Tejpal Bail Application; Jurisdictional Issues

Delhi High Court today heard the final arguments in Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal 's application for Anticipatory Bail. Justice Sunita Gupta has posted the case for orders on November 29. While Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued for the prosecution, Senior Advocate KTS Tulsi appeared for Tejpal.According to NDTV report the following arguments were made on behalf of the parties. Arguments...

In criminal cases, Period of Limitation starts from the date of Complaint, not from date of Cognizance: Constitution Bench

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Mrs. Sarah Mathew Vs The Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases [Criminal Appeal 829/2005] held that for the purpose of computing the period of limitation in Criminal Cases the relevant date is the date of filing of the complaint or the date of institution of prosecution and not the date on which the Magistrate takes cognizanceThe Bench was...

26 Circumstances which led the CBI Judge to find Talwars guilty

Additional Sessions Judge S. Lal convicted the Talwar couple for the murder of their daughter Arushi and their domestic help Hemraj based on the circumstantial evidence in the case. There were no eye witnesses to the incident.The Judge relied on a number of Supreme Court Judgments in which the principles relating to the appreciation of circumstantial evidence, including the Constitution...

Life sentence to Talwars in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case

A special CBI court has awarded life sentence to the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talawr, for killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, a day after it convicted them of killing Aarushi and Hemraj. During the arguments for sentencing, calling the case 'rarest of rare', death penalty was sought by the CBI for the Talwars. According to defense counsel Satyaketu Singh,...

CBI Special Court holds Talwars guilty in Aarushi- Hemraj murder case

The much awaited judgment was finally delivered by Special Judge Shyam Lal of a Special CBI court which held the doctor couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty in connection with the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj at their Noida residence in May 2008.The couple have been convicted under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 34 (common purpose)...

Plea for re-poll, if majority exercises NOTA option, dismissed by SC

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam refused to entertain a PIL filed by one Jaggan Nath, seeking direction to the Election Commission not to declare the results when the majority of electorate opts for the 'None Of The Above Option' (NOTA) option, recently introduced on its direction to allow voters to reject all the candidates option in the electronic voting...

Aarushi-Hemraj murder trial verdict today: The story so far

A special CBI court will today pronounce its verdict almost five-and-a-half years after the sensational killings of teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj. After the 15-month-long trial of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the decision will be rendered by Special Judge S Lal, who is retiring soon, on charges of murder and destruction of evidence in the killing of their...

No Information with Central Information Commission (CIC)

The Right to Information movement commenced in India with the notion of moving PIOs towards rightful information and justice. But the shortcomings of Central Information Commission has made it nothing short of a blasphemy towards the doctrines of this statute. In a recent RTI application filed by Kalpesh Kumar L Gupta of IIM Ahmedabad, the reply by the Commission has been...

Justice A.P.Shah is the new Chairman of Law Commission of India

Justice Ajit Prakash Shah is appointed as the new Chairman of the Law Commission of India. The position was vacant for the last one month since the resignation of Justice D K Jain, who was joined as the head of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.He was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court when he retired in February 2010. He wrote many landmark judgments including the Naz...

Supreme Court issues Notice to Kerala government, CBI in Ice Cream Parlour Sex Scandal Case

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai asked the state government and others including CBI to reply on a plea of former chief minister V S Achuthanandan who sought a CBI investigation into the Kozhikode ice cream parlor sex scandal, saying the criminal justice has been vitiated in a systematic manner in this case that can be remedied by only ordering an...

Nationwide opening of Lok Adalats by Chief Justice of India

On 23rd November, the Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam will open Lok Adalats in the Supreme Court, and simultaneously Lok Adalats in high courts and lower courts across the country will be made functional.Mainly compoundable criminal offices, cheque bouncing and loan recovery cases, civil suits, motor accident claims and family disputes cases are listed for settlement on Saturday. The...

Additional Solicitor General’s open letter to the Chief Justice of India

The allegations of sexual harassment leveled against a retired Supreme Court judge by a law intern, who graduated from National Juridical Sciences University (Kolkata), has led to hue and cry in the legal circles. The allegation which was first posted on the law graduate’s blog on November 6, received the Supreme Court’s attention and Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam...