Category: LEGAL NEWS

Four of the men who gang-raped and tortured a Delhi student on a moving bus in December 2012, leaving the nation scarred forever, asked the Supreme Court to spare them the death sentence as it was “cold-blooded killing in the name of Justice.” As the court reserved its verdict, there was no decision today on the convicts’ petition challenging their death sentence. The court today heard two of the killers, Vinay Kumar and Pavan Kumar, who argued that they are “young and from poor families”. The argument was rebutted by the public…

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The Bombay High Court today granted bail to senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal in a money laundering case. Justice P N Deshmukh, however, directed Bhujbal who was arrested in March 2016, to pay a personal bond of Rs five lakh to secure his bail. Justice Deshmukh also imposed certain conditions on Bhujbal’s release on bail, including that he will appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), whenever summoned for questioning. Citing his ailing health, Bhujbal had approached the high court in January this year seeking…

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The Supreme Court today said that the “unfortunate death” of a woman government official, allegedly shot dead by a hotel owner in Kasauli during a demolition drive, was the result of “non-implementation of the law”. The apex court, while seeking the status of investigation in the case, directed the Himachal Pradesh government to apprise it about the steps taken to ensure that no unauthorised constructions were carried out in the entire state. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked the state to inform it about…

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The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it on May 8 about steps taken for setting up of the Cauvery Management Board for implementation of its judgement on distribution of river water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry. The Centre, which was asked by the top court to frame and file a draft Cauvery management scheme by May 3, today asked it to hear the matter a day after the Karnataka polls on the ground that the draft scheme has to be put before the Union Cabinet…

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The Supreme Court today took cognizance on its own of the firing incident in Kasauli where a woman government official was shot dead allegedly by a hotel owner after she had gone to seal an unauthorised construction in his property on apex court’s direction. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta termed the incident as extremely serious and noted that government officials had gone there to comply with the court’s direction to seal unauthorised constructions. Assistant Town and Country Planner Shailbala Sharma had yesterday gone to seal…

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The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the change of colour of the iconic Taj Mahal at Agra and said the monument had become yellowish earlier and was now turning brownish and greenish. The apex court suggested that the Centre take the assistance of experts from India and abroad to first assess the damage and then take steps to restore the historic monument. “We don’t know whether you have or perhaps don’t have the expertise. Even if you have the expertise, you are not utilising it. Or perhaps you don’t…

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A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court alleging human rights violation and forced evictions in connection with a multi-purpose irrigation project at Polavaram, in west Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The petition, filed by a person affected by the project, has sought implementation of government orders on rehabilitation and resettlement of the displaced people. The matter was listed before Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who posted it for further hearing on August 24. The petitioner, Pentapati Pullarao, has also challenged the decision of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),…

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The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has dismissed a claim filed by a woman following the death of her husband in an accident in 2012. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane observed that the claimants were not eligible for any compensation as Nitin Shewale, had borrowed the motorcycle which met with the accident, from one of the respondents. Hence, Shewale was not a victim in terms of the motor accident claims, the judge said in his order on April 27. The claimants in the case were Shewale’s…

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A 32-year-old man has been jailed for life for tying up his wife and burning her alive six years ago in Maharashtra’s Thane district. The couple had been married for only five months till he murdered her. The woman in her dying declaration told the police that her husband had demanded dowry. A Thane court also fined the convict, Moharamali Shafiq Khan, Rs. 11,000. Just after they got married, he used to thrash the woman for not bringing dowry, additional public prosecutor Vandana Jadhav told the court of additional sessions judge SC…

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday searched the residences of six former and current officials of IDBI Bank in connection with an alleged Rs. 600 crore loan fraud case in which Bombay Stock Exchange Chairman S Ravi and the heads of two public sector banks have also been charged, officials said New Delhi. The officials whose residences were searched on Friday included Amita Narayan, the then CGM of the credit committee of the bank; RK Bansal, then member of the credit committee; SK Srinivasan, the then executive director; RS Vidyasagar,…

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