Criminal Law News Aarushi murder case : Nupur Talwar taken into custody April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dentist Nupur Talwar was Monday taken into custody soon after she surrendered before a Ghaziabad court hearing the 2008 twin murder case of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj. Nupur Talwar faced a non-bailable warrant issued by a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) special court in Ghaziabad after she failed to appear […] Read more » 2008 twin murder case Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj Aarushi murder Aarushi murder case dentist Nupur Talwar domestic help Hemraj Ghaziabad court Hemraj murder of Aarushi murder of Aarushi and Hemraj murder of Aarushi and Hemraj murder of Aarushi and Hemraj case murder of Aarushi and Hemraj case Nupur Nupur Talwar surrender Nupur Talwar surrender before court Nupur Talwar taken into custody
Top Law News Kolkata Slum dwellers’ eviction a crime: Binayak Sen April 30, 2012 / April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing the eviction of people from slums in Nonadanga in the eastern part of the city as a “tragedy and great crime”, human rights activist Binayak Sen Sunday accused the West Bengal government of being inhuman. “It (eviction) is a great tragedy and a great crime committed. It is really inhumane on the part of […] Read more » human rights activist Binayak Sen Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority Nonadanga in the eastern part tragedy and great crime
Top Law News NHRC urged to help woman who tried to end life April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to help a woman who tried to end her life outside the Gurgaon deputy commissioners office on April 24 after being cheated in a land deal. The Bharatiya Janata Partys human rights cell has written to the NHRC chairman get the woman justice. We have requested the […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Partys human rights cell cheated in a land deal deputy commissioner P.C. Meena land deal National Human Rights Commission NHRC
Criminal Law News Court slams police for lax probe into suicide April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ordered proper investigation into the death of a man found with a bullet injury on the forehead in north Delhi, observing that no finger prints were lifted from the firearm used in the suicide. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Wason in his order passed recently pulled up police for conducting the investigation in […] Read more » Delhi court Delhi High Court Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Wason suicide case
Top Law News Child marriages : Government to hold national consultation April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a serious view of child marriages in the country, the government has decided to hold a national consultation on the issue with the states. A core group has been constituted by the women and child development ministry to organise the first national consultation this year to prevent child marriages, a ministry official said. “National […] Read more » child marriage child marriages marriage of Child National consultation social evils
Top Law News Graft case : Former Delhi judge awarded 3-year jail April 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday awarded a 3-year jail term to a former judge in a 26-year-old graft case. Special CBI judge VK Maheshwari sentenced former judge Gulab Tulsiyani to undergo three years’ rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. Tulsiyani, while holding the post of […] Read more » Delhi court graft case judge Gulab Tulsiyani Special CBI judge VK Maheshwari special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court
Top Law News Jharkhand to make law to seize corrupt officers’ properties April 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a move to curb corruption in government offices, Jharkhand Chief Miniter Arjun Munda has given his consent to an ordinance to set up special courts which will have the power to seize/attach properties of corrupt officials. “Chief Minister Munda has given his approval to set up ‘Jharkhand special court ordinance 2012’. The ordinance has […] Read more » corrupt officials Electronic Delivery Services Act Jharkhand Chief Miniter Arjun Munda Jharkhand special court ordinance 2012 properties of corrupt officials Right to Services Act
Criminal Law News Witchcraft charge : Woman forced to eat human excreta April 29, 2012 / April 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman in a village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday. Krishna Kumari Devi, in her early 30s, was first abused and beaten in Bathnaha village in Sitamarhi, about 150 km from here, on suspicion of practising […] Read more » Bihar Human Rights Commission Bihar's Sitamarhi district eat human excreta Prevention of Witch Hunting Act 1999 witchcraft charge
High Profile Cases Bangaru Laxman’s sentencing: Key points of the judgment April 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday awarded four years’ rigorous imprisonment to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in 2001. The court also slapped him with a fine of Rs.1 lakh. Following are the key points of the verdict: 1. Character or class is not […] Read more » Bangaru Laxman Bangaru Laxman's sentencing Bangaru Laxman's sentencing case Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman Delhi court fake arms dealer fake arms dealer in 2001
Top Law News Odisha court orders boy to clean hospital area for theft April 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Odisha has ordered a boy to clean the outdoor of a hospital for six months as he was found guilty in a theft case, a government lawyer said Saturday. Namita Das, chief judcial magistrate at Bhadrak, about 140 km from here, awarded this punishment to the 17-year-old boy (name withheld) after holding […] Read more » lawyer Jatikanta Nayak Namita Das chief judcial magistrate theft case
High Profile Cases Bribery case : Bangaru Laxman sentenced to four years’ jail April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bribery case : Bangaru Laxman sentenced to four years’ jail A court here on Saturday sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in a fictitious arms deal case 11 years ago. 72-year-old Laxman, also a former Union minister, was yesterday convicted by […] Read more » 11 years ago arms deal case Bangaru Laxman BJP BJP president BJP president Bangaru Laxman Bribery case CDs showing Laxman accepting money four years' jail HHTIs Judge Kanwal Jeet Arora Prevention of Corruption Act
Criminal Law News Court rejects senior Rajasthan police officer’s bail plea April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajasthan High Court Friday rejected the bail application of suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A. Ponnuchami who was arrested for his alleged involvement in killing of criminal Dara Singh in a staged shoot-out, a lawyer said. Ponnuchami had been arrested May 16 last year after he turned up before the CBI (Central Bureau of […] Read more » criminal Dara Singh IPS officer A. Ponnuchami Rajasthan High Court Rajasthan police officer