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Criminal Law News

Death for 2 , lifer for another in Jigisha murder case

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A Delhi court today awarded death penalty to two convicts and life term to another for robbing and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh here in 2009, observing that it was a “brutal” and “cold blooded murder”. “To be hanged by neck till death,” Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said, while awarding death to convicts Ravi […]

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Manjula Chellur sworn-in as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court

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Justice Manjula Chellur today took oath as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, the second woman to occupy the post. Chelluar, who was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was transferred following the retirement of D H Waghela as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on August 10. Waghela held the […]

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Three accused in murder case acquitted

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Three persons accused of murdering a youth in Bhiwandi taluka here have been acquitted by the district court which gave them benefit of doubt following a six-year trial in the case. District Judge V V Bambarde observed that the prosecution failed to prove the charges under IPC sections 302 (murder) read with 34 (acts done […]

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No relief from Bombay HC to guard carrying brown sugar

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The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with a 2008 order of Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) confirming departmental penal action of stopping increment for three years in case of a prison guard who was found carrying 40 grams of brown sugar at Yerwada central prison in Pune more than a decade ago. The guard […]

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High Profile Cases

Debate over SC verdict on reforms in BCCI unending

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A month after the historic apex court verdict favouring a clean-up operation in the BCCI, debate over it seems to be unending with some experts terming it as “glaring unconstitutionality” while others think the judgement has basis as the question of public interest and public money is involved in the matter. The cricket body chose […]

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HC slaps Rs 50,000 fine on minor boy who drove without licence

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The Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the father of a minor boy, who drove his family car without having a licence and met with an accident in the city last year injuring his minor friend sitting behind. After the accident on November 14, 2015, the injured boy was hospitalised […]

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Human Rights

Contractual employees of BSES defer strike

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Contractual employees of power distribution companies BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna today agreed to defer their proposed indefinite strike for the time being after Delhi High Court asked the two discoms to “hear them out”. Observing that “everything will come to a standstill if electricity was disrupted” in the national capital, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked […]

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Bail denied Dalit to student murder accused rejected

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A local court today rejected the bail plea of Ameerul Islam, prime accused in the brutal murder of a Dalit law student at Perumbavoor in April. The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court, which considered the bail plea moved by Islam, noted that the case is under investigation and this is not a fit case for granting […]

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Calcutta HC adjourns Narada case hearing till August 26

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The Calcutta High Court today adjourned the hearing in the Narada case till August 26, extending the interim stay on an investigation by the Kolkata Police into the sting operation. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Arijit Banerjee adjourned the hearing as state minister Subrata Mukherjee and former minister Madan Mitra […]

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Kuwait Airlines asked to compensate couple

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A foreign airline has been directed by the national consumer forum to compensate a passenger for cancelling a flight and not informing them, holding the carrier responsible for deficient service. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held that there was deficiency in service towards the passengers and directed the Kuwait Airways Corporation to refund the […]

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“More fatalities if pellet guns are banned”

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The CRPF has informed Jammu and Kashmir High Court that if pellet guns are banned as a crowd control measure, its personnel will be forced to fire bullets in extreme situations, which can cause more fatalities. “In case, this (pellet gun) is withdrawn from the options available with the CRPF, CRPF personnel would have no […]

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Delhi HC asks Payal Abdullah to vacate govt bungalow

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Delhi High Court today directed Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to “gracefully” vacate the government accommodation she has been residing in with her two sons. Payal, who has been residing at 7, Akbar Road bungalow since 1999, however, refused to move out and urged the court […]

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