Criminal Law News Rajiv Gandhi killers move court for stay of hanging August 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The three convicts facing the gallows for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved the Madras High Court to stay their Sep 9 hanging. MDMK general secretary Vaiko and advocate N. Chandrasekaran filed the petition on behalf of the condemned prisoners – Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan. “Vaiko has filed […] Read more » assassination of Rajiv Gandhi court for stay of hanging Madras High Court President Pratibha Patil Rajiv Gandhi killers Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Ajmal Amir Kasab challenges death penalty in Supreme Court July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai 2008 terror attack, Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the death penalty awarded to him by a trial court and upheld by the Bombay High Court. Kasab’s appeal was filed by the authorities at the Arthur road jail in Mumbai where he has been lodged […] Read more » Ajmal Amir Kasab Arthur road jail Bombay High Court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Court rebukes Kalmadi; Asks why he wants to attend parliament July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday snubbed Congress MP and sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, who asked for permission to attend parliament, and said the government would not fall if he didn’t attend the session. “There is no such important issue going to take place in parliament that if you (Kalmadi) do not […] Read more » (ASG) A.S. Chandhiok CBI Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Kalmadi for permission to attend parliament Suresh Kalmadi
Criminal Law News Supreme Court relief for Chidambaram on Ramdev crackdown July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court relief for Chidambaram on Ramdev crackdown In an apparent relief to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue notice to him on a plea that he sanctioned the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters post midnight June 4. An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swanter Kumar, while […] Read more » Chidambaram Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swanter Kumar Ramdev crackdown Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Criminal Law News Notice to Delhi government on parole rules July 24, 2011 / July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Delhi government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a parole guideline which denies the benefit of liberty to those whose appeals against conviction are pending decision. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Issue notice to Government of […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna parole rules
Criminal Law News Seven years jail for two carjackers July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here Saturday sentenced two men to seven years rigorous imprisonment in an over two-year-old case of carjacking and robbery. Two others were acquitted. According to the police, a businessman travelling by car from Delhi to Chandigarh May 27, 2009, was waylaid by unidentified assailants, who drove him home here in upscale Sector […] Read more » carjackers
Criminal Law News Nitish Katara murder: Sukhdev Pehalwan gets life term July 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge J.R. Aryan awarded life sentence to Pehalwan and imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on him. The court July 6 held Pehalwan guilty of murder, abduction, destruction of evidence, conspiracy and common intention. His trial was […] Read more » life term Nitish Katara murder Sukhdev Pehalwan
Criminal Law News Supreme Court pulls up Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown July 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court pulls up Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown The Supreme Court has pulled up Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters at the Ramlila ground here last month. The apex court has asked Delhi Police to explain what provoked it to use teargas and baton-charge in the closed enclosure on people who were sleeping. The apex court has […] Read more » counsel Ram Jethmalani Delhi Police Ramdev crackdown Ramlila ground Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Chennai boy’s murder cracked: Retired army officer held July 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A week after the killing of a 13-year old boy in an Army premises here, Tamil Nadu CB-CID has cracked the case with the arrest of a retired Army officer who confessed to his involvement in the incident. The special team of the Crime Branch of CID police arrested the 58-year old Lt. Col (Retd) […] Read more » boy's murder Chennai cracked Dilshan Lt. Col (Retd) Kandaswamy Ramraj Retired army officer
Criminal Law News Don’t venture out late night: Police chief tells Delhiites July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhiites cannot expect to be safe if they venture outside late night, Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Saturday. “You can’t go out at 2 in the night and then say that you were a victim of a crime,” Gupta said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry […] Read more » B.K. Gupta Delhi Police Commissioner Delhiites Police chief
Criminal Law News Foreign child abusers operating in Goa: Church July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Foreign child abusers operating in Goa: Church Goa is becoming a child sex trade hub after Thailand’s crackdown on its thriving child abuse industry, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said on Saturday. “Till recently, Thailand was considered to be the capital of the child sex tourism industry in this part of the world. It is now known how the Thai government, pushed by […] Read more » Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao child abusers child sex trade hub Church Goa
Criminal Law News Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death Raising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday sought more details on the case from the state government by July 8, a lawyer said. While hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Central Bureau of Investigation Court police station death questions Uttar Pradesh