criminal law

The trial in the Mumbai terror attacks case could not begin on Wednesday as a special court in Mumbai revoked its order appointing advocate Anjali Waghmare to defend the lone surviving militant, Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab. Judge M L Tahilyani directed that Waghmare will not represent Kasab as she had not disclosed to the court that she had already been appointed by Bombay High Court legal aid ..

The lone terrorist captured in the Mumbai terror strike, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab on Wednesday demanded a Pakistani lawyer to defend him as the trial started here with his assigned counsel Anjali Waghmare being removed on grounds of "professional misconduct". Kasab, the prime accused in the Nov 26-29 Mumbai terror attack in which over 170 people were killed, was present in person for the first..

The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on the petitions seeking transfer of cases related to the 2002 Gujarat communal violence outside the state of Gujarat to ensure free and fair trial. A bench headed by Mr Justice Arijit Pasayat reserved the verdict after hearing the parties and directed them to file their suggestions on the issue of protection of witnesses and other issues raised by ..

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court had ruled that delaying in lodging the FIR in a case of sexual assault is normal and the prosecution case cannot be thrown out on the ground of delay in lodging the FIR. A bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice Mukundakam Sharma, while upholding the conviction and sentence of a rapist of an eleven-year-old girl, noted ‘This court can take judic..

The trial against arrested Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and 45 others, accused of 26/11 attacks, will finally commence from tomorrow in a special court room at the Arthur Road Jail with an opening address of Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. Mr Nikam told UNI that the trial would begin before designated court Judge M L Tahaliyani from tomorrow with his opening address des..

The lone gunman captured during the November Mumbai terrorist attacks will appear in person for the first time before a special court in Mumbai today. Police have increased security, regulated traffic and restricted movement of people in the vicinity of Arthur Road Jail where Ajmal Amir Kasab is lodged and where he will appear before the court, Times of India newspaper reported yesterday. Kasab ..

The Supreme Court has held that office bearers of a registered cooperative society are public servants and can be prosecuted on the charges of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph while allowing the appeal of state of Madhya Pradesh directed that Rameshwar, Chairman of Indore Premier Cooperative Bank Ltd and other Directo..

Rejecting Varun Gandhi's charge that he was booked under NSA due to political reasons; the UP govt on Saturday told the Supreme Court that his recent speeches in Pilibhit had communal overtones and blamed the BJP candidate for the chaos on the day of his surrender. In its 35-page response to the notice issued by the apex court on 2nd April, the state government said the inflammatory statement..

LONDON: Britain is considering an anti-dowry law to curb spousal violence among expatriate Indians. British MP Virendra Sharma has said he had raised the demand for a law to protect women’s rights, in the House of Commons. Sharma, currently on a visit to India, reviewed facilities for applicants at the UK VFS centre in Jalandhar. He said spousal violence is an issue among the Indians living in ..

The Kadkaddooma court adjourned the 1984 riot matter to 28 th of April and sought recorded CDs of few of the witness, however the CBI kept on insisting that the matter against Tytler shall be closed and the court is bound to accept the report...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in the multi-crore Satyam accounting fraud case against the company’s disgraced founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight others. The 76-page chargesheet was filed before the special court in Hyderabad under various sections of Indian penal code for cheating and forgery. Besides Raju, those named in the chargesheet include h..

The Supreme Court has said that undue sympathy shown by courts towards criminals would undermine public confidence in the efficacy of law and promote lawlessness in the country. Undue sympathy to impose inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system by undermining the public confidence in the efficacy of law, and society, which could not endure such serious threats for long, it ..

The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in the Satyam accounting fraud case involving thousands of crores of rupees against company's founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight others. The 76-page chargesheet was filed before the special court here under various sections of Indian penal code for cheating and forgery. Besides Raju, those named in the chargesheet include his brother and former managi..

The Supreme Court has ruled that even people not named in the original chargesheet filed by police can be summoned by courts for the purpose of facilitating further investigations into a crime or during the trial. "The prime consideration for further investigation is to arrive at the truth and do real and substantial justice. The hands of the investigating agency for further probe should not b..

The CBI will file the charge-sheet on 9th April against Sataym founder B Ramalinga Raju and other accused, which could lead to beginning of trail in the multi-crore accounting fraud case in the IT Company. "We will be filing a charge-sheet on 9th April but the investigations into the case would continue even after that," CBI Director Ashwani Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of the 10th ..