Phone-tapping of anti-social elements justified: Court New Delhi, Aug 20: The Delhi High Court today held that investigating agencies can intercept phone calls of an individual if there is sufficient evidence to prove that he or she is involved in ....
Supreme court asks CBI to arrest Pappu Yadav New Delhi, Aug 6: The Supreme Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest "forthwith" mafia don-turned-politician Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who is abscond....
Charles Sobhraj did not get a fair trial in Nepal: UN Kathmandu, Aug 5: The maverick "Bikini Killer" Charles Sobhraj has got the support of UN when it comes to get justice in his trial. In a recent declaration, the UN has given him a clea....
Kandhamal nun gangrape trial begins Bhubaneswar, July 26: A court in Orissa today began the trial of an alleged gangrape of a nun in the state's Kandhamal district during communal clashes in 2008.
The trial began in....
Rathore's bail plea hearing adjourned to July 1 Chandigarh, June 29: The Punjab and Haryana High Court today adjourned till July 1 the hearing on the revision petition and bail plea of former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted fo....
Former Goa tourism minister, aide denied anticipatory bail Panaji, June 21: Former Goa tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco and his aide Lyndon Monteiro were today denied anticipatory bail in connection with the death of Pacheco's allege....
Judge recuses himself from former Goa minister's bail plea Panaji, June 18: Former Goa minister Mickky Pacheco's bail plea in the case relating to his 28-year-old alleged lover's death, could not be heard today as a Bombay High Court judge recu....
Court to decide on Rathore's appeal today Chandigarh, May 20: A court here will today pronounce its decision on an appeal by former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore challenging his conviction for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra,....
Verdict a victory for India: Moily New Delhi, May 3: Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily today described the conviction of Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 terror attack case as a "victory for the country....
CBI has 9,000 cases pending in courts Kolkata, April 24: With 9,000 cases pending in courts, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started relying on plea bargains to clear the backlog.
"We have 9,000 cases pe....
CBI seeks enhancement of Rathore's sentence Chandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed an appeal in the district and sessions court here for enhancing the sentence of disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P....
Ruchika's school angry over 'irresponsible' inquiry Chandigarh: Terming as "irresponsible" the magisterial inquiry indicting the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School and its principal for the expulsion of teenaged molestation victim Ruch....
Ruchika case: CBI to take over case against Rathore Panchkula/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over "in a few days" the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenag....
Police not to arrest Rathore 'hastily' despite criticism Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana Police has been pulled up for delaying action in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case but police officials say they did not want to arrest former top cop S.P.S Rat....
Supreme Court stays Koli's death sentence in Nithari killing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence of Surinder Koli, convicted in February last year of raping and killing 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar in Nithari village in Noida near th....
Conviction rate in CBI cases down by 2 percent New Delhi: Successful conviction in cases probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has gone down by two percent in 2009, the agency said today.
Only 64.74 percent people go....
CBI to court: Allow narco-tests on Aarushi's parents Ghaziabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today sought permission of a local court to conduct narco-tests on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar who was fo....
PM apprised about developments in Ruchika molestation case New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath on Friday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about developments in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that has grabbed nati....
No bail for Rathore, Ruchika's father meets Chidambaram Chandigarh/New Delhi: Former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 19 years ago and now facing fresh charges, was today refused int....
Ruchika's father blames Chautala, system for shielding Rathore Panchkula: S.C. Girhotra, father of teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, today blamed former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and the entire establishment in Haryana for the harassme....
Kerala court defers hearing on Sufiya Maudany's bail plea Kollam (Kerala): A team of Kerala police officials who had come to take into custody Abdul Nasir Maudany's wife Sufiya Maudany in connection with the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case, retu....
Army court indicts Lt Gen in land scam New Delhi: An army court of enquiry has indicted a serving Lieutenant General in a land scam in Darjeeling in West Bengal, an official said today.
The court of enquiry, which conclude....
Apex court stops Gujarat high court hearing in Ishrat killing New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stopped the Gujarat High Court from hearing a state government plea to annul a magisterial probe that indicted the Ahmedabad police for the staged killings of....
Madhu Koda's aide seeks anticipatory bail New Delhi: Vinod Sinha, a close aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money-laundering scam, today approached the Delhi High Court seeking....
Court pulls up government on Manu Sharma parole New Delhi: Pulling up the state government for granting parole to murder convict Manu Sharma, the Delhi High Court chastised it for adopting a pick and choose policy and asked that prisoners be....
Arrest warrants issued against Koda's aides Ranchi: The Income Tax (IT) department on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary, close associates of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is faced....
