Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was on Saturday remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight by an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani capital, a day after his arrest in a case over the imposition of emergency rule in 2007. Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi of the anti-terrorism court remanded the 69-year-old former military ruler to judicial custody after hearing arguments by Musharraf's lawyer and the counsel of several persons who...
12:25 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday ordered issue of a notice to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on a petition seeking a direction to police to probe a complaint against him for allegedly making certain "malicious" remarks at a public meeting here over a decade ago. When the matter came up before Justice N Kirubakaran, the Public Prosecutor took notice on behalf of Chennai Police. "The petitioner...
04:15 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan former President Pervez Musharraf was slapped with terror charges on Friday by a court and placed under house arrest at his famrhouse. The court directed the police to produce Musharraf before anti-terror court in two days. Musharraf was earlier in the day arrested in a case relating to the imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and was presented before a magistrate, becoming the first former army chief to...
10:14 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been put under house arrest after a court cancelled his bail order on Thursday. The Islamabad High Court had ordered the arrest of the former army chief in a case over the imposition of emergency rule in 2007. But in a dramatic escape, Musharraf's security personnel whisked him away from the court complex before the police could take him into custody. Earlier this...
08:16 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Islamabad: Former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday fled from the Islamabad High Court complex after a judge revoked his bail and directed police to immediately arrest him, setting the stage for a potential standoff between the assertive judiciary and the powerful military. Musharraf, 69, appeared in court this morning for the extension of his interim bail in a case related to the sacking of over 60 judges during the 2007...
10:57 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Thursday granted two days temporary bail to Babu Bajrangi, sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, as his wife is undergoing a surgery. A division bench of Justices MR Shah and SH Vora allowed Bajrangi's plea, filed and argued by his son Viren Babubhai Patel. He would be out of jail on April 20 and 21. A trial court in 2012...
07:04 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Islamabad: A police team has reached the residence of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the outskirts of Islamabad to arrest him after he fled from the Islamabad High Court following a court order to arrest him. Musharraf fled from the court premises with the help of his bodyguards after the court ordered his arrest in a case related to the confinement of over 60 judges in 2007 when he...
04:59 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In what could result in another stand-off between the government and the judiciary, the UPA cabinet is likely to take up proposals for a revamp in the way judges are appointed. The Law Ministry wants judges to be appointed by a Judicial Appointments Commission, which includes members of the executive. The Law Ministry says judges cannot be allowed to decided their own appointments. Currently, a collegium of judges...
09:34 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Indore: Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and party MP Prem Chand Guddu in connection with a case filed against them and others for allegedly thrashing BJP youth wing workers in Ujjain in 2011. Justice PK Jaiswal, who on Tuesday heard arguments on separate applications filed by the two and reserved his judgement, granted pre-arrest bail on Wednesday,...
02:50 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on appeals of three convicts against a trial court verdict awarding them life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002. A division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha reserved the judgment after all the parties concluded their arguments in the appeals whose hearing started April 16, 2012. The court was hearing appeals of convicts...
04:53 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala was the "main conspirator" in the junior basic trained (JBT) teachers' recruitment scam of 2000. Opposing the bail plea of Chautala, jailed for 10 years in the scam, Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran, who argued for CBI, submitted before Justice Mukta Gupta that Chautala was "the main conspirator and others (accused)...
09:53 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to extend time for surrender for Zaibunissa Kazi and two others convicted in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. The apex court directed them to surrender by April 18. Zaibunissa had argued that her punishment should be kept in abeyance until the Maharashtra governor or the President of India decides on pardon. 71-year-old Zaibunissa's sentence of five years by the Bombay High court...
11:49 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Cuttack: Odisha High Court on Monday asked Assembly Speaker Pradeep Kumar Amat to file a counter affidavit within seven days in response to a contempt petition filed against him by the state NCP president Utkal Ranjan Parida. A Division Bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanti and BN Mohapatra after taking up the contempt petition against the Speaker earlier this month had asked the government counsel to get instructions from the Speaker...
02:02 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Mumbai: A petition has been filed by a journalist in Bombay High Court alleging gross abuse of position by the Chairman of Press Council of India Markandey Katju and pleaded that the relevant law be amended to allow removal of a PCI chief. The Ministry of Law and Justice, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Union Government and Press Council of India through its Secretary have been made respondents in the...
09:53 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Allahabad: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh is no longer a district. The Allahabad High Court on Monday struck down the district status of Amethi. Amethi, which was named as Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government and later renamed as Amethi by the Samajwadi Party government, was carved out of Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts of northern Uttar Pradesh. Suggesting growing...
01:39 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Kottayam: The Suryanelli girl goes to the office in the morning with her long, wavy hair neatly combed, tiny gold earrings glinting, packed lunch in hand, like a normal working woman in India. But once she leaves her front gate, she holds her body tight, with shoulders hunched and arms wrapped around her, and looks down. If she makes eye contact, a stranger at the bus stop might recognize her...
09:18 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Chennai: The National Green Tribunal on Friday said a four-member committee would be set up to study the current status of the controversial copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin. The committee, comprising two members from the Tribunal and one each from Sterlite Industries and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), would submit its report on April 29 on the functioning of the plant, said the bench of Justice...
05:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani court extended the pre-arrest bail of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by six days during proceedings conducted amid tight security on Friday. Musharraf, 69, had applied to the Islamabad High Court for the extension of his bail in a case registered against him for placing dozens of judges under house arrest after imposing emergency rule in late 2007. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui extended the pre-arrest bail till...
02:02 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Lucknow: A division bench of the Lucknow High Court will hear the Sahara-Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) case on Friday. Subrata Roy led Sahara India had filed a writ petition seeking to quash the market regulator's February 13 order. The court had directed Sebi to file a counter affidavit. It had also advised Sebi to seek clatification on whether the Supreme Court judgement in this case relates only to...
09:01 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on Friday hear former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's plea in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society case. Chavan had sought quashing of the FIR lodged against him in the case arguing that he was falsely implicated by political rivals. At the last hearing on April 1, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had opposed Chavan's petition. The Congress leader's plea also claimed that...
08:31 AM, Apr 12, 2013
