Criminal Law News Three convicted of 2003 Mumbai blasts July 28, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special POTA court convicted three persons of carrying out bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003, killing 52 people and injuring 184. Judge M.R. Puranik announced that Haneef Sayyed and his wife Fahmeeda from Marol and Ashrat Ansari from Juhu Galli would be sentenced on […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Now SIT can question Modi as High Court rejects plea July 25, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court rejected a petition seeking to restrain the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team from proceeding against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in a 2002 communal riots-related case. Judge D.H. Waghela also rejected a plea by the petitioner to at least grant a stay on the SIT investigations to allow him time […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court directive on bail in Shopian case July 25, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court asked the two senior police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian to approach the Sessions Court in Jammu and Kashmir for bail. A Bench, comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam, passed the order while disposing of special leave petitions […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Minister calls for fart-track courts for rape victims July 25, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi- Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Krishna Tirath called for setting up fast-track courts to provide speedier justice to rape victims. Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Mumbai suspect trial to continue July 23, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial of the main suspect in the Mumbai attacks will continue despite his admission of guilt, the judge has ruled. Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab’s confession will go on record but it does not address all 86 charges he faces, Judge said. The trial has now resumed as normal and prosecution witnesses have started giving […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News High Court reduces Sanjeev Nanda’s jail term July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High Court reduces Sanjeev Nanda’s jail term NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Sanjeev Nanda, prime accused in the BMW case of 1999, the Delhi High Court converted his offence from culpable homicide not amounting to murder to a simple case of causing death by rash or negligent act and reduced his sentence from five years to two years. Sanjeev Nanda […] Read more » High Court Law News Legal News Sanjeev Nanda’s Case
Criminal Law News Ajmal admits to crime July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai- Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ confessed to his crime before the Special Sessions Court at the Arthur Road jail in mumbai. He said “Mujhe gunha kabool hai. I want to confess.” The lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks stunned the courtroom with these words, uttered just as the court was preparing to […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News SC stays narco test of police officers July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Jul 20- The Supreme Court today stayed narco-analysis test of the police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam posted the petition filed by the officers challenging a Jammu […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Case of arson handed over to CB-CID July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment LUCKNOW- The case relating to vandalism and arson at the residence of UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi here has been handed over to the Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID). Higher authority said that the CB-CID was directed to submit a report at the earliest. No time frame was set for completion of […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News CBI begins probe in missing file case July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment LUCKNOW- As directed by the Allahabad High Court (Uttar Pradesh), the CBI has started investigation into the case of 23 missing files related to the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri mosque land dispute. A CBI team met senior officials of Uttar Pradesh government officials, sources said here today. Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Sharif wins hijacking case July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Islamabad, Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on course to run for public office again after the Supreme Court Friday discharged him in a 10-year-old case in which he was accused of trying to hijack a plane to prevent army chief Pervez Musharraf from returning home. Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Rita Bahuguna gets interim bail July 19, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment UPCC president Rita Bahuguna , who was arrested for making objectionable comments against Chief Minister Mayawati, was granted interim bail till July 29 by the Additional District Judge of Moradabad. She was asked to submit two sureties for Rs. 30,000 each. The ADJ on Friday reserved order on the bail plea of Ms. Rita Bahuguna, […] Read more » Law News Legal News