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Criminal Law News


6 banks cheated of Rs 5 crore

   23 June 2008 at 22:09

Rajib Chatterjee KOLKATA, June 22: A 45-year-old city-based entrepreneur, Indrajit Chatterjee, has gone into hiding after allegedly duping six banks of more than Rs 5 crore in the last two years. Police are looking for Chatterjee, who had introduced ..

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Pay Rs one lakh compensation, employment and punish guilty, SHRC

   23 June 2008 at 00:51

Srinagar, Jun 22 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the authorities to take action against state police officials for the custodial killing of a youth.The SHRC also directed the authorities to pay Rs one lakh c ..

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Govt to look into misuse of dowry laws

   23 June 2008 at 00:51

Following complaints about the misuse of dowry laws by women, the Centre has decided to look into the issue and will hold a consultation programme to get views and suggestions from NGOs and activists working for men. Acting on complaints about the m ..

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Ghaziabad Bar Association moves SC for CBI inquiry into GPF scandal

   23 June 2008 at 00:51

New Delhi, Jun 22 (UNI) The Ghaziabad Bar Association has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding a CBI inquiry into the Rs seven crore General Provident Fund (GPF) scandal, which allegedly took place in the Ghaziabad district court treasu ..

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Sugar barons may face criminal proceedings

   21 June 2008 at 14:30

In all 36 sugar barons in Maharashtra might face criminal proceedings if dues worth Rs 700 crore calculated as per the statutory minimum price (SMP) are not paid to sugarcane growers before June 30.The state sugar commissioner's office has issued dir ..

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Stamp paper convict moves HC to reduce sentence

   20 June 2008 at 18:50

Chennai, Jun 19 One of the convicts in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam today moved the Madras High Court seeking to reduce the sentence awarded by the CBI Special Court in the case.The appeal petition was filed by C S Balaji, who was handed dow ..

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SC rejects cop's anticipatory bail plea in Kidney racket

   20 June 2008 at 10:32

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Delhi Police head constable Vijay Bahadur, accused of extorting nearly Rs 20 lakh and letting off an aide of the alleged kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar. A vacation bench ..

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CBI opposes Dr Talwar's bail application

   19 June 2008 at 19:40

The CBI has opposed the bail application of Dr Rajesh Talwar, prime accused in the Noida double murder case, stating that another polygraph test needs to be conducted on him.Filing an application before the designated court of Sapna Mishra at Ghaziab ..

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CEO jailed for illegal exports to India

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian-American CEO of Cirrus Electronics, was sentenced to 35 months in jail on Monday for illegally exporting electronic components to Indian government entities responsible for developing ballistic missiles, space laun ..

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Trial against Haj House Imam to begin tomorrow

   17 June 2008 at 08:40

Mumbai, Jun 15 (UNI) The trial against Maulana Gulam Yahya, the Imam of the Haj House mosque at Crawford market in South Mumbai and one of the dismissed employees of Haj Committee of India, will commence tomorrow for his alleged involvement in harbo ..

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