Notices to government, police over Salem's plea New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the government and the Delhi Police over underworld gangster Abu Salem's plea that charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control....
Court allows narco test of Kobad Ghandy New Delhi: A city court today allowed a narco test on Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed the plea ....
Corruption case: Amar Singh gets reprieve from high court Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court today turned down a plea for initiating criminal proceedings against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh.
The petition was moved by lawyer S....
Acid burn victim gets justice after 10 years Kanpur: Nearly a decade after the son of a bureaucrat threw acid on her face, she at last got justice from a local court in this Uttar Pradesh city that pronounced a 10-year jail term for the a....
Police want to conduct narco test on Kobad Ghandy New Delhi: Expressing their inability to obtain information from Communist Party of India-Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, the Delhi Police today sought court permission to conduct narco analysis te....
Vikas Yadav seeks interim bail for sister's wedding New Delhi: Vikas Yadav, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Nitish Katara who allegedly had a relationship with his sister Bharti, on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court for interim ....
Tamil daily news editor released, scribes want actors tried
Chennai: A local court today granted bail to the news editor of Tamil daily Dinamalar, B. Lenin, arrested on Wednesday for permitting the publication of a news item that hurt the sentiments of ....
One year after shootout, Jamia Nagar demands justice New Delhi: It has been a year since policemen stormed the narrow lanes of Delhi's Jamia Nagar and gunned down two terror suspects while arresting five youth. But the anger still rages and e....
Nithari accused Pandher's family thrilled with acquittal New Delhi: Justice had prevailed with the Allahabad High Court's acquittal of Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher in the rape and murder of a teenage girl, the family and lawyer of the....
Shiney Ahuja's bail plea rejected Mumbai: A Mumbai court today rejected the bail application of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, accused of raping his teenaged domestic help.
The actor's bail plea, which was pending ....
Pandher acquitted by Allahabad HC in Nithari killings case Allahabad: The Nithari Killing case witnessed some surprising changes today with Allahabad High Court upholding its decision to award death sentencE to the key accused Surinder Kohli. In a more....
Trial opens in murder of marathon kid's coach Bhubaneswar: The trial in the murder of judo coach Biranchi Das, the foster father and coach to marathon sensation kid Budhia Singh, began today in a fast track court here.
Das was gu....
Will co-operate with CBI, Buta Singh assures court New Delhi: Chairman of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes Buta Singh today informed the Delhi High Court that he is ready to help the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a br....
Apex court admits Vijayan's case New Delhi: The Supreme Court today admitted a lawsuit by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader P. Vijayan challenging the Kerala governor's order granting sanction to Central Bure....
Plea for dropping MCOCA charges against Abu Salem rejected New Delhi: A city court today dismissed the Delhi Police's plea for dropping charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) against extradited gangster Abu ....
New Sobhraj battle from Oct 29 Kathmandu: Nepal's Supreme Court said it will start hearing from Oct 29 yesteryear's 'Serpent' Charles Sobhraj's appeal in a nearly 30-year-old murder case that, for the fir....
Court refuses to order probe into Batla House encounter New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today refused to order any judicial or magisterial inquiry into last year's Batla House encounter, during which a police inspector and two suspected Islamist....
CBI sets itself benchmark - one year for all probes New Delhi: Setting for itself the goal that all investigations would be completed within a year, the Central Bureau of Investigation today said the "weak criminal justice system" and pr....
Could Charles Sobhraj be free in 2013?
Kathmandu: Trapped in a legal labyrinth in Nepal after the Himalayan republic became the first country to find him guilty of murder, yesteryear's formidable crime maestro Charles Sobhraj co....
Court awards life term to man for poisoning friend
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to a man for poisoning his friend to death in 1997.
A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Ka....
Anti-Posco leader released on bail Bhubaneswar: Anti-Posco leader Abhaya Sahu, who was arrested in October last year for his alleged involvement in several crimes, was released from jail today, a day after the Orissa High Court ....
Eight get life term for former Bihar minister's murder Patna: A Bihar court today sentenced eight people, including former parliamentarian Surajbhan Singh and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Munna Shukla, to life imprisonment for the 1998 murde....
SC judge's name crops up in Kerala nun's murder hearing
Kochi: In a shocking twist to the 17-year-old Sister Abhaya murder case, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel told the Kerala High Court today that the then chief justice of Karnatak....
Buta Singh's son, three others get bail in graft case Mumbai: A Mumbai court today granted bail to former union minister Buta Singh's son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh and his three associates in a Rs 1 crore corruption case, a legal official sa....
