High Profile Cases 14 yrs on, 31 acquitted in 2 post-Godhra riots cases April 4, 2016 / April 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Thirty-one people accused of looting and arson at Thara village in North Gujarat in two cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra riots were today acquitted by a court at Deesa in the district. Sessions judge N M Parmar pronounced the verdict, saying there wasn’t enough evidence. On February 28, 2002, a day after the Godhra […] Read more » 14 yrs on 31 acquitted in 2 post-Godhra riots cases Criminal news featured Godhra riots cases Gujarat Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Pilibhit encounter: CBI court awards life sentence to 47 cops April 4, 2016 / April 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special CBI court today sentenced 47 policemen to life imprisonment for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in a fake encounter in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh 25 years ago. Special judge Lallu Singh had on April 1 held the policemen guilty of a “fake encounter”. On July 12, 1991, the policemen stopped a luxury bus filled […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Pilibhit encounter Pilibhit encounter: CBI court awards life sentence to 47 cops
Top Law News Viral video: SC junks compensation plea of city cop April 1, 2016 / April 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of a Delhi Police head constable seeking compensation for his “wrong” portrayal in a video that went viral on social media last year showing him swaying and collapsing in a metro coach in an alleged drunken state. A bench of Justices J S Khehar and C […] Read more » Criminal news Delhi Police featured Law Legal News Supreme Court viral video
Criminal Law News Man gets life term for raping deaf-mute woman April 1, 2016 / April 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to life term by a court here for raping a hearing and speech impaired woman. According to the prosecution, Srirangan had taken land for lease in Chennampatty forest area in Bhavani taluk in Erode district and raped the 30-year-old woman who was working there on October 2, 2009. He […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
Criminal Law News Train blast convict’s plea in attempt to murder case rejected April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court has rejected the discharge application filed by Saquib Nachan, who was recently convicted in the 2003 Mulund train blasts case, in connection with an attempt to murder case against him and others. Saquibs son Shamil Saquib Nachan, who was also arrested in the same case, too filed an application for discharge which […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case train blast case
Criminal Law News Youth gets life term for murdering lover April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a woman he was in love with by a Delhi court, which observed that he chose his obsession over her happiness and tainted the “idea of love”. The court said the manner in which the offence was committed and the weapon used, it can be […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Youth gets life term for murdering lover
Criminal Law News Air Asia pilot accuses Mallya of fraud, moves court March 31, 2016 / April 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A pilot with Air Asia has moved court against his previous employer and Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya, alleging that the now-defunct private carrier did not deposit the tax deducted from his salary with the Income Tax department. Akash Sharma, in a complaint filed before the chief judicial magistrate’s court here, alleged Kingfisher Airlines deducted […] Read more » Air Asia pilot accuses Mallya of fraud Court Criminal news featured Fraud case Law Legal News moves court Vijay Mallya
Criminal Law News Man gets 7 years in jail for robbing a person at knife-point March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for robbing a man of Rs 1000 at knife point by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Pankaj Gupta handed down the minimum jail term to Delhi resident Ajay noting that he was a first time offender, while holding him guilty of the offences including […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 7 years in jail for robbing a person at knife-point robbery case
High Profile Cases Coal scam: Court to pronounce jail term of Rungtas on April 4 March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court on Thursday reserved for April 4 its order on the quantum of punishment for Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) and its two directors in a coal block case after the CBI sought maximum jail term for the convicts. While arguing before special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar, the CBI said the convicts — […] Read more » Coal block allocation scam coal scam Coal scam: Court to pronounce jail term of Rungtas on April 4 Coalgate scam Court court conviction Criminal news featured Law Legal News local court pronouncement of judgement R C Rungta R.S. Rungta
Criminal Law News Court acquits 3 suspected gangsters of murder plot March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court today acquitted three suspected members of Ravi Pujari gang of the charge that they had planned to kill a city-based journalist working for a broadsheet two years back. “MCOCA judge A L Pansare has acquitted Madan Sonkar, Ashutosh Varma and Ram Chauhan in the case. […] Read more » Court Court acquits 3 suspected gangsters of murder plot Criminal news featured Law Legal News MCOCA murder case
Top Law News Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court in Delhi today acquitted Irom Sharmila in a case of attempt to suicide. The Manipuri rights activist Irom has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh acquitted Sharmila in the case registered in 2006. The court on […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Irom Sharmila Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been awarded 10 years imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old step-daughter by a court here. “In this case, the convict was father of the victim. Instead of extending safe environment to his child, he himself committed sexual assault on the victim who was less than 12 years of age and could not protest […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter
