The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Gujarat’s Additional DGP P P Pandey for quashing of FIR and protection against the non-bailable arrest warrant, issued by a CBI court against him in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. “Having heard the parties at some length, we are not persuaded to entertain the petition […]
Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankit Chavan were on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court in IPL spot-fixing case. The court also granted bail to 17 other accused, including 14 bookies, in the case. The court observed there is no reason for believing that the accused are guilty under MCOCA at this stage. Delhi Police […]
A proposal to replace the 20-year-old Collegium system of appointing judges with the Judicial Appointment Commission will be moved “very soon” before the Cabinet, Law Minister Kapil Sibal has said. Once cleared, the new system will pave the way for the Executive to have a say in the appointments of judges to the Supreme Court […]
Delhi Lokayukta today indicted Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing government funds for carrying out an advertisement campaign with a political purpose ahead of assembly elections in 2008. Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin recommended to President Pranab Mukherjee to caution Mrs. Dikshit for the alleged misuse of public funds. He also recommended to the […]
The Delhi High Court has ordered prosecution of actor Shyan Munshi and a ballistic expert for turning hostile in the sensational Jessica Lall murder case, an offence which entails maximum punishment of seven years imprisonment. The High Court absolved 17 other witnesses from the charge of giving false evidence during their deposition in the trial […]
Appointment of teachers in primary schools on ad hoc basis by various state governments without following proper qualification criteria drew flak from the Supreme Court which said that such policies are spoiling the entire education system and future of the country. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra expressed strong disapproval of […]
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was granted interim bail on Tuesday for six weeks by the Delhi High Court for undergoing pacemaker implant surgery. “In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the medical report of the appellant/applicant, the applicant’s sentence shall be suspended for a period of six […]
More than two years after reserving its verdict, the Delhi High Court will decide on Wednesday whether to prosecute 19 witnesses including Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi on the charge of perjury for turning hostile during the trial of Jessica Lal murder case. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and G P Mittal would pronounce […]
Non-payment of service tax may attract arrest and imprisonment upto seven years. The Finance Bill 2013, which was passed by Parliament early this month, empowers Revenue Department officials to arrest a person for non-payment of the collected service tax. In addition the defaulter has to pay a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees. […]
After a U-turn by the Gujarat government on the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others, convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, the SIT has decided to seek Supreme Court’s guidance on the issue. “Very soon, we are going to file an application before the special bench of the Supreme Court […]
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