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Court punches holes in CBI case against Yes Bank's Rana KapoorA special CBI court granted bail to Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor, criticizing the CBI for failing to start his trial promptly. The court...
Delhi HC grants bail to CA in Shakti Bhog money laundering caseThe judge stated that the trial cannot proceed or charges cannot be framed till the investigation comes to an end and the applicant cannot ...
Can be punished for 5 yrs if guilty, have spent 3yrs in jail already: Agusta Westland accused to HCThe trial court, while dismissing the bail pleas in both the CBI and ED cases, had said that considering the overall facts and circumstance...
The process cannot be the punishmentA bad law is defined by its inability to do the job it was enacted to do, and the injustice it doles out to the possibly innocent. UAPA fai...
P Chidambaram not a criminal like 'Ranga, Billa' to be denied bail, Sibal tells SC in INX Media caseThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) re-arrested the veteran leader on October 16 in the consequential money laundering case pertaining to rout...
Doctrine of tooth for tooth, eye for eye can't be applied: Delhi High CourtJitender, a former Delhi University student, who was awarded 30 years jail term by a trial court in a murder case, was directed by the cour...
Nirbhaya: Amicus question death sentenceAs per the amicus, the prosecution has to show that circumstances "give rise to a conclusive or irresistible inference of an agreement betw...
Jigisha murder case: Death row convict challenges convictionThe trio are also facing trial for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan, killed a year before Jigisha.
Supreme Court nod to laws of Bihar, Orissa to confiscate assets of babusIt said that establishment of Special Courts under these Acts were "not violative of Article 247 of the Constitution".
SC upholds pre-Trial confiscation of ill-gotten wealth of corrupt babus, politiciansThe Supreme Court has upheld two laws enacted by Bihar and Odisha to confiscate the ill-gotten wealth of corrupt bureaucrats and politician...
Drunk driving: Lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar's bail plea rejectedA court rejected the bail application moved by Jahnvi Gadkar who is accused of mowing down two persons under the influence of alcohol.
CWG case: Trial against Suresh Kalmadi, 9 others to commence tomorrowAfter framing of charges, all the accused had pleaded not guilty and had claimed trial in the case.
- Delhi Gang Rape: Fast-track court frames charges against accused
The accused have been charged under 13 sections of the Indian Penal Code by the fast track court. The next day of hearing has been fixed as...
Delhi gang rape case: Eminent lawyers scoff at call for death sentenceEminent lawyers, such as Ram Jethmalani and Sushil Kumar, have scoffed at the demand for death sentence for the accuseds.
- Need for pre-trial penalty in India
India must reform a system in which 70% of those jailed have not been convicted.
CBI seeks maximum punishment of two years for RathoreBoth CBI and Bhardwaj have sought maximum punishment of two years for Rathore under section 354 of IPC.
- HC hands out death to Mattoo killer
Ten years after the rape and murder of 23-year-old law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, the Delhi High Court on Monday sealed the fate of conv...