Criminal Law News Declining sex ratio attributed to misuse of medical technology December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demographers and development specialists Sunday identified the misuse of advanced medical technology as a major factor responsible for the decline in the sex ratio in Rajasthan and other northern states. They underlined the twin needs for raising social awareness on the issue and strictly implementing the laws against sex determination and female foeticide. The occasion […] Read more » Declining sex ratio misuse of medical technology sex determination
Criminal Law News CBI may seek arrest warrant against Rajasthan lawmaker December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI is likely to move a court here Monday for an arrest warrant against Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi for not appearing for questioning in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been quizzing three sons of the legislator for the past two days […] Read more » arrest warrant CBI missing nurse Bhanwari Devi Rajasthan lawmaker
Criminal Law News Six convicted for terror attack on Indian Institute of Science December 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six people, suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were Saturday held guilty of the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here in 2005 that killed a retired professor. The quantum of punishment will be announced Dec 19 by Judge V. R. Revankar of the fast track court here. The convicted […] Read more » Indian Institute of Science Judge V. R. Revankar Lashkar-e-Taiba
Criminal Law News Supreme Court Notice to CBI in Minister’s Killing December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by accused Ranjan Dwivedi in late railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case seeking quashing of charges and criminal proceedings. An apex court bench headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, while issuing the notice, asked: “Why this matter is taking so long.” “We want […] Read more » Justice H.L. Dattu railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Jharkhand court acquits four awarded death for 2007 massacre December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court Thursday acquitted four suspected Maoists who were awarded death sentence for the 2007 massacre of 19 people, including the son of former chief minister Babulal Marandi. A division bench of the Jharkhand High Court of Justice R.K. Merethia and Justice D.N. Upadhaya acquitted the four convicted men granting them benefit of […] Read more » 2007 massacre Jharkhand High Court Justice D.N. Upadhaya Justice R.K. Merethia
Criminal Law News 2003 Mumbai blasts: Ruling on three death penalties put off December 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday deferred its verdict on the confirmation of death sentences for three convicts in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts that killed 52 people, a lawyer said. The final judgment will now be delivered either before the Christmas vacation or in the first week of January 2012, S. Kunjuraman, lawyer for one […] Read more » 2003 Mumbai blasts Bombay High Court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice P.D. Kode
Criminal Law News Bhanwari Devi case: Mahipal Maderna remanded in custody till December 24 December 12, 2011 / December 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court here on Monday remanded former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and Parasram Bishnoi in judicial custody till December 24 in the Bhanwari Devi abduction case. They were produced before the local CBI court where magistrate Jagdish Jyani remanded them in judicial custody. Maderna was arrested on December 2 in Jodhpur by the CBI […] Read more » Bhanwari Devi Case magistrate Jagdish Jyani
Criminal Law News Missing nurse case: Legislator skips CBI questioning December 11, 2011 / December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi Saturday did not turn up for CBI interrogation in the case of missing nurse Bhawnari Devi, sources said. His relatives told probe agency officials that he was away in Delhi. He was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a day earlier, they said. “Malkhan Singh had been […] Read more » Legislator skips CBI questioning Missing nurse case Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi
Criminal Law News Hospital fire: Seven directors sent to police custody December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven directors of city-based AMRI Hospital – where a fire killed 90 people the day before – were Saturday sent to 10 days’ police custody by a court here while hundreds of protestors outside the court premises demanded death penalty for them and lawyers vowed not to defend them. The Advanced Medicare and Research Institute […] Read more » AMRI Hospital fire Chief Judicial Magistrate S.M. Shahnawaz Khan Seven directors sent to police custody
Criminal Law News Dead Man Alive: Supreme Court Asks Jhansi Court to Probe December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told the supreme court they were falsely implicated and given life imprisonment in the murder that never was as the brother is actually alive. The apex court Friday directed a Jhansi court […] Read more » Jhansi Court Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Dey murder: Vora remanded to judicial custody till December 20 December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Friday remanded journalist Jigna Vora, the 11th accused arrested in the J. Dey murder case, to judicial custody till Dec 20. Special judge S.M. Modak of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court remanded her to judicial custody as the police did not seek her further custody. A team of […] Read more » Dey murder Special judge S.M. Modak Vora remanded to judicial custody till December 20
Criminal Law News Supreme court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer December 7, 2011 / December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of senior IPS officer of Punjab in the killing of Balwant Singh Bhullar and Balwant Singh Multani during the period of Sikh insurgency in the state. An apex court bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice B.S. Chauhan Punjab and Haryana High Court Supreme Court