Criminal Law News Coal scam: CBI completes probe in Hindalco case February 19, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI on Thursady filed its final probe report in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, Hindalco and others before the special court which will consider it on March 11. Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma told the court that the agency has completed the investigation and one more […] Read more » allocation of Talabira II coal block in Orissa coal block allocation coal scam Hindalco case Prevention of Corruption Act Principal Secretary T K A Nair secretary B V R Subramanyam. Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
Criminal Law News Man gets life term for murdering paramour February 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 28-year-old man was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a woman with whom he had an illicit relationship. III Additional Sessions Judge A. Kayalvizhi held A. Ravikumar, an employee of a mobile service provider, guilty of murdering his paramour in a gruesome manner after she refused to hand over […] Read more » life term for murdering paramour
Criminal Law News Nikam seeks death for Salem February 18, 2015 / February 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The prosecution today sought capital punishment for extradited gangster Abu Salem in the builder Pradeep Jain murder case while the defence contended that it would be a violation of the treaty with Portugal. The special TADA court yesterday convicted Salem, his driver Mehendi Hassan and builder Virendra Jhamb for the 1995 murder. “The accused (Salem) […] Read more » death for Salem Pradeep Jain murder case Salem's lawyer advocate Sudeep Pasbola
Criminal Law News Uber rape case: Delhi court to hear final arguments from tomorrow February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial in the sensational Uber cab rape case which has witnessed several twists and turns would enter its final stage, with a Delhi court slated to commence hearing final arguments from tomorrow. The trial in the case, which came to light after the December 5 last year incident, had begun before Additional Sessions Judge […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja driver Shiv Kumar Yadav Uber rape case
Criminal Law News ‘Dead’ murder accused case: HC asks Delhi Police to probe February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed city police to probe whether some of its officers suppressed facts in a case pertaining to identification of a body as that of a murder accused who had jumped bail. The accused had allegedly connived with his family members to show the unidentified body as his own to get […] Read more » 'Dead' murder accused case Anti Auto Theft Squad of Seelampur police station Justice Kailash Gambhir Justice Sunita Gupta
Criminal Law News Court absolves doctor in rape case February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has granted a doctor the liberty to sue a nursing student for damages on account of frame up after acquitting him of the charge of raping her. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma said, “His plight may also continue after his acquittal as his implication may have caused an uproar in society […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma doctor in rape case
Criminal Law News Bihar man held guilty of sexually assaulting 4-yr-old girl February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has held a man guilty of sexually assaulting a four-year-old child, relying on testimonies of the victim and her mother. Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull convicted Raju Ansari for the offence under section 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. “Having regard to the testimony […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull POCSO Act sexually assaulting 4-yr-old girl
Criminal Law News Three convicted in 2011 Rajib Das murder case February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons were on Thursday convicted by a court in Barasat in connection with the killing of 16-year-old student Rajib Das for trying to protect his sister from getting molested by drunken goons four years ago. First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra convicted Biswanath Chatterjee, Mithun Das and Monojit Biswas under sections 302(punishment for […] Read more » First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra Rajib Das murder case
Criminal Law News Delhi court upholds jail term of two men for assaulting a bus driver February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has upheld a three-month jail term for two men who were convicted for injuring and threatening a bus driver here in an over a decade-old-case, saying such “hooliganism” should be strongly deterred. District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra dismissed the appeals of Sonu and Guru Dutt against a magisterial court order that […] Read more » assaulting a bus driver Delhi court upholds jail term of two men District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra
Criminal Law News HC refuses to entertain PIL on Sunanda Pushkar’s death case February 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today rejected a PIL seeking its intervention in the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar, saying it was more of a “publicity interest litigation.””FIR has been registered and the investigation is also being carried out by the senior-most officers of the Delhi Police. We are […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Sunanda Pushkar's death case
Criminal Law News Youth gets 10-yr imprisonment for raping minor girl February 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has sentenced a youth to ten years of imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl at a village in the district.Anantapur fast track court judge B Sunitah found 20-year-old Siddartha Reddy guilty of rape and kidnapping yesterday and also slapped a fine of Rs 22,000 on him. According to prosecution, on August 4, […] Read more » 10-yr imprisonment fast track court judge B Sunitah imprisonment for raping minor girl
Criminal Law News HC to hear appeals of Godhra carnage from Feb 18 February 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High court will conduct from February 18 a day-to-day hearing on appeals in the case of burning the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express on February 2002, near Godhra station in which 59 karsevaks were killed. Justice Anant Dave of the Gujarat High Court will hear appeals of 31 convicts of the case. On […] Read more » Chief Justice V M Sahai Godhra carnage Godhra train carnage case special trial court judge P R Patel
