Criminal Law News I was denied legal help, Kasab tells Supreme Court February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution. Once an accused, including a foreigner, is tried for an offence in India the provisions related […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Court denies parole to Jessica murder convict January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking parole for three months by Amardeep Singh Gill, sentenced to jail for four years for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lall. Gill was sentenced on charges of destroying evidence along with prime accused Manu Sharma. Gill filed a petition seeking parole to arrange for a house […] Read more » 1999 murder of Jessica Lall Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Dey murder: Vora’s judicial custody extended till Feb 10 January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai special court Monday extended till Feb 10 the judicial custody of woman scribe Jigna Vora, an accused in the 2011 journalist J. Dey murder case, a lawyer said. Dey, Mid-day newspaper’s editor (special investigations), was gunned down June 11, 2011 near his residence in Powai, central Mumbai, by motorcycle-borne assailants. “Maharashtra Control of […] Read more » J. Dey murder case Jigna Vora Special judge S.M. Modak
Criminal Law News Uphaar tragedy: Court seeks file on Amod Kanth January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday called for a file on former Delhi police officer Amod Kanth while hearing a plea seeking sanction to prosecute him for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire here that killed 59 people. The kin of the victims had sought permission to prosecute Kanth for allegedly allowing extra seats in the cinema […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi Uphaar cinema fire Uphaar cinema fire
Criminal Law News Five rapists of minor get life term January 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saying that scientific evidence plays an important role in establishing guilt, a Delhi court Saturday sentenced five accused to life term for raping a minor in 2011. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau awarded life sentence to five accused after observing that medical and forensic evidence substantially and conclusively established the fact of rape being […] Read more » Delhi court Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau raping a minor in 2011
Criminal Law News Sex workers issue trans-gender, rehabilitation key: Supreme Court January 28, 2012 / January 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said rescue and rehabilitation of girl sex workers was a complex problem, and could not be solved without schemes for their rehabilitation. The transgender dimension of the issue should also be looked into, it said “It is very complex. It is also a transgender problem and it is not confined to […] Read more » girl sex workers Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court suspends bail for Kobad Ghandy January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday suspended the Andhra Pradesh High Court order granting bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of conspiracy in a bomb attack and the 2005 killing of then assembly deputy speaker Narsi Reddy. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan also issued a notice to Ghandy on a petition by […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court nod to stay in Gujarat January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday sought the permission of the Supreme Court to “enter, stay and function” in the state, from where he has been barred since Oct 30, 2010 by an apex court order. Shah sought modification of the order which, while declining to suspend the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court, […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing Gujarat High Court Gujarat minister Amit Shah Supreme Court
Criminal Law News CBI told to complete probe into Azad’s killing by March 12 January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete by March 12 its probe into the death of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and freelance journalist Hem Chandra Pandey in 2010. A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai granted time till March 12 even though the […] Read more » freelance journalist Hem Chandra Pandey Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Death term sought for Katara murder convict January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, the Delhi High Court has sent Pehalwan a notice. Pehalwan was given life term by the trial court July 12, 2011, for abducting and killing business executive Nitish Katara in […] Read more » Delhi High Court Nitish Katara murder case Vikas Yadav
Criminal Law News Mecca Masjid blast accused sent to judicial custody January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swami Aseemanand, one of the main accused in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, was remanded in judicial custody till November 30 by the 14th metropolitan magistrate on Saturday. The CBI, which arrested the swami on Friday in Haridwar, sought his custody for interrogation. The court posted the matter to November 22 for hearing. According […] Read more » 14th metropolitan magistrate Mecca Masjid bomb blast case Swami Aseemanand
Criminal Law News Salem moves court in Mumbai blasts case January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Abu Salem moved a special court here seeking immediate closure of his ongoing trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, his lawyer said. The application was moved by Salem’s counsel Rashid Ansari before Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court Special Judge G.A. Sanap after Portugal’s Supreme Court ruled that his extradition […] Read more » Gangster Abu Salem Mumbai serial blasts case Salem’s counsel Rashid Ansari Special Judge G.A. Sanap