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Section 377: Supreme Court declines to stay High Court judgment

July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court declined to stay the Delhi High Court judgment declaring Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional and decriminalising unnatural sex between consenting adults. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam granted eight weeks for the Centre to file its response to special leave petitions challenging the High […]

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Ajmal admits to crime

July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Mumbai- Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ confessed to his crime before the Special Sessions Court at the Arthur Road jail in mumbai. He said “Mujhe gunha kabool hai. I want to confess.” The lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks stunned the courtroom with these words, uttered just as the court was preparing to […]

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SC stays narco test of police officers

July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

New Delhi: Jul 20- The Supreme Court today stayed narco-analysis test of the police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam posted the petition filed by the officers challenging a Jammu […]

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Case of arson handed over to CB-CID

July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

LUCKNOW- The case relating to vandalism and arson at the residence of UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi here has been handed over to the Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID). Higher authority said that the CB-CID was directed to submit a report at the earliest. No time frame was set for completion of […]

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Sharif wins hijacking case

July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on course to run for public office again after the Supreme Court Friday discharged him in a 10-year-old case in which he was accused of trying to hijack a plane to prevent army chief Pervez Musharraf from returning home.

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Rita Bahuguna gets interim bail

July 19, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

UPCC president Rita Bahuguna , who was arrested for making objectionable comments against Chief Minister Mayawati, was granted interim bail till July 29 by the Additional District Judge of Moradabad. She was asked to submit two sureties for Rs. 30,000 each. The ADJ on Friday reserved order on the bail plea of Ms. Rita Bahuguna, […]

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