Criminal Law News Death penalty for 10 people for honour killing June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment At least 10 members of a family were sentenced to death by a local court for killing an 18-year-old girl, her lover and the lover’s brother in 2008. Vijaya, 18, her lover Udai Pal Singh and Singh’s brother Satyabhan were killed in Pilkathra village in Etah in November 2008. Vijaya’s father Ramesh Pal, along with […] Read more » death penalty honour killing Udai Pal
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Key points of order denying bail to Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in 2G spectrum case citing prima facie evidence and high political connection. Here are the key points of the court’s order: * Kalaignar TV Pvt. Ltd. is a closely owned company, in which the two are […] Read more » Kanimozhi Key points order denying bail Sharad Kumar
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar’s bail plea rejected June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing prima facie evidence, the Delhi High Court Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar, who are in jail in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. The single judge bench of Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: “The petitioners are involved in corruption and gratification of Rs.200 crore […] Read more » bail plea rejected Delhi High Court Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar
Criminal Law News Mumbai terror trial winds down Tuesday June 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Closing arguments are expected on Tuesday in the trial of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana who is accused of providing material support to Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Rana, 50, told US District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago Federal court on Monday that he was waiving his right to testify […] Read more » David Coleman Headley Lashkar-e-Taeba Mumbai terror
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali’s custody extended till June 7 June 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Thursday extended till June 7 the judicial custody of Hasan Ali, allgedly the country’s top tax evader and money launderer. “Principal Sessions Judge Sapna Joshi extended his custody till June 7 and will hear his bail plea also on the same day,” Khan’s lawyer I.P. Bagaria told . Khan was taken into […] Read more » custody extended Hasan Ali Judge Sapna Joshi
Criminal Law News Man gets death for killing daughter June 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here Wednesday awarded death penalty to a man for killing his teenaged daughter in 2009 over her love affair, police said. “Additional District Judge Kamini Pathak gave the death sentence to Shaukat Saifi, who beheaded his 15-year-old daughter in June 2009 over her love affair with a youth in Kirmicha village,” police […] Read more » death penalty
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News Headley told wife he ‘made a fool’ of Rana June 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has admitted he told one of his wives that he “made a fool” of his childhood friend Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Rana, his co-accused in the Mumbai terror attack trial. “I acknowledge that I made a fool of him. He should be released. Poor fellow is stuck for no reason. It […] Read more » David Coleman Headley Pakistani Canadian Pakistani-American terrorist Tahawwur Rana
Criminal Law News Woman gets life term for killing husband May 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for battering her husband to death and cutting off his genitals in an act that it described as “having been committed in utter frustration.” Additional sessions judge N K Kaushik convicted Guddi alias Lakshmi alias Manku on murder charges on circumstantial evidence and […] Read more » husband killing life term Woman
Criminal Law News 28 convicted for fraudulently securing government jobs May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on 28 convicted for fraudulently securing government jobs A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday convicted 28 income tax department employees for securing jobs on the basis of forged documents during 1990-91. The 28 accused have been sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and also fined Rs.1,000 each. “These appointments for lower division clerks, upper division clerks, stenos […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) convicted fraudulently government jobs securing
Criminal Law News Honour killings deserve capital punishment, says Supreme Court May 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Honour killings deserve capital punishment, says Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment. Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra in their ruling said, “Honour killings are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds.” The judges said “In […] Read more » capital punishment Gyan Sudha Misra honour killings Justices Markandey Katju Supreme Court
Criminal Law News In virtual world, men support castration for rapists May 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘Chemical castration is the best way to stop rapes. The judge is absolutely right in supporting the punishment,’ posted Ishan Kathuria, 23, a member of the group. The group has over 300 members, of whom many supported the form of punishment. In an observation, a trial court Saturday advocated the use of ‘chemical castration’ as […] Read more » castration men rapists support
Criminal Law News Jailed as juvenile, man awarded Rs.5 lakh compensation April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to a man who was jailed for eight years despite being a juvenile when he committed a murder. According to law, juveniles cannot be punished for more than three years. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P Mittal said: […] Read more » awarded Compensation Delhi High Court jailed Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat juvenile man Rs.5 lakh