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SC warns courts against extreme leniency or harshness in sentencingThe Supreme Court cautioned trial and high courts against excessive leniency or harshness in sentencing, emphasizing the need for balance t...
Victims put Dera chief on the pedestal of God: JudgeThe CBI court said such criminal act by one who is stated to be heading a religious organisation is bound to shatter images of pious religi...
Coal scam case: CBI seeks 7 years jail for ex-coal secretary GuptaGupta, who was the coal secretary from December 31, 2005 to November 2008, then joint secretary K S Kropha and then director K C Samaria in...
Gender a factor in Justice systems all over the worldIn conclusion, a question if a man gets convicted of a serious crime, would he get a lenient sentence if he had three motherless minor chil...
No leniency for corrupt govt officials: Special CBI JudgeThe court convicted Garg, who was then Regional Director in Anti-adulteration cell in Petroleum Ministry, along with his father Swami Shara...
Jaya's DA case: No leniency for pub servants, Subramanian Swamy tells SCBJP leader Subramanian Swany questioned the verdict of Karnataka High Court acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and others ...
Tamil Nadu will need Centre’s approval to release Rajiv Gandhi case convictsA five-judge bench headed by chief justice H.L. Dattu said states cannot remit sentences on their own without a convict seeking such lenien...
December 16 gangrape: Convicts get 10-year jail in robbery caseFour death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case were today awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment in a separate robbery ...
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa to move Karnataka High Court for bailThe criminal revision petition is one of the options before the lawyers who would like to secure an immediate stay on the conviction.
Crime against women must be dealt with strictly: CourtAdditional Sessions Judge said convict does not deserve a lenient view as any leniency in such cases would send a "very wrong message".
Shakti Mills rape case : Petition for confirmation of death penalty filedPetition seeking confirmation of capital punishment awarded to three common convicts of the Shakti Mills gangrape cases has been filed in t...
Leniency to accused in sexual offences 'undesirable': HCLeniency in matters involving sexual offences is undesirable and against public interest, the Delhi High Court has said.
December 16 gangrape: Citing Kasab, court rejects plea for leniencyThe death sentence of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai attack found a mention in the verdict by a court while sending the four...
- Naroda case: Court to announce quantum of sentence on August 31
The special trial court will pronounce the quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case on August...
- Subramanian Swamy welcomes SC decision
Swamy welcomed SC's decision to adjudicate itself the pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty as there was a delay in cle...
- Held guilty in 1996 telecom scam, Sukhram seeks leniency
Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 3 lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, pleaded for leniency in a Delhi c...
- Delhi court terms wife-burning for dowry as terrorism
A youth in his early twenties was on Thursday sent to jail for ten years by a Delhi court for burning alive his newly-wed 18-year-old bride...