Criminal Law News HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences of […] Read more » Accused Vinod Soren featured Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Vinod Goel Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sodomy
Criminal Law News K’taka court sentences life term to man 11 days after murdering wife July 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chitradurga(K’taka): A court has sentenced a 75-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his wife, just 11 days after the crime took place. Chitradurga District and Sessions Court Judge S B Vastramutt yesterday sentenced Parameshwaraswamy to life and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. According to prosecution, the man had killed his 63-year-old wife, […] Read more » Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Court Judge S B Vastramutt Parameshwaraswamy
Criminal Law News Top Law News Separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to 10-day NIA custody July 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists were today handed over by a Delhi court to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and […] Read more » Aasiya Andrabi featured Judge Poonam Bamba National Investigating Agency (NIA) NIA
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC says Mob Lynching is a crime, no Matter What the Motive July 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) said today that mob lynching is a crime no matter what the motive is and added that it is a law and order issue that is the responsibility of state governments, reported news agencies. That is, the apex court said whether a lynching happens as a result of cow […] Read more » cow vigilantism lynching
Criminal Law News HC Asks why the state govt cannot hand over to CBI the probe into the police firing July 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court today wanted to know why the state government cannot hand over to the CBI the probe into the police firing in Tuticorin during the anti-Sterlite protests in May which left 13 people dead. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha directed officials to furnish by […] Read more » CBI Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured Justice P T Asha police firing Tuticorin
Criminal Law News Ishrat Jahan: Order on Vanzara, Amin’s discharge pleas likely on July 17 July 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad: A CBI court today reserved for July 17 its order on the discharge applications filed by former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Special judge J K Pandya concluded the hearing today. The CBI has opposed the discharge pleas of both Vanzara, a […] Read more » CBI lawyer R C Kodekar featured Ishrat Jahan Special judge J K Pandya
Criminal Law News Aliganj fake encounter: Ex-deputy mayor of Luknow, 3 others get life imprisonment June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lucknow: A local court today sentenced former deputy mayor of Lucknow and three others to life imprisonment for their involvement in a fake police encounter in Aliganj area around 24 years ago, in which a person was killed. Ex-deputy mayor of Lucknow Abhay Seth, then general secretary of Aliganj traders’ union, Ashok Mishra and two constables–Ram […] Read more » encounter former deputy mayor of Lucknow imprisonment
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Extortion case: Charge sheet filed against Dawood, Iqbal Kaskar, Anees Ibrahim June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: The city police has filed a charge sheet against fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his brothers Iqbal Kaskar, and Anees Ibrahim in connection with an extortion case filed on the complaint by a prominent builder last year. “The charge sheet was filed in the district court on Thursday,” a senior inspector of Thane police’s Anti-Extortion […] Read more » Anees Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim extortion case featured Iqbal Kaskar
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bribery case: Two senior Income Tax officers get 5-yr jail June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: A special CBI court convicted an additional commissioner of Income Tax and an assistant I-T commissioner in a Rs 1.7 crore graft case of 2010 and sentenced them to five years’ imprisonment on Thrusday. The additional commissioner’s husband was also convicted and awarded four years in jail. Special CBI judge Vivek Khathare sentenced additional commissioner […] Read more » assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole CBI CBI judge Vivek Khathare Commissioner featured I-T commissioner income tax
Criminal Law News Child rape deserve no leniency: HC June 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of and life sentence awarded to a man for raping a minor girl, saying “child rape is inexcusable” and “no leniency or mercy can be shown” to one who commits such a crime. While upholding the March 2004 decision of a trial court to sentence the […] Read more » chiold rape Justice C Hari Shankar Justice S.P. Garg
Criminal Law News DDA officials get 4 Yrs RI for demanding bribe from Dhaba owner June 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A city court has sentenced two DDA officials to four years of rigorous imprisonment each for demanding Rs 6,000 bribe every month for allowing a man to run his eatery illegally in northwest Delhi. Special Judge Ashutosh Kumar handed down the jail term to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials Mukesh Chander and Satyabir Singh […] Read more » Delhi Development Authority (DDA) feaatured Special Judge Ashutosh Kumar
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Court grands bail to BJP leader S Ve Shekher June 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: A court today granted bail to BJP leader S Ve Shekher, against whom a case was filed for sharing a Facebook post allegedly containing derogatory references to women journalists and the media. Chennai Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Malarvizhi granted bail to the actor-turned-politician, when his plea came up for hearing, with a direction to him to […] Read more » bail BJP Leader Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Malarvizhi facebook featured S Ve Shekher
