criminal law

Those who fail to appear in the Court as required without a sufficient reason after being charged with an offence and released on bail or on bond without sureties will be punished with imprisonment of up to a year or fine or both.   In the wake of Section 229A of the Indian Penal Code c..

NEW DELHI: All directors of a company cannot be prosecuted for an offence in cheque bouncing cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act, the Supreme Court held on Monday. A Bench comprising Justices P. Sathasivam and H.L. Dattu said: “Every person connected with the company shall not fall within the ambit o..

New Delhi: As long as doctors have performed their duties and exercised an ordinary degree of professional skill and competence they cannot be held guilty of negligence, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday. Laying down a set of principles, a Bench said, “Mere deviation from normal professional practice is not..

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An aggrieved Nashik lawyer has been advised by the Bombay high court to let go his long crusade of vengeance and get on with his life. /sty..

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Nooriya Haveliwala’s lawyer Renuka Laxmeshwar on Wednesday did not press for the plea of in-camera proceedings, but added that she was against trial by media. div id="lhs-col" style="border-right: 0px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); padding-right: 1em; margin-right: 1em;..

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Less than a fortnight after the Supreme Court recommended the transfer of Justice R Mishra in connection with the Uttar Pradesh provident fund scam, he will be sworn in as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The names of Justice Mishra and three other high court judges were recommended for transfer by the Apex Court collegium. The inten..

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  NEW DELHI: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of New Delhi Ajay Pande presided over a special sitting of the Patiala House Courts here on Wednesday. The court took up 46 cases and ordered release of 42 undertrials. span style="font-size: 1..

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the former Director General of Police (DGP), Kerala, P. Vijayan, challenging his prosecution by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged fake encounter killing of Naxalite leader Varghese in 1970. ..

  The defence in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday submitted that it wanted to call upon Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane to depose before the court, in the light of his public statement about a political link in the terror conspiracy. The court however rejected this plea on the ground that it lacked merit. Hinting..

The Finance Ministry has overhauled its Income Tax intelligence wing in order to speed up investigation of high value cases of Rs 10 lakhs and above and stop new methods of tax evasion. Commissioners ofIncome Tax (CITs) of the Central Information Branch (CIB) will now report to the intelligence wing headquartered in the national capital. The CIB and the i..