.Replying to the opening address of the case by special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, defence advocate Ejaz Naqvi, who is representing Sabauddin Shaikh, accused of involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks, refermed to s..

Mumbai, April 21 (PTI) Ujjwal Nikam, special public prosecutor in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack case, today urged the trial court to order an inquiry to determine whether prime accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was a juvenile when he allegedly committed crime. The prosecution asking for an inquiry before the start of the trial is considered significant in legal circles as it does want the ..

Designated Court Judge M L Tahiliyani, hearing the 26/11 accused Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s trial, today reserved his order till tomorrow on an application filed by Abbas Kazmi, representing lone arrested Pakistani terrorist, praying for four-week time to submit his reply on the opening of the case by special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.Mr Kazmi also made another application pray..

Prime accused and lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, on Monday departed from his earlier stand, saying he could not understand the proceedings of the court conducted in English. "Except for words ... Kasab and Pakistan .... I cannot understand what the prosecutor is telling the court," accused Kasab told Judge M L Tahilyani. Twice earlier..

The retraction of his confessional statement by Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the 26/11 attacks in the city, immediately after being served its copy does not hold any legal value, according to experts in the fraternity. Speaking to UNI, Advocate Farhana Shah, who had represented Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 serial blasts case, said in the blasts cas..

The Supreme Court of India has held that a law cannot be declared invalid simply on the ground that it is likely to be misused. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and M K Sharma while upholding the conviction of a husband under section 498-A IPC (Cruelty for dowry) noted 'It is well settled that mere possiblity of abuse of a provision of law does not per se invalidate a legislation.' 'It ..

The designated court judge M L Tahilyani rejected a petition seeking transfer of case of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the 26/11 terror attacks in the city, to the juvenile court.Kasab’s lawyer Abbas Kazmi told the court that Kasab had stated to him that he was a minor during the attacks and based on this, advocate Kazmi submitted before the court ..

The trial in the Mumbai terror attack case opened on Friday with the sole surviving terrorist Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab seeking retraction of his confession and the prosecution saying he and the other killed terrorists were given military and intelligence training in Pakistan. The trial commenced with the new defence lawyer S G Abbas Kazmi, appointed by the court after Anjali Waghmare was repla..

Pursuant to a suit filed against a multinational bank for fraud and conspiracy by its employee for removing her from job illegally, the Delhi High Court has issued notices to the ICICI bank, its CMD and 11 others with directions to file their reply by May 27. Issuing the notices to 13 officials of the ICICI bank, along with its Chief Managing director(CMD) M V Kamath, Chief Financial Officer Ch..