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Mumbai lawyer drops plans to defend nabbed terrorist

   15 December 2008 at 23:20

Mumbai (IANS): Noted criminal lawyer Ashok Saraogi on Monday said he had dropped plans to represent and defend nabbed Mumbai attack terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab.Grappling with an outburst against his reported plans, Saraogi said that he ..

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SC sets guidelines for trying cheque bounce cases

   14 December 2008 at 19:01

SC sets guidelines for trying cheque bounce cases New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court has held that only a lower court in whose jurisdiction an offence of cheque bounce is committed will try the case. Setting the guideline, the Apex court said compl ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   655 Views


Acquittal by trial court carries a lot of weight: SC

   12 December 2008 at 20:55

NEW DELHI: In the long and tortuous three-tier litigation system in India, what is the value of a trial court order acquitting an accused when the state has the option of appealing against it before the high court and then in the Supreme Court? Quite ..

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Govt lawyer not to defend Kasab

   11 December 2008 at 23:11

Advocate Dinesh Mota who was asked by the Maharashtra legal aid to take up Kasab's case has refused to do so. Speaking to the media persons he said, “I was asked to take up Kasab’s case by the Maharashtra legal aid. But I refused to do so,” he said.M ..

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Mumbai attack terrorist's police custody extended till 24th Dec

   11 December 2008 at 23:07

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone terrorist caught alive during the 26th November terror attacks, has been remanded in police custody till 24th December by a court in Mumbai for his alleged involvement in the killing of ATS chief Hemant Karkare and ..

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HC, apex court has power to order CBI probe: Centre tells SC

   11 December 2008 at 23:07

The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no restriction on High Courts and apex court to order a CBI probe into sensitive cases having national and international ramification."There is no restriction on the powers of the courts ( ..

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HC, apex court has power to order CBI probe: Centre tells SC

   10 December 2008 at 20:33

The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no restriction on High Courts and apex court to order a CBI probe into sensitive cases having national and international ramification."There is no restriction on the powers of the courts ( ..

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Calls made to police control room are public documents: CIC

   10 December 2008 at 08:52

NEW DELHI: The records of calls made to Police Control Room — on 100 — are “public documents” details of which should be provided under the RTI Act, even if an accused wants to use it for defence in a Court, Central Information Commission has directe ..

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Australian national moves Madras HC against validity of court order

   09 December 2008 at 19:49

An Australian national has moved the Madras High Court, challenging the validity of the jurisdiction of a Magistrate court in trying a criminal case, involving foreign nationals, without the consent of the Centre.Petitioner Kamakshidasan submitted th ..

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ERADICATION OF TERRORISM

   09 December 2008 at 10:07

ERADICATION OF TERRORISM—A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE INSPIRED BY THE WRITINGS OF THE BAHA’I FAITHA. K. Merchant*Once more India has witnessed the consequences of terrorist attacks more brutal and gruesome than the ones before and disruption of normal ..

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