Criminal Law News Judicial custody of Italian marines extended April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kerala court Monday extended till April 30 the judicial custody of the two Italian security officials arrested for gunning down two Indian fishermen. Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone have been lodged in the central prison here. The court in Kollam had sent them to 14 days custody on Feb 20 and police were initially […] Read more » Indian fishermen Italian marines Kerala court
Criminal Law News Bihar court acquits 23 in caste massacre case April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena. “The high court acquitted them on the basis of lack of […] Read more » Bihar court massacre case Ranvir Sena chief Barmeshwar Singh
Criminal Law News Gurgaon Girlcott ends, malls say it had no impact April 16, 2012 / April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Gurgaon Girlcott ends, malls say it had no impact Gurgaon Girlcott – a movement to urge women in the city to keep away from splurging at restaurants, malls and salons to protest against rising crimes against the fairer sex, ended on Sunday with some mall managers claiming that the protest had little impact while the campaigners maintained that it was a success.didn’t open their […] Read more » crimes against the fairer sex Gurgaon Girlcott MGF Metropolitan Mall Manager Denise Singh
Criminal Law News Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused April 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused No accused should be allowed to wrongly seek leniency under the guise of being a minor, the Supreme Court has said, slamming a trial court for allowing a rape accused to face a court for juvenile delinquents as there was ambiguity over his age in school records. The Supreme Court said the statutory protection provided […] Read more » Justice G.S. Misra Justice G.S. Singhvi legislation Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000 Rajasthan High Court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Four ‘Trinamool workers’ held for thrashing professor April 15, 2012 / April 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four people were arrested Saturday for assaulting Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, who allegedly circulated “defamatory” cartoons of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress colleagues. A court granted them bail after a few hours. “The accused, who were produced before a court, have been granted bail as the offences they were […] Read more » Communist Party of India-Marxist defamatory" cartoons Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Criminal Law News Supreme Court approves reclamation of Karnataka mines April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday gave its nod to its central empowered committee’s plan for the reclamation and rehabilitation of the iron ore mines in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts of Karnataka. An apex court forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Swatanter Kumar, while accepting the recommendations of the CEC, […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Aftab Alam Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka mines Supreme Court
Criminal Law News MCD councillor who instigated murder gets interim bail April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday granted interim bail till April 17 to Madhav Prasad, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor arrested for allegedly instigating his supporters to knife a party worker to death. Jai Prakash, 37, a painting contractor, was killed Tuesday night by the supporters of Madhav Prasad at the Azadpur railway station in north Delhi. […] Read more » Judge A.K. Chawla Madhav Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party councillor
Criminal Law News No arrest for Nupur Talwar, rules Supreme Court April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday told the Supreme Court that it will not arrest dentist Nupur Talwar in the Aarushi murder case as long as her petition seeking the cancellation of a non-bailable warrant against her is pending before the court. An apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice J.S. Khehar sought a commitment from […] Read more » Aarushi murder case Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia dentist Nupur Talwar Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News ‘Parliament should award death penalty for crimes against elderly’ April 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ‘Parliament should award death penalty for crimes against elderly’ A Delhi court Thursday urged parliament to award capital punishment in cases where a senior citizen is the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar said: “This court feels that our wise representatives in the parliament should provide for capital punishment in such cases also where senior citizens are the victims, so as to teach a […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar crimes against elderly Delhi court
Criminal Law News Shehla murder: Congress demands arrest of BJP legislator April 13, 2012 / April 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of Congressmen cadres Thursday demanded the arrest of Bhartiya Janata Party legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh, after Zahida Parvez, the prime accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood’s murder, alleged that he was deeply involved in the murder. The Congress cadres also alleged a conspiracy hatched by senior party leaders in Delhi. Masood was assassinated on […] Read more » Bhartiya Janata Party legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh India Against Corruption (IAC) Shehla murder
Criminal Law News Kolkata hospital fire: Director gets bail April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director S K Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December. “A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justices A K Roy and A K Ray granted bail […] Read more » AMRI Hospital director S K Todi Calcutta High Court Justice A K Ray Justice A.K. Roy Kolkata hospital fire
Criminal Law News Nupur Talwar moves Supreme Court against warrant April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Nupur Talwar moves Supreme Court against warrant A day after she was reported missing, dentist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi, Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay of the non-bailable warrant issued against her by a special CBI court. The apex court bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik said since the matter was […] Read more » Aarushi murder Justice A.K. Patnaik Nupur Talwar Supreme Court