New Delhi: The proposed law to raise the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 will be "undemocratic" and a "backward" step, a Delhi court has said, adding that it will also give a "tool" to the police to harass teenagers. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said it while acquitting Sandeep Paswan a native of Uttar Pradesh, charged with kidnapping and raping a minor girl, who had...
11:42 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by Facebook India to drop its name from a civil suit filed against certain websites for hosting "objectionable content". The internet company argued that its India office merely provided technical support to the parent company, based in US, and did not host any content. The court, however, said that prima facie there was enough evidence to implicate Facebook in the...
05:05 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: A journalist, who took part in a sting operation conducted by 'Tehelka' to expose wrongdoings in arms deal, on Monday refused to testify as a witness in a court in Delhi against two former officials of the defence ministry facing trial for graft. Journalist Mathew Samuel said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had not reimbursed his travel and other allowances. He added that he would not...
10:37 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: A DTC driver accused of driving rashly and mowing down a pedestrian, who was crossing a road, has been absolved of the charges by a Delhi court which held that drivers cannot always be blamed for accidents due to the "menace of jaywalking" in the city. Observing that "even the most vigilant driver cannot avoid an accident if someone unexpectedly walks into middle of the road", Metropolitan Magistrate...
03:39 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Recalling an English saying that "one cannot love and be wise," a Delhi court has spared jail term to a 21-year-old youth, held guilty of kidnapping a minor girl, who had eloped with him. After convicting Delhi resident Deepu Kumar, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Virender Bhat sentenced him to a day-long detention in court room itself and then let him off. The court also imposed a fine of...
04:12 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Lawmakers should "re-think" on the existing law regarding "age of consent" for sex keeping in mind the changing "social attitudes", a Delhi court has said. "It is time for the legislators to have a re-think regarding existing law by creating certain exceptions and of making allowances regarding the age of the consent/protection keeping in view the changing social attitudes and social sensibilities," Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said....
12:07 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Nagpur: Countering the Congress' jibes at the BJP in the wake of conviction of former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the 2001 fake arms deal case, the party on Saturday said the Congress has no moral right "to lecture them on morality". "Congress should not lecture us on morality," party spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters in Nagpur on Saturday. Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who was found guilty of accepting...
11:34 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail in the 2001 fake arms deal case. Bangaru has also been imposed with a fine of Rs one lakh. Bangaru was convicted for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. Bangaru's lawyer Ajay Digpal said outside the court, "Bangaru Laxman has...
03:26 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Two youth accused of robbing Rs 600 from two men and injuring them, have been convicted and sent to seven years rigorous jail term on Monday by a Delhi court. Refusing to take a lenient view or grant probation to the two 19-year-old convicts, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ramesh Kumar said robbery and dacoity are on the increase in the metros and such crimes need to be dealt...
08:08 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court, hearing a civil case against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content, on Thursday slapped a fine of Rs 200 on a petitioner for seeking an urgent review of its order which dropped the names of Google India and others from the suit. Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh slapped the fine on petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi for making the plea without any...
09:35 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court hearing a civil case against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content on Wednesday ordered that summons be served to US-based social networking site, Facebook through email. Meanwhile petitioner's counsel Santosh Pandey moved an application seeking the government should be brought as a plaintiff for proper adjudication of the case as it is related to national issues. Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh order...
01:27 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has declined to frame charges against suspected Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy under unlawful activities prevention act. The court said that there was no evidence to prosecute Kobad Ghandy. Police had accused Kobad Ghandy of trying to set up a Naxal wing in Delhi. Ghandy is a Doon school alumnus and had studied in London. Court discharged Ghandy on charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act...
03:14 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: A 24-year-old youth was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor in east Delhi, police said, adding that a court has sent him to 14 days' judicial custody. Krishna, resident of Gandhi Nagar, and working with a private firm, was known to the victim as he lives in her neighbourhood. "Two days ago he had taken the victim to a rented accommodation in Gandhi Nagar...
08:51 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday requested the Malaysian authorities to deport the prime accused in the Bangkok blast case, who is an Iranian national named Seda Ghat Zadeh Masoud. Masoud has been detained in Malaysia. Meanwhile in Delhi, a court asked the police to present the records of the interrogation of Mohammad Ahmed Qazmi, one of the accused in the attack on an Israeli Embassy car in the...
06:15 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a case against Internet giant Yahoo for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its site and penalised the petitioner for dragging it in the litigation along with other social networking sites. Administrative Civil Judge Praveen Singh imposed a cost of Rs 5000 on plaintiff Mufti Aijas Arshad Quasmi for impleading the company as a party without disclosing any cause of action against it....
01:57 PM, Mar 05, 2012
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