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The Supreme Court has ruled that social and economic backwardness is one of the mitigating circumstances while commuting the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment. The convicts Mulla and Guddu along with others had abducted five villagers and murdered them in cold blood on December 21, 1995 when they failed to meet their demands for ransom of Rs 10,000 each.br..

The outgoing Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah has said the 17-year-old system of appointment of judges through a collegium should be changed and not left to a single body, but to be transparent and broad based. The selection of judges should be through a broad based body and not left to a collegium, Justice Shah said. ‘I feel if the c..

Retired Supreme Court Judge P V Reddy is going to be the new chairman of the Law Commission of India. According to reliable sources, the Law Ministry has cleared his name to head the Law Commission, which is without chairman since July 2009, when the term of Justice A R Lakshmanan expired. Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily had earlier trie..

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Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) Justice S B Sinha has urged Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to ensure an effective customer care section of each service provider and address the complaint within a specific time. Addressing a one-day seminar on Dispute Resolution Scenario in Telecom and Broadcasting Sectors Justice Sinha said it ..

In an important ruling the Supreme Court has ruled that the property acquired from the criminal activities within the country cannot be confiscated or attached under chapter VIIA of the CrPC untill and unless the crime has international ramifications. A Bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and Surinder Singh Nijjar while dismissing the appeal of the State of Madhya Pradesh also t..

The Supreme Court granted bail to Tullari Srinivas, PWC-auditor of Satyam Computers Limited, involved in a Rs 7,000 crore scandal. Srinivas had allegedly colluded with Satyam Computers chairman R Raju who is also in jail. Raju and Srinivas alongwith others are facing allegations of defrauding lakhs of investors who had invested their hard earned money in Satyam Computers..

Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has been elevated to the Supreme Court. Warrant of appointment of Justice Prasad has been signed by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Justice Prasad was to take oath as Supreme Court Judge along with Justice Swatanter Kumar last month but his file was returned by the Union Law Ministry to the Supreme Court..

The Supreme Court will consider yet another petition on bringing back black money stashed away in banks abroad. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Mr Justice M K Sharma and Mr Justice Deepak Verma will hear the petition alleging that Union Government was not taking any interest in getting back the country’s wealth which if brought back to India, can wipe off po..

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