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Rape of minor: Teacher gets death penalty

   06 September 2008 at 14:56

Disturbed by the recent spate in rape-cum-murders of minors and determined to set a deterrent example, the Supreme Court on Friday awarded death penalty on a teacher, himself a father of three, for raping and murdering a 5th standard girl. Ironically ..

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Phone tap evidence admissible in court: SC

   06 September 2008 at 14:56

In a ruling that upholds the case for special laws to deal with terrorism and other serious crimes, the Supreme Court has restored the power of the Maharashtra police to tap the phones of terror suspects as well as suspected members of organised crim ..

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Nanda gets five year jail term

   05 September 2008 at 23:52

Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of former Naval Chief S M Nanda, was on Friday sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for mowing down six persons, including three policemen, with his BMW car in 1999. It sentenced co-convict and busin ..

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Sanjeev Nanda, three others held guilty in BMW case

   03 September 2008 at 11:07

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Nine years after Sanjeev Nanda, son of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, mowed down six people, including three policemen, while drunk and driving his BMW car, a court here Tuesday held him guilty and said the entire criminal justice ..

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Nanda held guilty in the BMW case

   02 September 2008 at 18:07

Sanjeev Nanda held guilty in the BMW hit-and-run case A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted Sanjeev Nanda for mowing down six persons in BMW hit-and -run case, meanwhile the court also held three others guilty, including businessman Rajeev Gupta, for d ..

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parameters for claiming benefits under Section 84

   01 September 2008 at 22:31

SC defines parameters for claiming benefits under Section 84In a ruling with wide ramifications, the Supreme Court has held that the police must get an accused claiming insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code medically examined before gran ..

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CJI proposes judicial inquiry by 3 Judge Panel into Punjab & Haryana HC scandal

   31 August 2008 at 10:00

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has proposed a judicial inquiry by three High Court Judges Committee to look into the scandal, which has rocked the Punjab and Haryana High Court, with the name of its sitting Judge cropping up in the scandal.O ..

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Habeas Corpus

   29 August 2008 at 10:18

The High court of Madras closed a Habeas Corpus petition alleging that several persons belonging to a family in Erode district had been abducted by henchmen of the former handlooms minister N.K.K.P.Raja. Earlier, the police had told to the court tha ..

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HC: Don't refer civil nature for police investigation

   29 August 2008 at 10:18

HC: Don't refer civil nature for police investigation �Transfer cases of civil disputes to High Court� K.T.Sangameswaran CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Registry to withdraw cases all over the State involving dis ..

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Six magistrates are in trouble

   29 August 2008 at 10:18

NEWS RELETED TO RECENT CHENNAI HIGH COURT JUGDMENT: CHENNAI: Six magistrates, four in Chennai and one each in Coimbatore and Paramakudi, who had entertained complaints which are purely civil in nature from banks and financial institutions, are in tro ..

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