Criminal Law News Man kills vagabond to fake own death October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused any leniency to a man who faked his death by killing a vagabond and placing his identity proofs at the spot so that the body was taken to be his and he could thus “avoid the liability of criminal cases he was undergoing”. “The law that a person cannot […] Read more » fake own death Justice Mukta Gupta Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
Criminal Law News NTPC to seek clarification from SC on three mines October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Thermal Power Corporation on Tuesday said it would seek a clarification from the Supreme Court on its recent order that cancelled the allocation of three coal mines that belonged to the state-owned firm. Of the 218 coal mines reviewed by the apex court, six blocks — Pakri-Barwadih, Kerandari, Chatti-Bariatu and Chatti -Bariatu (south) in […] Read more » Chatti -Bariatu (south) in Jharkhand Dulanga mines in Odisha mines in Dulanga mines in Kerandari mines in Tallaipali SC on three mines Tallaipali in Chhattisgarh Tallaipali in Chhattisgarh and Dulanga mines in Odisha
Criminal Law News Property row: HC upholds life term for man who beheaded father October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the life sentence for a 36-year-old man from Nashik district, convicted for the murder of his father over a share in the ancestral property. A division bench of Justices V K Tahilramani and A R Joshi last week dismissed the appeal filed by convict Bhausaheb Sahadu Jakhere, who is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A.R. Joshi Justices V K Tahilramani life term for man who beheaded father Property row
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases AgustaWestland chopper deal case: Businessman Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Businessman Gautam Khaitan, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, has been sent to judicial custody till tomorrow by a Delhi court. Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria had yesterday sent Khaitan in two-day judicial custody after ED submitted that he was not […] Read more » AgustaWestland chopper AgustaWestland chopper deal case Businessman Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria
Criminal Law News Wife’s murder: HC reduces life sentence of man to 10 years October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has reduced to ten years the life imprisonment sentence awarded to a man for killing his wife by striking a blow on her neck at their home in Nashik nine years ago. A bench of Justices V K Tahilramani and A R Joshi said the convict Narayan Mahaskar was guilty under […] Read more » Bombay High Court HC reduces life sentence of man to 10 years Justice A.R. Joshi Justices V K Tahilramani life imprisonment wife's murder
Criminal Law News Woman raped repeatedly in Mumbai after being promised job October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Woman raped repeatedly in Mumbai after being promised job A 23-year-old woman, who came to Mumbai in search of a job was allegedly raped repeatedly for nearly a year by a 57-year-old man in Arnala locality of Virar here, rural police said today. According to API N K Jangam of Virar police station, the victim landed in the house of the accused, Tejpal Singh […] Read more » Woman raped repeatedly
Criminal Law News Jail terms for 4 for impersonating as CBI officers October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four men, accused of robbing a shop by impersonating as CBI officers, have been sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court which considered the “serious nature of offences”. Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar handed down the jail term to Delhi residents Sudhanshu Shukla, Deshraj, Charan Singh and Saunda Rajan for entering the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar fake CBI identity cards robbing a shop by impersonating as CBI officers
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Jaya IT returns case adjourned to October 16 October 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Jaya IT returns case adjourned to October 16 A court here today adjourned the income tax cases against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala to October 16. On September 24, the Madras High Court dispensed with the appearance of Jayalalithaa and Sasikala in the income tax returns case at the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court (economic offences) here. On September 18, the […] Read more » income tax cases against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa Jaya IT returns case
Criminal Law News Man acquitted of charge of raping married woman in Delhi October 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charges of raping and cheating a woman, who had alleged that he developed sexual relations with her on a false promise of marriage, saying she could not have tied the knot with him during subsistence of her earlier marriage. The court said the facts of the case […] Read more » charge of raping
Criminal Law News Jayalalithaa fails to get immediate relief again October 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa will have to stay in prison for at least six more days as the vacation bench of the Karnataka High Court today posted for October 7 hearing on her pleas for suspension of the sentence and immediate bail in the disproportionate assets case. As Jayalalithaa sought immediate relief, the court yesterday […] Read more » Jailed AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa’s counsel Ram Jethmalani Justice Rathnakala
Criminal Law News Dawood Ibrahim & Chhota Shakeel declared as proclaimed offenders in IPL spot-fixing case October 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court on Tuesday declared underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and another person as proclaimed offenders in connection with the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal case. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna declared Dawood, Shakeel and Chandigarh-based Sandeep Sharma, who were chargesheeted by the special cell of Delhi police along with suspended cricketers S […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna Chhota Shakeel Dawood Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim & Chhota Shakeel declared as proclaimed offenders IPL spot fixing case
Criminal Law News Calcutta HC extends stay on CBI probe on panchayat member’s murder September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Calcutta HC extends stay on CBI probe on panchayat member’s murder The Calcutta High Court Monday extended the stay of a single bench order directing a CBI investigation into a murder case in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in which a leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress is allegedly involved. Hearing an appeal filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led state government, the division bench of Justices Jayanta Biswas […] Read more » Justice I.C. Das Justices Jayanta Biswas panchayat member's murder
