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SC slams Centre on row involving encroachers of Govt houses

   25 July 2008 at 23:47

The Centre's opposition to amending the criminal law to enable jailing those unauthorisedly occupying govt accommodation, evoked a strong rebuke from the Supreme Court which directed the Union Cabinet to reconsider the matter. "Take it seriously. We ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   260 Views


Interpol and CBI help unearth cheating case in Kashmir

   24 July 2008 at 22:19

With the help of Interpol and CBI, the Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch (CB) unearthed a cheating case and presented a challan in a local court against the dealer here.A spokesman of the CBI said the challan was produced in the court of Chief Ju ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   386 Views


SC commutes Swami Shardanand's death sentence to life

   24 July 2008 at 22:19

New Delhi, Jul 22 The Supreme Court today commuted death sentence awarded to Swami Shardanand alias Murli Manohar Mishra by Karnataka High Court to life imprisonment but with a rider that the convict will remain in jail till his death.Shardanand had ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   1815 Views


SC to hear plea against media, police in Aarushi murder case

   24 July 2008 at 22:19

The Supreme Court today decided to entertain a petition seeking to fix the responsibility on police officials as well as the media, if they malign the reputation of the Talwars and the Duranis, who were arrested and harassed during the investigation ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   222 Views


SC allows Kanchi seer's plea for a public prosecutor

   23 July 2008 at 08:44

The Supreme Court allowed the plea of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati for appointing a public prosecutor from Puducherry on Tuesday to hold trial against him in the Sankararaman murder case. Supreme Court has said that the state of Puducher ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   283 Views


Stricter punishment for 'acid attack': Govt to SC

   22 July 2008 at 10:09

New Delhi, Jul 21 The Supreme Court was today informed by the Central government that suitable amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) were underway to make punishment for the offence of 'acid attack' more str ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   253 Views


Kerala HC favours non-bailable offence for sexual assaults

   22 July 2008 at 10:09

Kochi, Jul 21 Kerala High Court today pointed out the inadequacy of the provisions of law to protect children and women from various types of sexual assaults and favoured section 354 IPC, dealing with these offences, non-bailable. While dismissing th ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   319 Views


HC: Notice to college for issuing bogus certificate

   19 July 2008 at 23:59

The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued notices to 25 professors of the Government Science College, Raipur for conducting journalism course and issuing bogus mark sheets without permission or affiliation from the Ravishankar University, Raipur.Mr Just ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   311 Views


SC notices to Centre and UP in Ghaziabad GPF scam

   18 July 2008 at 09:58

New Delhi, Jul 17 The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a petition seeking CBI investigation into the Rs seven crore Ghaziabad district court treasury General Provident Fund scam, which allegedly involve ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   323 Views


SC asks why FIRs not being lodged when mandatory

   16 July 2008 at 19:12

New Delhi, Jul 14 The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre, all States and Union Territories, seeking an explanation why the directions of the court regarding the mandatory lodging of an FIR in case of cognisable offences are not being ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   824 Views