Criminal Law News Top Law News Five tried in murder case acquitted for lack of evidence October 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Thane district court has acquitted five persons in a murder case for want of sufficient evidence against them. According to the prosecution, on August 22, 2014, the five persons, all in their 20s, allegedly robbed a 26-year-old cloth seller of his money and one of them stabbed him with a pair of scissors in […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case Thane
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Langah surrenders before Gurdaspur court October 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Akali minister Sucha Singh Langah, who had been on the run after a rape case was registered against him, today surrendered before the district court here. Punjab Police had been conducting raids to trace him. “He (Langah) surrendered today in the district court here,” Gurdaspur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said. Langah was booked by […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Langah surrenders before Gurdaspur court Law Legal News Punjab police rape case Sucha Singh Langah
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court awards 2-yr jail to IASRI officer in graft case October 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An officer of the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a special court for taking bribe for issuing a transfer order. The court took a lenient view towards 55-year-old Krishan Pal Singh Gautam, who was posted as chief administrative officer in IASRI, considering family circumstances that he […] Read more » bribe for issuing a transfer order Court Court awards 2-yr jail to IASRI officer Criminal news featured graft case Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi Court grants bail to 63-yr-old woman in cheating case October 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has granted bail to a 63-year-old woman accused of terminating an agreement to sell her house to a couple and duping them of Rs 12.5 crore paid as token money. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain gave the relief to the woman on a personal bond of Rs five lakh and two sureties […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi Court grants bail to woman in cheating case featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam; SC paves way for trial of S Natrajan October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for prosecution of S Natarajan, now a director in the Sriram Group, in the 2004 high-profile ponzi scam involving Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited which allegedly collected Rs 68.50 crore from over 13,000 investors and defaulted in repayment. The apex court set aside a Madras High Court order quashing […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PNL Nidhi Limited Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam S Natrajan Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Treat complaints of stalking seriously : HC October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the police to treat complaints of stalking seriously after a young woman was crippled for life on being shot by her alleged stalker for rejecting his advances. While upholding the man’s conviction and award of life sentence by a trial court for attempting to murder the woman, the high […] Read more » Cases of stalking featured Jaipur Golden Hospital Justice Chander Shekhar Justice G.S. Sistani stalking treat complaints of stalking seriously
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC reduces jail term of man who raped minor September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in view of her testimony that he had physical relations with her “consent”. Justice Pratibha Rani handed the man five years jail term for raping the 14-year-old girl, reducing the sentence of seven years awarded […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court reduces jail term of man who raped minor featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Malegaon blast accused Upadhyay demands police protection September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case who got bail two days ago, has moved the special NIA court here seeking police protection. “Upadhyay has filed an application seeking security, saying there is threat to his life. We have opposed it,” special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal said. Rasal told the court today […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast Ramesh Upadhyay special NIA court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Goa court frames charges against Tarun Tejpal in rape case September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court today framed charges of rape and wrongful confinement against Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, in connection with an alleged rape case filed against him in 2013, paving the way for his trial. Tejpal, 54, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The next hearing in the case in the district court […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Goa Court Law Legal News rape case Tarun Tejpal
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bombay HC refuses to stay framing of charges against Tejpal September 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today refused to stay the framing of charges against Tarun Tejpal in a case of alleged rape, and issued a notice to the Goa government seeking its response to the senior journalist’s plea. The district court in Mapusa had on September 7 refused to drop the charges against Tejpal, who has […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured HC refuses to stay framing of charges against Tejpal Law Legal News rape case Tarun Tejpal
Criminal Law News Top Law News Jail inmate’s death: charge sheet filed against six officials September 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mumbai police today submitted a charge sheet against six jail officials in connection with the death of Byculla Jail inmate Manjula Shette. Shette died here on June 23 after allegedly being beaten up by jail officials. “We have submitted the charge sheet in magistrate’s court,” said a Crime Branch official. The 990-page charge sheet […] Read more » charge sheet filed against six officials by mumbai police Court Criminal news featured Jail inmate's death Law Legal News
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Ram Rahim Singh approaches HC, challenges CBI court order September 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging a special CBI court’s verdict sentencing him to 20 years in prison for raping two disciples. The CBI court in Panchkula on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim to 20 years in prison after his conviction. “We […] Read more » CBI court Court Dera Sacha Sauda featured Law Legal News Punjab and Haryana High Court Ram Rahim Singh approaches High Court
