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Court grants 2-day interim bail to officer after kin’s suicide

July 20, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment

A special court today granted two-day interim bail to graft accused Director General Corporate Affairs B K Bansal to attend the last rites of his wife and daughter, who allegedly committed suicide. Special CBI Judge Gurdeep Singh granted the relief to Bansal till July 22 and said that after yesterday’s incident (of suicide), its time […]

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Air hostess suicide case: Trial against Kanda begins

May 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A fast track court on Monday commenced trial in the suicide case of an ex-air hostess in which former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda is the main accused. Kanda is facing trial for alleged offence of rape, unnatural offence and abetting suicide of the air hostess, who had worked in his company. His aide Aruna […]

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Delayed compensation: deceased sailor’s parents commit suicide

February 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Frustrated over the delay in compensation ordered by the Madras High Court for the death of their sailor son, who was on board M T Pratibha Cauvery when it ran aground here few months ago, allegedly committed suicide at their residence Friday. Mentioning the incident before Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, counsel for the victim’s family […]

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Kanda sent to seven-day police custody

August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Gopal Goyal Kanda, the former Haryana minister who is the prime accused in the suicide of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, has been sent to seven days in police custody by a court in Delhi. Mr Kanda, who was arrested by the Delhi Police in the wee hours today amidst high drama, was produced in […]

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What is being done to decriminalise suicide: Court

May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to list the steps it had taken on a 2008 Law Commission report calling for suicide to be decriminalised. As per the present provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a person attempting suicide can be punished with a maximum jail sentence of one year. Expressing […]

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Suicide by subordinate: Court says no conviction sans proof

August 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court has said that an individual can not be charged with abetting a suicide if an aggrieved member of his staff, who honestly feels wronged by him, kills himself on that count. Urging trial courts to be extremely careful, the apex court said that unless there were ‘specific allegation and material of definite […]

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Doctor gets four years jail for wife’s suicide

July 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A leading cardiologist of Chandigarh was Monday sentenced by a local court to four years rigorous imprisonment for abetting the suicide of his doctor wife five years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge R.N Bharti, who had last week convicted Deepak Kaura, a leading cardiologist who runs a private hospital here, sentenced him to four […]