The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking to restrain CBI from conducting narco-analysis test on the suspects in Noida's Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.The petition was filed by All India Lawyers Joint Action Committee, an unr ..
A recently released report titled "Torture in India 2008: A State of Denial" - the first-ever nationwide assessment on the use of torture in the world's largest democracy - by the Hong Kong-based Asian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) contains disconce ..
An Indian-origin surgeon has been barred from practising for two years in New Jersey and slapped with USD81,000 fine for operating on a wrong lung of a cancer patient eight years ago. The State Board of Medical Examiners found that Dr Santusht Perera ..
Expressing concern over the plight of a large number of undertrials in the country, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnanhas urged his fellow judges to take a liberal view and grant bails to undertrials not charged with heinous offences.Justice Bal ..
The Principal Sessions Court, Chennai, today granted bail to two city businessmen, who were arrested on the charges of abducting and robbing an American teacher.Allowing their second bail petition, Principal Sessions Judge Aruna Jagadeesan ordered Jo ..
JAMMU, Jun 25 (UNI) A local court said no accused can be hand-cuffed without permission of the court.In an application filed by Captain Chaitnaya facing trial in abetment to suicide case of his wife Capt Mega Razdan, ordered that it is settled propos ..
In fresh trouble for Jaya Bachchan, the Election Commission on Tuesday ordered that an FIR be registered against the Samajwadi Party MP for allegedly concealing property details in her affidavit while filing her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha ele ..
India and Australia today inked treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters as they vowed to enhance their strategic security and counter-terrorism cooperation."Australia wants to take the relationship with India to the fr ..
Mon, Jun 23 04:42 PMRanchi, June 23 (PTI) Ten more former government officials were today given rigorous imprisonment ranging from five to seven years, taking the total to 33 in the fodder scam in which Rs 1.47 crore was withdrawn fraudulently from D ..
Mon, Jun 23 03:37 PMA key accused in the sensational Satyendra Dubey murder case on Monday escaped from the Patna civil court premises where he was produced before a special CBI judge.Police said Uday Chaudhary removed his oversized handcuff outside ..