Criminal Law News Charged with drunken driving, atones through social service March 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 25-year-old man held guilty of drunken driving has been spared a jail term by a Delhi court which said ‘forgiveness is the best punishment’ and told him to undertake social service for two months starting Sunday. Sandeep Kumar, an employee of a private firm who hails from Buana Lakhu village in Haryana’s Panipat district, […] Read more » atones Charged drunken driving social service
Criminal Law News Supreme Court stays Talwars’ trial in Aarushi murder March 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Saturday stayed criminal trial of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad, near here, for the murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar in a special hearing […] Read more » Aarushi murder Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Nupur Talwar senior counsel Pinaki Mishra Supreme Court Talwars trial
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: Court rejects plea of Talwar’s parents March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Friday turned down the plea of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar against their trial for the 2008 twin murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Two separate benches dealing with independent petitions of the mother and father took a common view, upholding the order of the special Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi case Aarushi Talwar Allahabad High Court CBI counsel N.I. Jafri Central Bureau of Investigation Court Justice Ravindra Singh Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Talwar's parents
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases ‘Consider special team to probe black money abroad’ March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to consider the option of setting up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the black money stashed away by Indian citizens in foreign banks. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniun to get back with […] Read more » abroad black money Hasan Ali Khan Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar probe Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniun special team
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays Hasan Ali’s bail, orders ED custody March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday cancelled the bail of Pune stud farm owner and country’s top tax evader Hasan Ali Khan, sending him to four-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to conduct his interrogation. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar paved the way for the custodial interrogation of […] Read more »
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hasan Ali Khan granted bail; court slams Enforcement Directorate March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Friday granted conditional bail to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing nearly $8 billion abroad, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to establish any case against him and criticised the agency for lack of preparedness. Justice M.L. Tahilyani, rejecting the ED’s plea for Khan’s custodial interrogation, observed […] Read more » bail Court Enforcement Directorate granted Hasan Ali Khan slams ustice M.L. Tahilyani
Criminal Law News Binayak Sen case: Apex Court issues notice to Chhattisgarh March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An apex court bench of Justice H.S. Bedi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued notice after counsel appearing for Sen mentioned the matter in the court. The notice is returnable in four weeks. Sen was convicted for the offences involving sedition, waging war against the state and hatching a criminal conspiracy. He was convicted and awarded […] Read more » apex court Binayak Sen case Chhattisgarh Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.S. Bedi notice
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali Khan’s custody extended by a day March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing away nearly $8 billion abroad, was on Thursday remanded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for another day and claimed that the agency was trying to ‘fix’ him. This is the third time in a row that Principal Sessions Judge M.L. Tahaliyani has given ED the custody of Khan […] Read more » custody extended Hasan Ali Khan lawyer Ishwar Prasad Bagaria
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: Plea for adding glove as evidence March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea has been filed in a special court here seeking that a glove found near the residence of the murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar be admitted as evidence in the case and be subject to forensic tests. K. Ashish alias Ashish Kumar, submitted, through his lawyer Sanjay Tyagi, that he recovered a surgical glove from […] Read more » Aarushi case adding Cellular telephone Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi Public School glove plea Uttar Pradesh
Criminal Law News Thomas quits after apex court rap, government defends PM March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thomas quits after apex court rap, government defends PM Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas resigned Thursday after the Supreme Court held his appointment illegal, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said, adding there was no illegality by the prime minister. “We are not in any position to say anything now as we have to go through the order. He has tendered his resignation and […] Read more » apex court Centre for Public Interest Litigation Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia defends Government Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Manmohan Singh PM quits rap Thomas
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder: Talwars question CBI’s right to oppose their plea February 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar, Friday questioned the right of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to oppose their plea before the Allahabad High Court to be discharged in the three-year old sensational murder case of their daughter. After hearing the arguments by senior advocate Gopal Chaturvedi, the bench of […] Read more » Aarushi murder advocate Gopal Chaturvedi Allahabad High Court CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi Public School Justice B.K. Narayana Noida Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Special Judicial Magistrate Preeti Singh Talwars
Criminal Law News Prosecution seeks capital punishment for all 31 accused in Godhra train carnage case February 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The prosecution lawyers in the Godhra train burning case said that they would seek “maximum punishment” for the 31 convicts. “The court has accepted our contention that the burning of the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was a conspiracy hatched by the convicts,” special public prosecutor J M Panchal said. He said that since […] Read more » 31 accused capital punishment Godhra train carnage case prosecution special public prosecutor J M Panchal