The announcement for the special court where the trial of the two Italian marines will be conducted is expected on Monday. The announcement will be made by the Attorney General. ...
09:43 AM, Apr 01, 2013
The trial in the Swiss woman gangrape case began in Datia on Saturday with two prosecution witnesses recording their statements before a special court. All the six accused in the case were produced before Additional District Judge (ADJ) Jitendra Kumar Sharma, prosecution sources said. ...
01:15 AM, Mar 31, 2013
A special court in Ramanathapuram on Wednesday ordered the release of five Sri Lankan fishermen who were arrested off Tuticorin coast by the Indian Coastguard on March 17, 2013. A consultative committee meeting of the Tuticorin District collector, Superintendent of Police, Indian Coastguard officials and Intelligence officials, came to the conclusion that the fishermen from Kalpatti fishing harbour had drifted into the Indian coast by accident due to sea current...
06:48 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Muslims organizations have expressed skepticism over the home ministry's proposal to set up special courts for speedy trial of Muslim youth falsely implicated in terror-related cases, terming the move a "lollipop" for the community. Gulzar Azmi of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said the move has been made with an eye to next year's elections. ...
06:50 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Home Ministry sources said on Monday that the setting up a special court for the trial of Italian marines may be delayed. Home ministry has sought clarification on a Supreme Court order about setting up the special court. ...
02:32 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Special courts would be set up soon for Muslim youth accused of various offences, including terror-related charges, Minister for Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan said in New Delhi on Saturday. ...
03:00 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday asked the Centre to set up the special court at Kollam district to conduct the trial of the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chandy demanded that the Sessions court at Kollam be designated as the special court. ...
08:34 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Italian government's decision to send back two of its marines charged with the killing of two Kerala fishermen seemed to signal the end of the diplomatic standoff between India and Italy over the issue. However, it is still not clear what made the Italian government change its stand. ...
08:25 AM, Mar 23, 2013
CNN-IBN's Surya Gangadharan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on India-Italy standoff over the under trial marines' non-return. ...
06:33 PM, Mar 12, 2013
It is a crucial day for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Defence witnesses in the disproportionate assets case against her are expected to depose on Monday. ...
10:34 AM, Jan 21, 2013
India has jurisdiction to try two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen, India's Supreme Court said in a long-awaiting ruling on Friday, setting the stage for a criminal trial that could further sour ties between India and Italy. ...
01:56 AM, Jan 19, 2013
In a major setback to the two Italian marines accused of shooting dead two Kerala fishermen in February last year, the Supreme Court on Friday said that the duo will be tried in a special court under the Chief Justice of India. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 18, 2013
New Delhi: A CBI special court on Friday gave permission to the Enforcement Directorate to question YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The ED had earlier this week sought permission from the court to question the former Congress leader only as a suspect and not as an accused in the case, after Reddy refused to allow it to record his statement. During hearing...
02:32 PM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: After a week's break, the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos as accused, will resume on Monday in a Delhi court. The day-to-day trial in the special court had to be adjourned for a week due to winter break and would continue from Monday with Raja questioning his former aide Aseervatham Achary, a key...
09:47 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Bangalore: A Special Court on Wednesday posted to August 1, the hearing of two applications filed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, seeking exemption from personal appearance and that she be allowed to make a written submission in the disproportionate case against her. She had also sought provision of video conferencing if both of these were not possible. When the matter came up before Special Court Judge BM Mallikarjunaiah, he...
04:51 PM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister and 2G accused A Raja on Monday dragged in the Prime Minister and then finance minister Chidambaram names while defending himself in court. Defending himself before a special CBI court for the first time, Raja said that the Prime Minister was aware of the sale of equity by Swan and Unitech to foreign companies. Raja said that Finance Minister, in the presence of the PM,...
11:03 AM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Minutes after the Supreme Court dismissed the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi, an accused in 2G scam case, the three other accused, including Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, withdrew their pleas for similar relief from the Delhi High Court. "In view of the apex court's order granting liberty to the accused to move fresh bail plea before the special CBI court, I would not like to...
06:07 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: A court exclusively set up for the 2G Spectrum scam on Saturday took cognizance of the chargesheet filed by CBI against former Telecom Minister A Raja and eight others saying "there is enough incriminating material to proceed against the accused persons". "I have carefully gone through the FIR, chargesheet, statements of witnesses and related documents and on the perusal of the record, I am satisfied that there is...
05:38 PM, Apr 02, 2011
New Delhi: A special court is expected to announce the quantum of punishment for the 31 people convicted in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on Tuesday. They were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and murder last Tuesday. The prosecution has sought death penalty for all those convicted. The court had also acquitted 63 others in the case including the key conspirator Maulvi Hussain Umarji. Fifty-nine people were killed in...
07:00 AM, Mar 01, 2011
New Delhi: The verdict in the Nithari killings case is expected to be announced on Wednesday. A special CBI court will deliver the verdict in the case of rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in which Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli are the prime accused. Koli was awarded death sentence by the special court in three of 19 cases filed in connection with the rape...
09:18 AM, Dec 22, 2010