Kashmir cops denied bail in Shopian rape-murder case Srinagar: The district and sessions judge of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir today rejected the bail application moved by four police officers accused of destroying evidence in the rape and murder....
CBI in a quandary over Sarabjot Singh
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in a spot. After claiming that Sarabjot Singh had named his father and former home minister Buta Singh in a bribery scandal, the investig....
Leak of Kasab's confessional video angers court
Mumbai: The Mumbai court trying the 26/11 attack today urged police to take action against the officer who leaked Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab's confessional video to a TV channel h....
Govt asked to consider steps to curb drunken driving New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the city government to consider the suggestions given by the amicus curiae to curb the growing number of drunken driving accidents here.
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Once close to Congress, R.K. Anand had influential clients New Delhi: R.K. Anand, the high-profile lawyer who was convicted by the Supreme Court for contempt of court today, handled several significant cases in his legal career and was once known for h....
SC convicts senior lawyer R K Anand for contempt New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld a Delhi High Court ruling convicting senior lawyer R.K. Anand for contempt to court in trying to forge a nexus with defence counsel I.U. Khan to shield....
Couple, aide convicted for 2003 Mumbai twin blasts Mumbai: A Mumbai couple and their associate were today convicted by a special court of triggering the Aug 25, 2003 twin blasts which killed 54 people and injured 244 more at Gateway of India an....
Court grants bail to former RAW official New Delhi: A city court on Friday granted bail to a former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer accused of disclosing classified information through his book on the working of the external ....
Nanda's friend contests his BMW conviction in apex court New Delhi: Rajiv Gupta, a businessman friend of the Nanda family who was convicted on charges of washing the bloodstains from the BMW and destroying evidence after Sanjeev Nanda was involved in....
Jharkhand court rejects Koda's plea Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday rejected former chief minister and Lok Sabha member Madhu Koda's plea to remove his name from the list of respondents in a petition alleging co....
Lawyers who assaulted judge given bail New Delhi: A city court on Tuesday granted bail to three lawyers accused of manhandling a district judge in the capital following a verbal argument during hearing of a case last week.
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Delhi blast accused to be produced in court today New Delhi: Delhi bomb blast accused and Indian Mujahideen (IM) member, Akbar Ismail Choudhary, was brought to the national capital from Hyderabad by the Special Cell of Delhi Police today for i....
Padamsinh Patil's arrest embarrassing for party: NCP New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today said that the arrest of its senior leader Padamsinh Patil by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of murdering a Congress l....
Kanpur hospital employee held for molesting French tourist Lucknow: An employee of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town was arrested today for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old French tourist, police said.
"The employee with the ....
Gujarat conman's relative detained for questioning Ahmedabad: Police today detained for questioning a close relative of arrested conman Ashok Jadeja, who is accused of duping thousands of people across India of millions of rupees by posing as a....
Kerala governor gives nod to prosecute Vijayan Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai has given the go-ahead to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi....
Sydney-based Indian couple held guilty of daughter's death Sydney: A Sydney-based Indian homeopath and his wife have been found guilty of causing the death of their nine-month-old daughter, Gloria Thomas, by failing to provide her proper medical treatm....
Australian police arrest two for attack on Indian student Melbourne: Australian police today arrested two teenagers over the beating of an Indian student on a Melbourne train, a media report said.
Sourabh Sharma, 21, was beaten by a group of....
Assam orders probe into recovery of skeletons Guwahati: The Assam government today ordered a probe into the recovery of a large number of human skeletons from the outskirts of the state capital last week.
As many as 14 human skel....
Villagers bar headmaster for stealing students' lunch Patna: After he was caught stealing rice meant for schoolchildren's lunch, the headmaster of a primary school in Bihar's Begusarai district has been banned from the school by irate vill....
Uphaar case: CBI clean chit to former cop Amod Kanth New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday gave a clean chit to former Delhi top cop Amod Kanth, who was accused of negligence in the Uphaar fire tragedy of 1997 when a cin....
Apex court disallows brain-mapping of politician out on bail New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday halted the Uttar Pradesh police plan to put a small-time politician out on bail to lie detector and brain-mapping tests to ascertain his role in a doubl....
Two Britons, aquitted of paedophilia, asked to report to police New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked two Britons, acquitted by the Bombay High Court of charges of sexually abusing destitute boys in a Mumbai orphanage run by them, to mark their pre....
New Delhi: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate a two-day international conference of jurists on terrorism, role of law and human rights here on December 13.
