Criminal Law News Three get death for honour killing in Punjab December 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Punjab three people, including a woman has sentenced to death by court on a two-year-old case of honour killing of a young couple. The court awarded death sentence to Paramjit Kaur, mother of the slain woman, and her two relatives. Rakesh Kumar, 20, and Pooja, 19, were found murdered in Ferozepur district, over 250 km from […] Read more » 250 km from Chandigarh Ferozepur district killing of a young couple Pooja 19 Punjab Rakesh Kumar 20 sentenced to death
Criminal Law News Five fast track courts approved for Delhi rape cases December 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The High Court in Delhi gave its approval to the setting up of five fast-track courts to deal with cases of sexual assault on women. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw while taking suo moto cognizance of a woman’s gang-rape in a bus told that they “immediately accepted” Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma
Criminal Law News Human Rights Delhi gangrape: Protests held across the country December 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student all angry protests erupted across India with the national capital being the epicentre of demonstrations outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s residence, Police Headquarters and at India Gate. BJP’s Delhi unit also staged protests at Jantar Mantar. Water cannons had been used by the Police to disperse the protesters outside Dikshit’s […] Read more » All India Democratic Womens' Association (AIDWA) All India Students' Association (AISA) BJP Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit gang-rape of a 23-year-old student Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Home Secretary R K Singh Hyderabad India Gate Jantar Mantar Mumbai and Chennai people gathered at on India Gate Police Headquarters Raisina Hills slogan-shouting people staged protests in Bangalore
Criminal Law News High Court takes suo motu cognisance of gang rape, pulls up police December 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High Court takes suo motu cognisance of gang rape, pulls up police Taking suo motu cognizance of the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, the Delhi high court pulled up the city police asking how the offence remained undetected. “This incident is of great concern for all the citizens of the capital city as it relates to the safety particularly of women and girl […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan Delhi High Court gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl police commissioner suo motu cognizance Supreme Court order
Criminal Law News Gangrape in bus: Four days PC for two, third in JC for TIP December 19, 2012 / December 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three other accused arrested for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here on Sunday night were produced before a Delhi court which sent two of them to four-day police custody while the third was sent to 14-day judicial custody. Vinay Sharma, an assistant gym instructor and Pawan Gupta, a fruit seller have […] Read more » 23-year-old girl a fruit seller an assistant gym instructor Central Jail gangraping Metropolitan Magistrate Munirka in south Delhi Namrita Aggarwal Pawan Gupta Ram Singh test identification parade Tihar Tihar Jail Vinay Sharma
Criminal Law News Gang-rape case: Delhi Police Commissioner meets Shinde December 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A meeting of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar held in the wake of the brutal gang-rape of a girl in Delhi during which it was decided that a drive will be launched to ensure removal of tinted glasses and curtains from buses. It was also decided that the mobile number and […] Read more » Delhi Police Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar gang-rape of a girl in Delhi Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde incident at Police Headquarters Jantar Mantar
Criminal Law News Rapists carried on with normal work after the crime: Police December 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar at a news conference gave the details on the ongoing probe which have done by six men with a 23 year old Para-Medical student in a running bus. On Sunday the six men, who allegedly gang-raped a young girl in a moving bus, were apparently so confident they will not […] Read more » Akshay Thakur Chhaya Sharma Delhi Police Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Delhi) driver Ram Singh drunken driving forensic evidences Mukesh Para-Medical student Pawan Raju rape rape in delhi Vinay
Criminal Law News High Court to look into MCOCA provisions for granting bail December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It will have to look into the provision under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) which says an accused can be granted bail if there is reasonable doubt that he or she did not commit the offence”, said by the Bombay High Court. A division bench of justices V M Kanade and P […] Read more » Arif Abubakar Sayyed Chhota Rajan fire at Kaskar's vehicle Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Maharashtra government murder case of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey Paulson Joseph Palitra section 21(4) of MCOCA
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News 2 Zee group editors get bail in Rs 100 cr extortion bid case December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two editors of Zee group were granted bail today by a Delhi court after spending 20 days in jail, in the case of alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm. “Bail is granted to both the accused,” Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra said allowing the plea of Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra Congress MP Naveen Jindal editors of Zee group punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment section 120B of IPC section 384 of IPC section 511 of IPC Zee Business Editor Samir Ahluwalia Zee Group Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary
Criminal Law News Bhanwari Devi case: Court again rejects Malkhan’s bail plea December 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court again rejected bail application of former Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, an accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case. Turning down his petition seeking bail on health grounds, ACJM (SC/ST cases) Girish Kumar Sharma accepted arguments of CBI counsel opposing the plea citing evidences of Malkhan’s involvement in the case. […] Read more » Bhanwari Devi Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case CBI Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi Girish Kumar Sharma
Criminal Law News 1981 AI plane hijack: Two move court for stay of fresh trial December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two alleged Sikh militants, sent back to India in 2000 after serving a life term in Pakistan for hijacking an Air India plane to that country in 1981, have moved a Delhi court seeking stay of a fresh trial against them here for the same offence. The two, in their plea to Additional Chief Metropolitan […] Read more » Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sameer Bajpai Air India Delhi High Court FIR Gajender Singh hijacking an Air India plane India in 2000 Jasbir Singh Jima Karan Singh Kini land in Pakistan Pakistan section 82 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings Sikh militants Tejinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh
Criminal Law News 2G case undertrials move SC against its bench orders December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and others accused on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the order of its bench which had stayed proceedings on all petitions relating to the 2G spectrum case before the Delhi High Court. They sought staying of the April 11, 2011 and November 9, 2012 orders of a special […] Read more » Asif Balwa and Rajiv Aggarwal CBI CBI application charge sheets in the 2G case Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Justice G.S. Singhvi promoter of Swan Telecom senior advocates Rajeev Dhavan senior advocates Ram Jethmalani Shahid Usman Balwa Supreme Court