Criminal Law News Top Law News Acid attack threat enough to send shivers down spine: Delhi court August 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The threat of acid being thrown on her face is “sufficient to send shivers” down a woman’s spine, a Delhi court observed while refusing to quash the jail term of a stalker who attempted to browbeat a young woman into marrying him. “A lenient view and misplaced sympathy” was uncalled for with such incidents on […] Read more » Acid attack threat enough to send shivers down spine Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kashmiri separatist case: Wani sent to jail till Aug 31 August 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani, arrested in connection with a decade-old money laundering case involving Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah, was sent today to judicial custody (JC) by a Delhi court on a plea of the probe agency. Duty Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur allowed the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after advocate N K Matta, […] Read more » Court featured Kashmiri separatist case Law Legal News Mohammad Aslam Wani money laundering case Wani sent to jail till Aug 31
Criminal Law News Top Law News Hotel security manager granted bail in molestation case August 19, 2017 / August 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A security manager of a five-star hotel was today granted bail by a Delhi court in a case of alleged molestation and attempt to disrobe a 33-year-old woman employee. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria granted the relief to the accused after furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000. If held guilty of molestation, the accused can […] Read more » case of alleged molestation and attempt to disrobe Court Delhi court featured Hotel security manager granted bail in molestation case Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court acquits man accused of rape and abduction August 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special POCSO court here has acquitted a man accused of abducting and raping a minor girl in 2013, observing the prosecution failed to prove charges against him and that the victim is happily married to him. Additional sessions and special judge A S Bhaisare, in a recent order, said the prosecution failed to prove […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News POCSO court Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act rape and abduction case
Criminal Law News Top Law News Terror funding case: Kashmiri bizman sent to NIA custody August 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, arrested for alleged involvement in a terror funding case, was today sent to 10-day NIA custody. District Judge Poonam A Bamba allowed the agency’s plea for custody after it said that the accused was required to be confronted with evidence and needs to be taken to various places as part of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Kashmiri bizman sent to NIA custody Law Legal News Terror funding case Zahoor Watali
Criminal Law News Top Law News Murthal rape case: HC gives SIT a month’s deadline to conclude August 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court today gave the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of rape at Murthal near Sonipat during the 2016 Jat agitation, a one month deadline to conclude investigations. The court also directed that IPS officer Amitabh Dhillon, presently IG, Hisar Range, will head another SIT to look into cases of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Jat agitation Law Legal News Murthal rape case Punjab and Haryana High Court SIT Special Investigation Team
Criminal Law News Top Law News Himachal HC gives 2 wks to CBI to complete Kotkhai case probe August 18, 2017 / August 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the probe in the Kotkhai rape-murder case and the custodial death of an accused and asked the CBI to complete the investigation within two weeks. The orders were passed by a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Sharma. The bench also […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Himachal Pradesh High Court Kotkhai rape-murder case Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Personal liberty can’t be compromised: SC August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Personal liberty cannot be compromised at the altar of what the State may perceive as justice, the Supreme Court today said while granting bail to former Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul in a case of alleged corruption. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, in a majority ruling of […] Read more » Assam Public Service Commission corruption case Court featured Law Legal News Personal liberty can't be compromised Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Muzaffarnagar riots: 13 acquitted in killing of 3 of family August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today acquitted 13 people accused in a case of killing of three members of a family during the Muzaffarnagar riots due to lack of evidence. Additional district sessions judge Amber Rawat acquitted them saying the prosecution had failed to prove their story. The alleged case is of Lank village under Phugana police […] Read more » 3 acquitted in killing of 3 of family in Muzaffarnagar riots Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar riots SIT
Criminal Law News Top Law News 10 yr jail term, 1L fine for 2 men caught with 2 kg heroin August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced two men to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on them for possessing over two kilos of heroin. The court handed down the jail term to the men while holding them guilty of provisions under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act while […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS
Criminal Law News Top Law News ‘Simple blow on child’s back is not sexual harassment’ August 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A simple blow on a child’s back does not amount to sexual harassment under the POCSO law as there must be a sexual intent behind the act, a Delhi court has said. It said that an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is made out when harassment is done with […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News POCSO Act sexual harassment
Criminal Law News Top Law News EC bribery: HC notice to Delhi Police on Sukesh’s bail plea August 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Delhi Police on the bail plea of Sukesh Chandrashekar, arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) leader T T V Dhinakaran. Justice Ashutosh Kumar sought the response along with a status report from the police before the next date of hearing on September […] Read more » AIADMK (Amma) Court Delhi High Court notice to Delhi Police on Sukesh's bail plea EC bribery featured Law Legal News T T V Dhinakaran
