Top Law News Bombay HC acquits man convicted for wife’s murder April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted by the Bombay High Court convicted by a lower court for murdering his wife by setting her afire eight years ago. Hearing the appeal filed by Pune-resident Bhanudas Thite, a division Bench of Mr Justice V K Tahilramani and Mr Justice P D Kode recently set aside the 2005 order of the Pune trial court which had sentenced him […] Read more » Bombay High Court homicidal Mr Thite murder Pune-resident Bhanudas Thite special executive magistrate wife's murder
Criminal Law News Bombay HC sets aside lower court order convicting woman for life April 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman has been punished by the life imprisonment by Bombay High court for the murdering her daughter in law. A division bench of Justices P D Kode and V K Tahilramani, while quashing the lower court order, held her guilty for ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder and said that as per the evidences produced […] Read more » Bombay High court judgment Bombay High court order culpable homicide not amounting to murder life imprisonment murder murder of daughter in law section 302 (murder) of IPC section 304 II of IPC
Criminal Law News Four given life term for murder April 1, 2013 / April 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in Maharajganj a local court has sentenced four persons, including two women, to life imprisonment for a murder committed 15 years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Jetendra Kumar Sinha also imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on each Saturday for the murder of Duija Devi in November, 1998. According to the sources of the prosecution, She […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Jetendra Kumar Sinha Chandrika Kusmawti Lalti Devi life imprisonment life imprisonment for a murder Maharajganj murder Shyam Lal
Top Law News HC gives benefit of doubt to 4; clears them of dacoity, murder March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Granting benefit of doubt, the Bombay High Court has quashed the life sentence given to four watchmen of a plastic production unit for committing dacoity at the facility and murdering its owner eight years ago. In a recent judgement, a bench of justices P V Hardas and A R Joshi, while acquitting the four, observed […] Read more » benefit of doubt Bombay High Court dacoity Dharam Singh Life sentence Meenbahadur Singh murder plastic production unit Tejasingh Bahadur Tulai Kalu Singh
Criminal Law News IIM prof Amrita Pancholi murder: life term to driver March 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Life Imprisonment has been given as a reward by a local court to Anil Patel, the driver of slain IIM professor Amrita Pancholi, for murdering her in 2009. “The additional district judge Ashish Dixit also handed down two-year jail term to Patel’s accomplice Bhavesh Soni on the charges of keeping the custody of valuables stolen from […] Read more » IIM prof Amrita Pancholi murder IIM professor Amrita Pancholi life imprisonment Life Imprisonment by court murder section 394 of IPC and section 397 of IPC sections 302 (murder) of IPC
Top Law News Cabinet approves Goa Litigation Policy March 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The State Cabinet approved the Goa Litigation Policy formulated on the lines of the National Litigation Policy, 2010. Talking to media persons here after the Cabinet meet, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said ‘Its aim is to transform government into an efficient and responsible litigant. The policy is also based on the recognition that it is […] Read more » Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Goa Litigation Policy government litigation kidnapping murder National Litigation Policy State Cabinet
Media & Entertainment News Hit-and-run case: Salman wants culpable homicide charge March 7, 2013 / March 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming as “bad in law” invoking of the charge of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ against him in the 2002 hit-and-run case, actor Salman Khan today sought its quashing by a sessions court which questioned whether it had the jurisdiction to hear his plea. Salman has filed a revision application against the order of a Bandra […] Read more » 2002 hit and run case Bombay High Court culpable homicide charge Hit-and-run case murder Salman Khan section 304 A IPC section 304 part II of IPC
Criminal Law News Suryanelli rape case: Hearing of bail pleas adjourned to Mar 4 February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court adjourned to March 4 the hearing of the bail pleas of 17 accused in the Suryanelli rape case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien. A division bench comprising Justices K T Shankaran and M L Joseph Francis told that the appeal and records about the case had not been […] Read more » abduction Kerala High Court murder Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien rape rape case sexually exploited Supreme Court Supreme Court judgement Suryanelli rape case
Top Law News Gangrape case: Supreme Court defers hearing over counsel row January 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after two lawyers appeared before the Supreme Court claiming to represent one of the six accused in the December 16 gangrape case, the sessions Judge has been asked by the court conducting the trial to find out who the actual counsel was and if he wanted to pursue the case for transferring the trial […] Read more » advocate ML Sharma Anand did a U-turn attempt to murder Chief Justice Altamas Kabir common intention criminal conspiracy dacoity December 16 gangrape case destruction of evidence gang rape in Delhi Gang rape in India Gangrape Gangrape cas hurting in committing robbery IPC kidnapping murder rape in India sessions judge Supreme Court Supreme Court of India unnatural offences
Criminal Law News Human Rights Murder victim’s kin to get Rs.5 lakh January 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttar Pradesh government has been asked by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked to pay Rs.5 lakh to the next of kin of a minor girl strangled to death by a constable last year. According to NHRC, “It is established that a constable attempted to rape the 14-year-old victim, strangulated her and then hanged […] Read more » grievous violation of human rights kin of a minor girl Lakhimpur murder Murder victim's kin National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) NHRC Uttar Pradesh government
Criminal Law News Gangrape: Case fixed for Jan 14 for scrutiny of documents January 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi For the scrutiny of documents filed with the charge sheet in the case of the December 16 gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old girl, a court has fixed a date which is January 14. The five accused — bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Thakur — […] Read more » 120-B (conspiracy) 201 (destruction of evidence) 23-year-old girl 307 (attempt to murder) 34 (common intention) 376 (2)(g) (gangrape) 377 (unnatural offences) 394 (hurting in dacoity) 395 (dacoity) 396 (murder in dacoity) 412 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC a minor accused Akshay Thakur bus driver Ram Singh Delhi Gang rape case Delhi Police gang rape gang rape in Delhi his brother Mukesh Metropolitan Magistrate Namrita Aggarwal murder negligent Pawan Gupta Safdarjung Hospital sections 302 (murder) Singapore hospital Vinay Sharma
Top Law News Gangrape victim cremated away from public glare December 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 23 year girl, who was the victim of a gang rape and murder which triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India was cremated at a private ceremony on Sunday, hours after her body was flown home from Singapore. The cremation plans were kept a secret till the last moment as police apprehended a large […] Read more » brutal assault Congress party cremation plans Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit Delhi Police Dwarka gang rap gangrape and brutal assault harshest punishment law and order murder New Indian Education and Cultural Society Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi RAF personnel RPN Singh Safdarjung Hospital Vijender Sharma West Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra