Top Law News Why were Bangladeshi children handed over to BSF, police asked March 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court has ordered the special operations group (SOG) of the state police to point out provisions of law or rules under which it handed over three Bangladeshi children to the Border Security Force (BSF). The court directed the police to trace the children. The directions came Thursday by a division bench comprising […] Read more »
Top Law News Plea for voice test in 2002 Gujarat riot case rejected March 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court hearing the Naroda Gam case of the 2002 Gujarat riots has rejected the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) plea to conduct voice tests on VHP activists Babu Bajrangi and Jaideep Patel. Eleven people were killed in Naroda Gam. The SIT had wanted to cross-check claims of complicity of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat wants 2 months to decide on minister’s graft trial March 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Thursday sought two months’ time from the state high court to take a final decision on the issue of prosecuting Fisheries Minister Purshottam Solanki on corruption charges. Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta appearing before Justice Anant Dave of the Gujarat High Court on behalf of the state’s chief secretary Thursday sought eight […] Read more »
Top Law News Man who died in marriage gunfire awarded compensation March 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday awarded compensation to the family of a man who died due to a stray gunshot during a marriage ceremony. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait granted Rs.3.5 lakhs to Rajender’s parents. The money is to be paid in two months. According to the prosecution, Rajender died […] Read more »
Top Law News India to take up students’ fee refund with Britain March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on India to take up students’ fee refund with Britain External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said India will take up with Britain cases of students not getting their fees refunded on courses they could not pursue due to Britain‘s decision to temporarily suspend student visas from three Indian cities. This was conveyed by Krishna during a reply to supplementaries during question hour in […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat asked to compensate man disabled in police firing March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Ahmedabad court has ordered the Gujarat government to pay a compensation of Rs.625,000 to a man who lost both his legs after being fired upon by police in 1990 when he was 13 years old. Ahmedabad sessions judge D.T. Soni’s order came Wednesday on a civil suit filed by Mohammed Yusuf Mohammed Anwar against […] Read more »
Top Law News Woman officer jailed for a year after court martial March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman military officer has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year after an army court held her guilty of corruption, indiscipline and professional impropriety. Major Dimple Singla, who faced General Court Martial (GCM) proceedings at K area, an army cantonment, in Zirakpur town of Punjab, was also ordered to be cashiered (degradation of […] Read more »
Top Law News Gulbarg Society killings: High court urged to transfer case March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court here was petitioned Wednesday to transfer the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case, which left 69 people dead during the Gujarat riots, the affected families alleging a bias on the part of the special judge. The petition by witnesses and riot victims comes after their plea filed before the principal sessions judge […] Read more »
Top Law News Police frame new guidelines to catch absconders March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Special teams have been constituted in each district of the capital to nab those on the run while on bail and a reward will be given to the police personnel who apprehend such absconders, Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court Wednesday. Submitting to the division bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ajit Bharihoke the […] Read more »
Top Law News Man to die for minor’s rape, murder March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Tamil Nadu resident, sentenced to life in jail for raping his brother’s wife and then burning her alive along with her 13-month-old child to screen his horrendous crime, Friday ended up inviting the Supreme Court’s wrath for challenging his conviction. Appalled by the barbarity of Salem resident Kumar’s crime, a bench of Justice Markandey […] Read more »
Top Law News Lifer to five Kolkata cops upheld for murder March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Wednesday upheld the life sentence to five police personnel convicted of killing a city police sergeant in 2003. A division bench of Justice Amit Talukdar and Justice Raghunath Ray upheld the sentence of five Kolkata Police Reserve Force constables for killing Bapi Sen, a traffic sergeant with Kolkata Police. Sen was […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks why phones not given to Tihar prisoners March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court asks why phones not given to Tihar prisoners Tihar jail authorities Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that they plan to give inmates telephone facility. The proposal, which is pending with the Delhi home secretary, states: “First time offenders will be allowed telephone facilities in their ward itself where they can make one call in a week. Other prisoners can be allowed this […] Read more »