Criminal Law News Farooqui gets seven years jail for raping US student August 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Bollywood film ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui, held guilty for raping a US researcher, was today sent to seven years in jail by a Delhi court which said that he took advantage of the situation when she was alone in his house. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain, in his over 150- page judgement, noted that […] Read more » 'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News raping US student
Criminal Law News Court acquits ex-Haryana bureaucrat in rape case August 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a retired Haryana bureaucrat in a rape case, observing that in many cases when a consensual physical relation breaks, women use the law “as a weapon for vengeance or personal vendetta”. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain freed the accused, a former principal secretary to a Haryana chief minister, of the […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News retired Haryana bureaucrat in a rape case
Criminal Law News Two CAG office employees get 5 yrs jail in corruption August 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two officials in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) have been sent to five years in jail by a special court for trying to get promotion by indulging in corruption and changing their answer sheets of departmental examination. “Corruption not only devalues human rights but it also undermines justice and equality which are […] Read more » CAG CBI corruption case Court featured IPC jail in corruption Law legalnews Rajesh Kumar
Criminal Law News Husband gets 8 years rigorous jail in dowry death August 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old man has been sent to eight years in jail here for harassing his wife for dowry and compelling her to commit suicide within four months of their marriage, with the court relying on a note left behind by the victim in which she also accused him of cheating on her. The court, however, […] Read more » Court Criminal news dowry death featured Law Legal News suside case
Criminal Law News Pakistani LeT operative to NIA custody till Aug 11 July 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today sent Bahadur Ali alias ‘Saifullah’, a Pakistani national allegedly working for terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, to NIA custody till August 11 after the agency said his custodial interrogation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy. District Judge Amar Nath sent the accused to the custody after he was produced before it and […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Pakistani LeT operative in NIA custody
Criminal Law News Four convicted for abducting, gangraping minor July 29, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A fast track court convicted four persons, including a woman, for abducting and gangraping a 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district. Judge Rajesh Bhardwaj yesterday held Inam, Naushad, Mohammad guilty of abducting the girl and gangraping her in 2008 at Bihari village in the district, while Kavita was found guilty of helping in the […] Read more » 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district Court Criminal Law News featured Gangrap Law Legal News
Criminal Law News 60-yr-old gets 6-month jail for death of teenager July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 60-year-old man has been sent to six months in jail for causing death of a teenager by his rash driving, with a Delhi court observing that there was no legal requirement of a public witness in every case. The court made the observation while dismissing the man’s appeal in which he had raised the […] Read more » 60-yr-old man gets 6-month jail Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News Rash driving
Criminal Law News Man convicted for staging robbery to kill wife July 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here today convicted a man along with two others for orchestrating his wife’s death in a fake robbery attempt in 2009. According to police, main accused Jitin Dedhia hired Nazim and Hasruddin Malik to murder his wife Beena as he was in love with his brother-in-law’s wife Rupal Chheda, but Beena refused to […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News murder case
Criminal Law News Coal scam: RSPL officials get up to 3 yrs in jail July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today awarded varying jail terms of up to three years to three officials of Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) who were convicted in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar sentenced RSPL’s Chief Executive […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News RSPL officials 3 yrs in jail
Criminal Law News ISIS terror module: Judicial custody of 7 extended July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court today extended till August 24 the judicial custody of seven city-based persons, who were arrested by NIA in connection with a suspected ISIS terror module busted by the agency here. The seven accused, including two key members Naimathullah Hussaini alias Yasir and Mohammed Ataullah Rehman, who are currently lodged in Chanchalguda Central […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured ISIS terror module Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Criminal case merely cannot revoke arms license July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Mere registration of criminal case cannot be a ground to revoke an arms license, the Bombay High Court has held while directing Pune Commissioner of Police to consider afresh an application of a Shiv Sena leader seeking renewal of his license. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and P D Naik gave the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News BMW case: Court rejects Maharia’s bail plea July 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here today rejected the bail application of Siddharth Maharia, who allegedly killed 3 men and injured five others by his BMW car earlier this month. Additional District Judge Barkat Ali rejected the bail application of Maharia, Additional PP Rajesh Pareek said. Maharia, son of independent MLA Nandkishore Maharia, was driving the car at […] Read more » Court Criminal Law featured Law Legal News murder
