Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Jigisha murder: HC commutes death penalty to 2 to life term January 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today commuted the death penalty awarded to two convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case to life imprisonment. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta, however, upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the third convict by a trial court in the case. “We commute death sentence awarded […] Read more » death penalty death penalty to life term Delhi High Court today featured HC commutes death penalty to 2 to life term Jigisha murder Justice I.S. Mehta Justice S. Muralidhar life term
Criminal Law News Top Law News Crimes against women on rise in Kerala December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A total of 16,755 cases of rape have been reported in the last one decade in Kerala, which boasts of 100 per cent literacy, progressive outlook and high socio-development index. While 11,325 cases related to rape of women, 5,430 involved children in the period from 2007-2017 (up to July). According to crime statistics provided by […] Read more » crimes against women crimes against women in Kerala crimes against women on rise in Kerala featured
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get seven years jail for raping woman December 29, 2017 / December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced two men to seven years imprisonment for raping a 45-year-old woman in 2015. Sessions court judge R N Majgaonkar also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on Akash alias Gotya Ashok Burkhud (22) and Vilas alias Kakdya Rama Burkud (28). Prosecutor D R Tare informed the court that on […] Read more » jail for raping women Sessions court judge R N Majgaonkar
Criminal Law News Top Law News NCDRC orders Railways to compensate for jewellery theft from train December 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has directed the Railways to pay Rs 2.7 lakh to a passenger for theft of her jewellery, including diamonds, from a Rajasthan- bound train, noting that no official came to her rescue even after she raised an alarm. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench, while dismissing the revision petition […] Read more » compensate for jewellery theft from train featured jewellery theft jewellery theft from train NCDRC NCDRC orders Railways NCDRC orders Rlys to compensate for jewellery theft from train Train
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bhopal gangrape case: Life imprisonment for four accused December 23, 2017 / December 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced four men to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old woman near the Habibganj railway station in the city in October. Additional District and Sessions Judge Savita Dubey awarded the sentence to Golu alias Bihari Chadhar (25), Amar alias Ghuntu (24), Rajesh Chetram alias Raju (26) and Ramesh Mehra alias Raju […] Read more » Bhopal gangrape case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Trace Rohini ashram’s founder: Delhi HC to CBI December 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the CBI to trace the whereabouts of the founder and spiritual head of a north Delhi-based ashram, being probed by the agency for allegedly confining women and girls like “animals in a cage”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said Virender Dev […] Read more » Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya CBI Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Barala’s bail plea deferred till Jan 11 December 21, 2017 / December 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court today deferred to January 11 its hearing on the bail plea of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala, who had been booked for stalking and attempting to abduct a woman. The single bench of Justice Lisa Gill also directed the cellular operator to provide to the trial […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Haryana Law Legal News Punjab and Haryana High Court stalking and attempting to abduct a woman Varnika Kundu Vikas Barala
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases HC dismisses Tejpal plea seeking quashing of rape, other charges December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition filed by Tehelka’s former editor- in-chief Tarun Tejpal seeking the quashing of rape and other charges levelled against him by a former woman colleague. Justice Nutan Sardesai dismissed the petition filed by Tejpal, who is accused of raping the woman during an event in […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case Tarun Tejpal
Criminal Law News Top Law News Journalist J Dey murder case: court examines expert from US December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court here today heard the deposition of a scientific expert from the US via a video link in connection with the 2011 killing of journalist J Dey. “Edward Burns, an expert, deposed before the court. He had compared the actual image of the bike used in the killing with its CCTV footage, and […] Read more » CBI court Criminal news featured J. Dey murder case Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Seashore CMD Prahant Dash gets bail in 3 chit fund cases December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court today granted bail to Prashant Dash, CMD of Seashore Group of Companies, in three chit fund related cases. The bench of Justice C R Dash granted conditional bail to Prashant in the cases registered in Jajpur, Nawarangpur and Titlagarh police stations. He was earlier granted bail in three cases registered in […] Read more » chit fund cases Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Orissa High Court Prahant Dash
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC forms temporary ICC in JNU to look into sexual harassment December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today formed a temporary Internal Complaint Committee (TICC) in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to proceed with 31 pending complaints of sexual harassment. The court’s direction came on a plea filed by a group of teachers and students of JNU opposing the office order disbanding the Gender Sensitisation Against Sexual Harassment […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured ICC JNU Law Legal News sexual harassment
Criminal Law News Top Law News Fire in Mumbai shop: Owner gets five-day police custody December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court today remanded the owner of a snack shop, where 12 people were charred to death in a massive fire yesterday, to five-day police custody. Ramesh Bhanushali, the owner of the shop in Sakinaka- Kurla area, was arrested late last night. He was produced before a magistrate in suburban Andheri, who remanded him […] Read more » Court featured Fire in Mumbai shop Law Legal News police custody
