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Capital punishment in Papiya ghosh murder case.

   21 September 2008 at 10:48

A fast track court awarded capital punishment to one of the 5 convicts in the infamous Prof. Papiya ghosh murder case in Patna on 19-09-08.Patna university's history professor was killed on dec.2,2006. ..

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Allahabad HC issued show cause notice to Ghazipur ADJ

   21 September 2008 at 10:48

Hearing the BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case, the Allahabad High Court issued a show cause notice to Shailendra Nath Singh, the Additional District Judge (ADJ) of Fast Track Court in Ghazipur, asking him to reason out why his termination be not re ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   397 Views


Complaint against Goa Education Minister

   21 September 2008 at 10:48

Goan NGO Utt Genkara spokesman Adv Aires Rodriges filed a criminal complaint with the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Panaji, against Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte for having allegedly filed a false affidavit stating that he had p ..

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India's deaths in custody reach 1,500 a year

   15 September 2008 at 23:42

The recent death in custody of a man from a remote village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has sparked suspicion among human rights groups. It's been estimated that each year, more than 1,500 Indian prisoners die within less than a day ..

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Study on conviction rates

   15 September 2008 at 22:20

Shatrujeet Kapur , DIG, CBI Jaipur had made a study on the highly rated conviction rate in CBI cases and comes up with interesting details.As per official statistics, conviction rate in CBI in the last 10 years has been as under:-YEAR PERCENTAGE1998 ..

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RECRUITMENT SCAM CASE

   15 September 2008 at 08:39

3 senior UP Govt officials chargesheeted in Recruitment Scam caseThe CBI filed a charge sheet against three senior government officials of Uttar Pradesh, including state Home Secretary Mahesh Kr Gupta, for their alleged involvement in the 1998 recrui ..

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SC cancels bail of Ansal brothers

   10 September 2008 at 21:40

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of Sushil and Gopal Ansal, who were sentenced to two years of imprisonment by the trial court in the Uphaar fire tragedy, which claimed 59 lives.The apex court also cancelled the bail granted to Ajit ..

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SC seeks response of UP Govt in Ghaziabad GPF Scam case

   10 September 2008 at 09:08

The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to inform the court within two weeks whether it is agreeable to a CBI inquiry in the Rs 7 crore Ghaziabad district court GPF scam in which 36 judges, including a sitting Supreme Court judge, have b ..

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SC grants bail to Parekh

   09 September 2008 at 10:51

The Supreme Court granted bail to stock broker Ketan Parekh and others on Monday in the Canfina Mutual Fund scam case. Parekh was held guilty in the case related to the 1992 stock scam, in which Canbank Financial Services was duped of over Rs 47 cror ..

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Courts do not have powers to review their own orders: SC

   08 September 2008 at 00:45

The Supreme Court has said that courts do not have any inherent powers to review their own order or judgement, except for the purpose of correcting clerical or arithmetical errors.Quoting Section 362 of the CrPC, the apex court said the procedural co ..

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