Criminal Law News Delay on Bhullar’s mercy plea no cruelty, Supreme court told October 20, 2011 / October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The long pendency of the mercy plea of Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on death row over a 1993 car bomb blast at the Youth Congress office here, could not be described as an act of cruelty, the government has told the Supreme Court. “It is the pendency of the mercy petition […] Read more » Delay on Bhullar's mercy plea no cruelty Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bhandarkar making false statement, claims Preeti Jain advocate October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate Sushan Kunjuraman, representing actor Preeti Jain, who had filed a case against noted film director Madhur Bhandarkar accusing him of raping her, today said that accused Bhandarkar is making false statements to the media that he is approaching the Bombay High Court with an appeal challenging the lower court order which had summon director […] Read more » actor Preeti Jain Bhandarkar making false statement Bombay High Court claims Preeti Jain advocate Sushan Kunjuraman director Madhur Bhandarkar
Criminal Law News Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt granted bail October 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt granted bail In a setback to the Gujarat government, a special court granted bail to suspended police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 communal riots. Coming out of jail, the officer said rule of law has prevailed. Sessions Judge V.K. Vyas granted bail on the condition that […] Read more » Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt granted bail Sessions Judge V.K. Vyas Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Criminal Law News Supreme Court notice to Hazare, Maharashtra, central government October 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to Anna Hazare as well as the central and Maharashtra governments on a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) probe into the alleged siphoning of funds given to the anti-corruption activist’s Hind Swaraj Trust. An Supreme court bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai issued […] Read more » Justice Ranjana Desai Justices Aftab Alam Supreme Court notice to Hazare
Criminal Law News Death sentence is judicial murder, says judge in Rajiv killing October 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Death sentence is judicial murder, says former Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas, who headed the bench that pronounced death punishment to three conspirators in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. “Death sentence is no punishment,” Thomas, 74, told in an interview over the phone from Kottayam in Kerala. “It is a judicial murder committed with the protection of […] Read more » judicial murder Rajiv killing Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas
Criminal Law News Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa surrenders in court October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a Lokayukta Court today rejected his bail plea and issued arrest warrant against him in connection with cases regarding alleged irregularities in denotification of government lands. The court also denied bail to Yeddyurappa’s former ministerial colleague S N Krisnaiah Setty but gave […] Read more » B.S Yeddyurappa surrenders Former Karnataka CM B.S Yeddyurappa surrenders in court Judge N K Sudhindra Rao
Criminal Law News Missing nurse: Court asks cops why all in case not quizzed October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court Thursday sought an explanation from police why they have not questioned all those named in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, who allegedly features on a CD in a compromising position with state minister Mahipal Maderana, a lawyer said. The court sought the explanation when counsel for the nurse’s husband, […] Read more » Bhanwari Devi Missing nurse Rajasthan High Court
Criminal Law News Chronology of Shivani Bhatnagar murder case October 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer R.K. Sharma, who was given life imprisonment for the killing of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar in 1999. More than three years after the murder of Shivani Bhatnagar, Delhi police tracked down the alleged suspects after which the chase for R K Sharma, prime […] Read more » Chronology of Shivani Bhatnagar murder case Shivani's murder case
Criminal Law News Former cop R.K. Sharma acquitted in Shivani Bhatnagar murder October 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After nine years in Tihar Jail, former senior police officer RK Sharma is set to walk free. The Delhi High Court has acquitted him and two others in the 1999 murder of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar and ordered their release. Ruling on an appeal made by the accused against a trial court order of 2008 sentencing […] Read more » Former cop R.K. Sharma acquitted Shivani Bhatnagar murder
Criminal Law News Chhattisgarh Police criticised for alleged torture of activist October 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right activists Tuesday slammed Chhattisgarh Police for allegedly torturing a suspected Maoist conduit who was held in Delhi last week and brought back to the state and sought a probe. Police have denied the charges, saying the injuries were accidental. The woman tribal teacher, Soni Sori, accused of receiving ‘protection money’ from the Essar Group […] Read more » Chhattisgarh Police allegedly torturing Delhi High Court
Criminal Law News Two days’ judicial custody for Delhi blast suspect October 5, 2011 / October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Abid Hussain, a suspect in the Sep 7 blast at the Delhi High Court that killed 15 people, was Wednesday sent to two days’ judicial custody by a court here. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) presented Hussain, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, before Additional Sessions Judge H.S. Sharma for the in-camera proceedings, after […] Read more » Abid Hussain Additional Sessions Judge H.S. Sharma Delhi High Court National Investigation Agency NIA
Criminal Law News Cocaine case: Fardeen charged with lighter offence October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Tuesday framed charges against actor Fardeen Khan for attempting to buy cocaine in a 2001 case, dropping against him the graver charge of possessing over two grams of the drug that carried a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail. The offence with which he has been charged now carries a […] Read more » Cocaine case Fardeen Khan Narcotics Control Bureau NCB