Criminal Law News Top Law News Court frees man of rape charges, says woman was mature enough March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted of the charges of raping and threatening a 30-year-old doctor, with a court here saying that physical relations between the two were consensual and the woman was mature enough to understand what was happening. It also observed that the woman, a dentist in a central government hospital, here had already […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape charges
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get ten years jail term for abduction in UP March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court here has sentenced two persons to ten years imprisonment for abducting a milk trader and his two servants for ransom here. According to government lawyer Naresh Kumar Sharma, judge Manoj Mishra has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the accused, Baleder and Dugna, after holding them guilty last […] Read more » abduction in UP Chapar police station Court Fast track court featured Law Legal News Two get ten years jail
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC upholds life term for 3 for killing Gujarat Shiv Sena leader March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has upheld the life term awarded to three persons for killing a Shiv Sena leader in Gujarat whose younger brother had married a woman from a minority community. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Ashok Bhushan said the homicidal death has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt with the recovery […] Read more » featured Gujarat High Court Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice P C Ghose life term
Criminal Law News Top Law News “Why no witness protection scheme as yet” March 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Questioning the failures of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in implementing the witness protection schemes till now, the Supreme Court today asked them to give security to the witnesses in rape cases against Asaram. “It’s high time now, why are you not implementing the witness protection scheme. The witnesses in criminal cases need to be protected,” […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Haryana Law Legal News rape cases against Asaram Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh witness protection
Criminal Law News Top Law News Madras HC awards 1 week jail to two bank officials for contempt March 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has sentenced two senior officials of a public sector bank to one week’s simple imprisonment for committing contempt of court. Justice M V Muralidaran allowed the contempt petition filed by S V Chennakrishnan, an employee of the Indian Overseas Bank here, against the officials for not obeying the court’s May 25 […] Read more » Court featured Indian Overseas Bank jail to bank officials Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kerala HC grants bail to Nehru group chairman March 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today granted bail to the Chairman of Nehru group of institutions in connection with an alleged assault on a student of Nehru Law Academy in Palakkad district. Justice Abraham Mathew directed the accused, P Krishnadas, to furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh. The judge also observed that non-bailable offence was […] Read more » bail to Nehru group chairman Court Criminal news featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News Nehru Law Academy Palakkad
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Swami Aseemanand gets bail in 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case March 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today granted bail to Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case. The court has already granted bail to three others in the case. The court of Fourth Metropolitan Sessions Judge also granted bail to Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar alias Bharat Bhai, a co-accused in the case. Special Judge Ravinder Reddy […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Mecca Masjid blast case Swami Aseemanand gets bail
Criminal Law News Top Law News Life sentence for Ajmer blast case convicts March 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here today sentenced Bhavesh Patel and Devendra Gupta to life in jail in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case. The magistrate also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Patel (39) and Rs 5,000 on Gupta (41) after they were held guilty under relevant sections of the IPC, […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Life sentence for Ajmer blast case National Investigation Agency NIA court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get five yrs imprisonment for cow slaughter March 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has convicted two men and sentenced them to five years in jail for slaughtering cows. According to government lawyer Javed Ali, Additional District and Sessions Judge Manoj kumar has also imposed a fine of Rs 15000 each on the accused Gayyur and Gadhe Ali after holding them guilty under the Uttar Pradesh […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar Two get five yrs imprisonment for cow slaughter Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act
Criminal Law News Top Law News Ex-Bigg Boss contestant denied anticipatory bail March 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Swami Om, who along with his associate is accused of molesting and threatening a woman, saying the allegations against him were grave and he could hamper the investigation. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal declined the relief to Swami Om, saying he could […] Read more » anticipatory bail Bigg Boss Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News molesting and threatening a woman Swami Om
Criminal Law News Top Law News 13 Maruti ex-employees get life term for 2012 violence March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant’s Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died. Additional district and session judge RP Goyal granted life sentence to the […] Read more » 13 Maruti ex-employees 2012 violence Additional district and session judge RP Goyal Defense counsel featured get life term for 2012 violence Maruti ex-employees get life term prosecution counsel Anurag Hooda Rebbecca John
Criminal Law News Top Law News Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners urgent: HC March 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions to expedite setting up of halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners and recruiting trained staff to be deployed there, saying these homes should start working with “utmost urgency”. Halfway homes are residences for individuals who are released from institutions treating the mentally ill or drug addicts […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Halfway homes Halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners HC IHBAS Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences Justice Anu Malhotra Justice Gita Mittal mentally-ill prisoners
