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Criminal Law News


3 judge panel for 'cash-at-judge door' scam

   28 August 2008 at 11:01

CJI sets up 3 judge panel to go into 'cash-at-judge door' scam Taking a serious view of the 'cash-at-judge door' scam in Chandigarh, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has constituted a three-judge committee to go into it even as a parallel CBI ..

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death of a women with child in her womb

   23 August 2008 at 13:29

22/08/08 keesara ranga reddy dist . reported . on the outskirts of hyderabad near keesara village . a unidentified dead body found by keesara police and police submitted inquest report to local magistrate and the hoble magistrate orderd for investiga ..

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Ex Haryana Addl Advocate General arrested

   23 August 2008 at 10:33

The Haryana Police today arrested former Haryana Additional Advocate General Sanjeev Bansal on charges of delivering Rs 15 lakh cash at the residence of a Punjab and Haryana High Court judge.Bansal, who has been absconding for the past couple of days ..

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Section 377 of IPC impeding AIDS control interventions- Dr. Ramadoss

   23 August 2008 at 10:33

The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anubmani Ramadoss has said that the Health Ministry is lobbying with concerned agencies for removal of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code as it is impeding the Government’s AIDS control measures. Sp ..

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Bombay HC directs Minister to surrender

   23 August 2008 at 10:33

Bombay HC directs Minister to surrender on August 288/22/2008Bombay High Court directed former Maharashtra minister for transport and tribal development Dharmarao Atram to surrender before the forest department office at Pune on August 28 in the chin ..

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Senior Advocate Convicted

   22 August 2008 at 08:30

Anand, Khan convicted in BMW case New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday convicted senior advocates - R.K. Anand and I.U. Khan - in the BMW expose case for obstructing administration of justice. "They are senior advocates and they did not tender ei ..

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LIFE TERM IN LIEU OF DEATH PENALTY

   18 August 2008 at 09:27

SC can fix tenure of life term in lieu of death penaltyThe Supreme Court has ruled that in order to minimize the use of death penalty, it has the power to fix tenure of life imprisonment while substituting it for death sentence.A bench comprising Jus ..

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SC not contemplating videography of proceedings: CJI

   18 August 2008 at 09:27

SC not contemplating videography of proceedings: CJIChief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said while a time may come when court proceedings are allowed to be video graphed, the Supreme Court was not contemplating any such measure at present.I ..

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Magistrates not to exercise power of remand mechanically: Madras HC

   15 August 2008 at 15:48

Madras High Court ruled that remand of an accused should not be ordered mechanically and sufficient grounds must exist for a magistrate to exercise the power of remand. Passing orders on a petition seeking to modify a bail order, Mr Justice R Regupat ..

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Lawyers assault terrorists for raising anti India slogans

   15 August 2008 at 15:48

Irked over the ranting of anti-Indian and pro-Pakistan slogans, advocates today beat up the accused terrorists and their lawyer on the court premises.In June, 2007, Naushad, Jallaluddin, Sheikh Jular Hussain, Mohd Ali Akbar Hussain, Azib-ur-rehman an ..

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