Sanjay Dutt, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his film projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. ...
09:44 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Five convicts in the 1993 Bombay blasts case on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court, seeking more time to surrender. This comes after the apex court gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the case. The convicts who approached the apex court are Zaibunissa Kazi, Altaf Ali Sayeed, Essa Memon, Yusuf Khan, and Yusuf Nulwalla. Dutt, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender...
07:43 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. The actor, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his film projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. The court observed that the producers should have realised and considered that one such case was coming up...
10:55 AM, Apr 17, 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
New Delhi: In a breather for Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Centre from taking any "coercive steps" against the telecom majors which have been asked to pay penalty of Rs 550 crore and Rs 300 crore respectively for providing 3G services outside their circles without requisite licences. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, referring to a Supreme Court order on a plea of Bharti Cellular Ltd...
12:42 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: In a shocking case of mob justice in Asansol in West Bengal, five children were allegedly tied to bamboo poles and kept in a hut overnight for alleged theft. The children were aged between 10 and 12 years. But the ordeal didn't end there as the next morning, the children were paraded in the streets, beaten up with electric wires and their heads were shaved off. All this took...
02:14 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Amid the controversy over the hanging of Afzal Guru, Chief Justice of India(CJI) Altamas Kabir on Sunday said the families of death row convicts should be informed in advance about their execution. However, he sought to play down the controversy on the issue saying the past incidents should not be raked up again. "Procedure as has been in the past, they should have been informed and as far...
11:14 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said that the Delhi gangrape incident in December 2012 was not an isolated occurrence and episodes like that happened every day. He added that there can't be knee-jerk reactions to such cases and they need to be tackled in a proper way. Kabir was presiding over the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts in the capital....
06:45 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Stressing the need for strengthening the juvenile justice system, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said the country could face chaos if it does not provide adequate protection and care to children, especially those in conflict with law. He voiced concern that despite 42 per cent of population comprising children, who can be a force for potential progress in future, not much has been achieved for...
02:47 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday signed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill which gives India a strong anti-rape law. The Criminal Law Amendment Bill was earlier passed by the two Houses of Parliament. The massive public anger and uproars following the December 16 gangrape of the Delhi braveheart forced the drafting and eventual passing of this new Bill. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was moved in the Rajya...
12:58 PM, Apr 03, 2013
'Hangover' star Bradley Cooper is reportedly being eyed to play the role of The Flash in superhero movie 'Justice League'. ...
12:29 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Days after the Karnataka Health Minister ordered the Mallige hospital to compensate Shailaja, they are yet to take responsibility. ...
08:36 PM, Apr 02, 2013
A young woman and mother of two, Shailaja has been reduced to a completely vegetative state reportedly because of an anaesthesia overdose she underwent while in for a surgery. Today, she cannot eat, speak or move. She is completely immobile, all because her family say an overdose of anaesthesia. What should happen in such cases of medical negligence? Dr R Ramnarayan, a top neurosurgeon who has offered his help to...
06:39 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju, spearheading efforts to seek pardon for 1993 Mumbai blast convicts Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunnisa Kazi, has sought suspension of their jail sentences as long as his appeal is pending before the President. In an appeal sent to the President, the Prime Minister and the Home minister, Justice Katju has sought that Dutt and Kazi should not be jailed till his appeal for grant...
10:24 PM, Apr 01, 2013
India is not a full-fledged democracy as 90 per cent of its people vote like sheep and cattle, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said in New Delhi on Saturday. ...
06:23 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The debate over actor Sanjay Dutt's pardon continues to polarise top jurists even as the actor himself has refused to seek clemency. While Dutt said he is ready to surrender and go to jail, others are still pushing for his pardon. ...
10:14 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Breaking down repeatedly while addressing the media, Sanjay Dutt said he isn't seeking pardon and will surrender within the stipulated deadline. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Amidst the clamour to seek a pardon for him, actor Sanjay Dutt on Thursday broke his silence and said that he will not seek pardon in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. "Right now I am a shattered man. My family is shattered. I have very very tough time in my life, in our lives," said Dutt. An emotional, and dejected Dutt broke down while addressing the media for the first...
10:31 PM, Mar 28, 2013
While Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Thursday said that he had not sought pardon from five years' sentence handed down by the Supreme Court in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Zaibunisa Kazi, whose case is similar to Dutt's, has sought one. While her daughter has written to Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju in this regard, some news channels on Thursday aired a video recording which showed Kazi herself appealing...
10:19 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju has kept his word and written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Zaibunisa Kazi. Even as Dutt said in a statement that he would not apply for mercy, Katju had earlier promised that, "I will appeal for Dutt and Zaibunisa's pardon. It's true that it was a grave offence and the...
08:49 PM, Mar 28, 2013
