Top Law News Honour killing: Court upholds life term to father June 29, 2010 / June 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upholding the life imprisonment handed down to a man for killing his daughter in 2006 over an an extra-marital affair with a relative, the Delhi High Court rejected his plea that the crime was committed at the spur of the moment. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait upheld Bhagwan Dass’ conviction […] Read more » honour killing
Top Law News Honour killing suspects in police custody (Lead) June 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Saturday sent three men arrested on charges of killing a couple and another woman in a case of suspected honour killing to five days police custody. Metropolitan Magistrate Satish Kumar gave the ruling after the three – Mandeep Nagar, 23, Ankit Chaudhury, 22, and Nakul Khari, 21 – were presented in court. […] Read more » honour killing
Top Law News BJP demands fast-track courts for honour killing cases June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saying honour killings were nothing but cold-blooded murders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded that fast-track courts be set up to deal with the growing incidence of such cases. ‘The BJP demands that fast track courts must be set up to deal with such cases so that such practices do not continue,’ BJP spokesperson […] Read more » fast-track courts honour killing