criminal law

4/2/2009 In a major relief to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu and four others, the Supreme Court dropped the contempt of court proceedings initiated on a petition filed by the AIADMK. A bench comprising Justices B N Agarwal and G S Singhvi dismissed the petition filed by the AIADMK, headed by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeking to prosecu..

The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking justification for detaining Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act (NSA). A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam, after issuing the notice to the state government, adjourned the matter to April 13 for the next hearing. Varun Gandhi, who was put in ja..

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred till May five hearing on the petition filed by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav challenging the institution of a CBI inquiry into the alleged disproportionate assets of his families. A Bench of Justices Altmas Kabir and H L Dattu deferred the hearing as the judgment of a Constitution Bench on the validity of the courts ordering CBI probe was..

SC reserves verdict on Sanjay Dutt's plea The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on the petition filed by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, seeking permission to contest the coming Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow on a Samajwadi Party ticket. Appearing for Munna Bhai, senior counsel Harish Salve submitted before a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathsivam and..

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the review petitions filed by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members in the disproportionate assets case. Mr Mulayum Singhs two sons -- Akhilesh Yadav, MP and Prateek Yadav -- and his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav are also parties in the petition seeking a review of its ruling in the case. A bench headed by Mr Justic..

BJP candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi was today taken into judicial custody and sent to jail after he surrendred in CJM court. Chief Judical Magistrate Vipin Kumar ordered his judicial custody and sent him to jail till March 30 when his bail application will be heard. The court has asked the controversial leader and the investigating officer(IO) to submit relevent papers on March 30. Soo..

A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, V S Sirpurkar and G S Singhvi issued the directions after the CBI sought more time to submit third status report in connection with the provident fund scam in which 36 judges, including one sitting Supreme Court judge, 11 High Court judges and 24 District and Session judges who have been posted in Ghaziabad in time to time, were named as beneficiaries. ..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it wants the Satyam Computers Services founder Ramalinga Raju to undergo a lie detector test in connection with the multi-billion fraud at the IT major. "We have filed an application in a Hyderabad court that we would like to do a polygraph test on Raju. Because we feel that Raju has not shared everything with us. We need more evid..

3/26/2009 The Kerala High Court closed the suo motu contempt proceedings initiated against Malayalam daily Kerala Kaumudi. The contempt proceedings were initiated on the basis of an editorial published by the daily on December 18 last year having imputations against a Single Bench Judge and the then acting Chief Justice of the High Court. A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice K Balakrishn..

The Supreme Court has directed all the courts in Uttar Pradesh to grant interim bail in deserving cases in terms of the full bench judgment of Allahabad High Court in the Amravati vs State of UP case. Virtually substituting the powers of the court to grant interim bail in deserving cases in place of granting anticipatory bail for which there is no provision in UP, a Supreme Court bench comprisi..

New Delhi, March 24: The Supreme Court has held that it is not mandatory for arresting a person involved even in cognizable offences as it can cause "irreparable" damage to a person's reputation. The apex court also said that in Uttar Pradesh since no provision is provided for anticipatory bail, courts should in "appropriate cases" provide interim bail to accused persons. Cognizable offenc..

Mohammad Ajmal Amir (Kasab), the lone gunman arrested for the November 26 terror strikes here, for the first time asked for a lawyer to represent him in the case. In a hearing conducted via video conferencing on Monday, he stated in Hindi, “I want a lawyer.” Ajmal’s plea will be examined by the prosecution in the light of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987. The court will discuss and de..

The Supreme Court has held that in view of revolutionary changes in communication technology, particularly the advent of computerisation, the time has come to relax the condition that the accused must be personally present in the court to be examined by prosecution and in deserving cases, accused can be examined with the help of modern technology without being present personally in the court...

Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought the legal fraternity to ensure equitable distribution of work to prevent flare ups like the one occurred in Chennai recently. ‘Violence occurred in Chennai because young lawyers are disgruntled due to lack of equitable distribution of work. The problem can be solved if the very legal profession, not the government, takes care of the youth,’ he observed whil..

The Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has transferred the Boss music school case to a new bench of three judges headed by Justice B N Agarwal. Other judges on the bench are Justices G S Singhvi and H L Dattu. The new bench will hear on March 23 the contempt of court case initiated suo-motu against five members of the music school, namely Leila David, Annette Kotian, Pavithra Murali, Sa..