Criminal Law News Court frames defamation charge against Jagdish Tytler March 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was on Monday put on trial by a Delhi court which framed defamation charge against him on a complaint filed by a senior advocate representing the victims in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.The court issued notice under provision of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to Mr. Tytler saying he had prime […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots defamation charge against Jagdish Tytler defamation charge vs Jagdish Tytler H.S. Phoolka defamation case Jagdish Tytler
Criminal Law News 3 get life term for murder over illicit relationship February 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 3 get life term for murder over illicit relationship A 65-year-old man and his two sons were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a man over an illicit relationship. District assistant judge Nazima Banu also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 each on Perumal (65), Kunjupaiyan (39) and Govindaraj (34) of Thalasampatti near here. Prosecution case was that Palanivel, […] Read more » District assistant judge Nazima Banu illicit relationship life term for murder murder murder over illicit relationship
Criminal Law News Man acquitted of charge of raping girl February 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has acquitted a man of the charge of raping a girl on the false pretext of marriage after noting that the victim had turned hostile. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma let off a Delhi resident in the case as it also noted that the girl deposed before the court that she and […] Read more » acquitted of charge of raping Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma raping a girl on the false pretext of marriage
Criminal Law News Court bars Pachauri from entering TERI office February 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) Director-General R K Pachauri, facing sexual harassment allegations from a woman employee, was on Thursday barred from entering the office premises by a Delhi court, which extended interim protection from arrest granted to him till March 27. Additional Sessions judge Raj Kumar Tripathi also restrained Pachauri from contacting Teri’s […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi Court bars Pachauri Director-General R K Pachauri Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra Teri TERI office The Energy and Resources Institute
Criminal Law News Abu Salem sentenced to life imprisonment in builder Pradeep Jain murder case February 26, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Tada court on Wednesday sentenced gangster Abu Salem to life imprisonment for the murder of builder Pradip Jain in 1995. His former driver Mehendi Hasan was also sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentencing comes more that a week after the duo were convicted in the 1995 murder of city builder Pradeep Jain. Builder […] Read more » Abu Salem sentenced to life imprisonment in builder defence advocate Sudeep Pasbola Pradeep Jain murder case Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam
Criminal Law News Every driver should be in full control of vehicle: Court February 26, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is the responsibility of every driver to be in full control of his vehicle and to drive at a speed so as not to endanger lives of others, a Delhi court has observed while upholding jail term of a bus driver whose “reckless” driving led to the death of a scooterist. District and Sessions […] Read more » District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra full control of vehicle
Criminal Law News Man jailed for pick-pocketing tourist at Red Fort February 25, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has refused to release on probation a man convicted of pick-pocketing a tourist at Red Fort, saying he appeared to be a “professional criminal” who targeted innocent tourists. Additional Sessions Judge Hemani Malhotra passed the order while upholding the two-year jail term awarded to Delhi resident Ayaz Ahmad by a magisterial court […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Hemani Malhotra jailed for pick-pocketing tourist
Criminal Law News Delhi court denies bail to juvenile February 23, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has rejected the bail plea of a juvenile, accused in an attempt to murder case, saying his parents have no control over the boy who indulged in a similar crime when he was out on bail in another offence.Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma upheld the order of a Juvenile Justice Board […] Read more » bail to juvenile Care and Protection Act Delhi court denies bail to juvenile JJB Juvenile Justice Board offence.Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma says boy out of parents control
Criminal Law News Mamata Banerjee’s aide Shibaji Panja granted bail February 23, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Local court in Barrackpore in West Bengal has granted bail to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s close aide and businessman Sibaji Panja, who was arrested on Saturday on charges of financial fraud. The court granted him bail on a personal bond of rupees 50 thousand. Panja was a member of a delegation during West Bengal […] Read more » Mamata Banerjee's aide Shibaji Panja Shibaji Panja granted bail
Criminal Law News Bombay High Court gives lifer to man who killed wife and child February 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Setting aside the death penalty, the Bombay High Court awarded life imprisonment to a 35-year-old resident of suburban Nalasopara who had stoned his wife and minor daughter to death and later chopped off their heads in July 2011. A bench of justices V M Kanade and Anuja Prabhudessai sentenced Ayare to life on Friday, saying […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice Anuja Prabhu Dessai Justice V.M. Kanade lifer to man who killed wife and child
Criminal Law News “Interim relief is for assisting woman & child” February 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has asked a man to pay Rs 15,000 per month to his estranged wife and children in a domestic violence case, saying the object of interim relief is to prevent “vagrancy and destitution” and assist the family in distress. Read more » Interim relief
Criminal Law News Delhi police constable acquitted in rape case as woman turns hostile February 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi Police constable, accused of raping and deceitfully marrying a woman after concealing his first marriage, has been acquitted by a court here after the alleged victim turned hostile and said she had lodged the complaint because he stopped bearing her expenses. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain absolved the police man, a resident of […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain constable acquitted in rape case
