New York: A US based Sikh rights group has announced a million-dollar reward for those individuals whose testimony and evidence may result in the conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The reward will be given to those individuals who will come forward with tips, evidence and testimony leading to the reversal of a Delhi court's judgement acquitting Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) announced. SFJ...
12:20 PM, May 02, 2013
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday extended till May 8 the stay order given against the arrest of industrialist Pawan Kumar Dhoot, who as an independent candidate is accused in the horse trading issue during 2012 Rajya Sabha polls. After hearing petitions of Dhoot and another industrialist Sunil Maheswari, the single bench of Justice RR Prasad extended the stay against their arrest, but asked them to surrender to the CBI...
10:10 PM, May 01, 2013
Ghaziabad: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Tuesday approached a special CBI court here and sought deposition as court witness of former CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar, whose investigation had claimed that their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered by servants. The Talwars' counsel moved an application before special judge Shyam Lal requesting for summoning of Kumar as court witness. A separate request for summoning 12 others...
09:09 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Islamabad: Virtually sealing his political comeback plans, a provincial High Court on Tuesday banned former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections for the rest of his life on a day another put him in judicial custody till three days after the General elections on May 11. A four-judge bench of the Peshawar High Court headed by Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan imposed the ban while dismissing Musharraf's appeal...
06:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday quashed the criminal proceedings instituted against journalist Priyabhansu Ranjan in connection with his journalist girl friend Nirupama Pathak's death in Kodarma three years ago. Quashing the petition filed by Nirupama's family accusing Ranjan of aid, abetment and instigation of her alleged suicide, the single bench of Justice RR Prasad observed that continuing of criminal proceedings against Ranjan would be an abuse of the process...
06:13 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Ahmedabad: A special CBI court here on Tuesday reserved its order on a revision application seeking the issuance of arrest warrant against IPS officer PP Pande, who is an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others. Special CBI Judge Gita Gopi concluded the hearing and said that she would pronounce the order on May 2. CBI DySP and investigating officer of the encounter...
02:44 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said "further hearing is required" in the plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who had challenged the trial court order framing charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case related to the killings of six persons. Justice Suresh Kait, who was scheduled to pronounce the verdict on Monday, said, "While dictating the judgement, I felt this matter should be heard further". Justice...
11:38 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea of Delhi University students' asking it to vacate the order on a photocopy shop in the north campus, restraining it on selling of photocopies of certain text books of international publishing houses. The students moved the court saying the ban on the photocopy shop be lifted to ensure their welfare and preparation to the coming term-end examinations in May...
02:33 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Centre's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 years are allowed to open an account on social networking sites including Facebook, even though Indian laws do not permit it. The court also asked two US-based entities - Facebook Inc and Google Inc - to reply to the plea of former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking...
11:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Insensitive attitude of police in handling cases like rape on Thursday came under the scanner of the Delhi High Court which asked the city police to take a cue from its judicial academy and impart training to sensitise them. "Take the module of the Judicial Academy for the sensitisation of police officers. Give them intensive training on how to handle heinous crimes particularly the issue of rape. One...
08:26 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected preliminary objections raised by Maharashtra government's Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC), under the scanner for alleged corruption, against two PILs seeking probe into the matter. The court's Nagpur bench is hearing two PILs on the alleged scam, seeking a probe by CBI or a court-monitored investigation. The ruling by division bench of justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Arun Chaudhari paved the way for...
03:37 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Mumbai: Abu Jundal, an alleged operative of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key handler during the 26/11 terror attacks, has approached Bombay High Court seeking that he should not be kept in solitary confinement in the same cell where Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab once stayed. Jundal has been lodged in Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai. His cell was earlier occupied by Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist of 26/11 attacks,...
07:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Islamabad: The Lahore High Court has cancelled former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's interim bail in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. This comes at a time when Musharraf is under house arrest in another case. Musharraf returned to his farmhouse which has been declared a sub-jail and where he was ordered to serve 14 days in judicial custody by an anti-terrorism court, in Islamabad on Saturday. He had spent the night...
02:12 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Islamabad: In a temporary relief to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's caretaker government today informed the Supreme Court that it would not file treason charges against him, saying such a move was not part of its mandate. The interim administration, formed in March to conduct the May 11 general election, conveyed its position in a reply submitted to the apex court. Several lawyers have filed petitions seeking Musharraf's trial...
09:33 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Ghaziabad: The CBI investigating team wanted to charge sheet Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and two others in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but was directed by seniors to file closure report as they felt there wasn't enough material, the officer who led the probe told a court here on Monday. Additional Superintendent of Police AGL Kaul who is being cross examined by the defence counsel said he had enough circumstantial evidence against...
10:05 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea of two accused in the December 16 gangrape case that the FIR and subsequent proceedings against them be quashed. Justice Pratibha Rani also upheld the order of a special court by which the plea of accused Mukesh and Akshay Singh against day-to-day trial was rejected. In their petition, they had sought quashing of FIR on the ground that police...
12:58 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted leave to file a PIL in the West Bengal chit fund scam. The PIL sought a CBI enquiry into the scam and compensation to the depositors, also alleging vicarious liability by the government. The PIL said it was the duty of the state and the central government to pay compensation to the depositor and also to fix the responsibility of the...
12:32 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday set aside a single Judge's recent order restraining oil marketing companies from charging higher price for diesel sold to state transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. Earlier, the High Court had restrained the Centre from charging higher diesel price from transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. The petition filed by the Petroleum Ministry had contended the single Judge ought not to have entertained the petition...
12:09 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Bokakhat: The hijab debate is back in focus, after a 4-year-old Muslim girl in Assam was asked to stop wearing the headgear in her classroom or face expulsion. Fatima Bibi's school said they cannot relax the dress code for one child. Meanwhile, her parents citing tradition have moved court. "Hijab is a part of tradition. Not just for school students but also grownups. She wears the complete uniform and then...
07:57 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned to his sprawling farmhouse which has been declared a sub-jail and where he was ordered to serve 14 days in judicial custody by an anti-terrorism court, in Islamabad on Saturday. He had spent the night in detention at police headquarters in Islamabad and returned there after his court appearance. Later in the afternoon, Musharraf was taken back to his farmhouse guarded by...
04:25 AM, Apr 21, 2013
