Criminal Law News Ex-PM & high & mighty came under Delhi courts’ scan December 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cases of corruption and multi- crore rupee scams hogged the limelight in 2014 with names of the high and mighty, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cropping up in trial courts here besides bringing down curtains on the 1975 murder case of the then Railway Minister L N Mishra. Read more » Delhi courts' scan Ex-PM under Delhi court scan
Criminal Law News Court awards life imprisonment for rape-murder of minor December 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a minor girl in Rangiya district over nine years back. Sessions Judge B K Chetry sentenced Dandeswar Barman for raping and murdering the 12-year old class six student in July 2005. Barman, a resident of Gasbari area of Goreswar […] Read more » life imprisonment for rape-murder rape-murder of minor Sessions Judge B K Chetry
Criminal Law News Acid attack victims allege custodial violence : HC December 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the city’s Police Commissioner to ensure preservation of CCTV footage of December 18 at Parliament Street police station on a plea by some acid attack victims that they were subjected to “custodial violence” while holding a peaceful protest. Justice Vibhu Bakhru also issued s notice to Delhi Police seeking […] Read more » Acid attack victims custodial violence preservation of CCTV footage The Delhi High Court
Criminal Law News Asaram case: Court rejects woman’s plea for new statement December 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Gandhinagar on Monday turned down the plea of a 33-year-old woman, who had accused self-styled godman Asaram of sexual assault, to record a fresh statement under section 164 of CrPc. The woman had last week filed the application seeking re-recording of her statement in connection with the case. During hearing today, turned down […] Read more » Asaram case Chief Judicial Magistrate J S Parikh Chief Judicial Magistrate J S Parikh in asaram case Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar in asaram case
Criminal Law News Delhi saw 100 per cent rise in crime graph in 2014 December 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police made several arrests of key members of banned Indian Mujahideen this year including its chief Tehseen Akhtar but faced major law and order challenges with Trilokpuri riots and a 100 per cent . Women security, which has been the Achilles’ heel of the force since the brutal gangrape of a physiotherapy student in […] Read more » 100 per cent rise in crime graph rise in crime graph spurt in crime graph in the national capital
Criminal Law News Rape accused Uber cab driver sent to judicial custody in separate forgery case December 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The driver of US-based cab service provider Uber, who was arrested for allegedly raping a 27-year -old woman executive in Gurgaon, was on Friday remanded in judicial custody till January 2 by a Delhi court in connection with a separate forgery case lodged against him. Metropolitan Magistrate Jagminder Singh denied the plea of Delhi Police […] Read more » Delhi Legal Services Authority counsel Nisha Sahni Metropolitan Magistrate Jagminder Singh Uber cab driver Uber cab driver i forgery case Uber cab driver sent to judicial custody
Criminal Law News Ban on death penalty moratorium government’s negligence: Ex-judge December 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the Pakistan government is wrapping up mercy appeals of convicts after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif revoked the moratorium on death penalty, former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry termed the moratorium as the government’s negligence, media reported Thursday. The former chief justice stated that “it should not have been enforced”, according to a […] Read more » Ban on death penalty former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry massacre in a Peshawar school Peshawar High Court
Criminal Law News SP MLA brothers acquitted in abduction case December 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has acquitted two SP MLAs who were facing trial for allegedly abducting voters during elections for the post of block head in Jahangirabad here. MLA Bhagwan Sharma alias Guddu Pandit and his younger brother Mukesh Sharma, were yesterday cleared of the charges by the court of Special Judge Rajat Singh Jain after […] Read more » Guddu Pandit younger brother Mukesh Sharma Special Judge Rajat Singh
Criminal Law News QNet’s franchise challenges ban on entering Cafe Coffee Day December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly two months after Mumbai Police ordered popular coffee shop Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) to shut doors to representatives of Hong Kong-based multi-level marketing company QNet, one of its franchises has challenged the ban in the Karnataka High Court. “Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Pvt Ltd has moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the ban imposed […] Read more » Cafe Coffee Day challenges ban on entering Cafe Coffee Day Karnataka High Court QNet founder Vijay Eswaran QNet's franchise Special Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat
Criminal Law News Saradha scam: Bengal minister Mitra arrives in CBI office December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam. Mitra, who was summoned by the CBI for the second time, reached the CGO Complex here at 11 a.m, officials said. The CBI had summoned Mitra November 18 for the first time […] Read more » Bengal minister Mitra multi-crore rupee Saradha scam Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose Rajya Sabha members Kunal Ghosh Saradha scam Textile Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra
Criminal Law News Uber cab rape case: Investigating officer faces court’s ire December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The investigating officer in the Uber cab rape case today came under fire by a Delhi court when she was unable to respond properly to its queries, including that on the probe into the alleged fake licence possessed by the accused driver. “Whether the driving licence of Yadav was genuine or fake and when was […] Read more » Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey Shiv Kumar Yadav's licence fake Uber cab rape case
Criminal Law News Two held guilty in girl’s suicide case December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than two years after a college girl, Kanchan Bala Jha, committed suicide driven by harassment by six people in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, a court today convicted two persons, including a girl, for abetment to suicide and acquitted four others for lack of evidence. The Ad Hoc Additional District and Sessions Judge Md. Irshad Ali […] Read more » Sessions Judge Md. Irshad Ali SRK Goenka College suicide case The Ad Hoc Additional District
