Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, asking to frame guidelines to regulate TV content

A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notices to ministries of Information and Broadcasting, Law and Justice and Communications & Information Technology, asking the three central ministries and others including Press Council of India (PCI) to reply to a PIL filed by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, a registered public charitable trust, through...

SC panel names judge accused of sexual harassment

According to court sources, the allegation leveled by a law graduate intern against a retired Supreme Court judge for sexual harassment which was being investigated by a three-member panel has given its report, identifying the judge as AK Ganguly. The sources have also informed that the report, submitted to Chief Justice P Sathasivam, also carries the statements of the victim, a young lawyer...

Live-in relationships not a sin; frame laws to protect women in such relationships, says Supreme Court

Expressing its discontent on the absence of any express statutory provision to regulate live-in relationships upon termination, since these were not in the nature of marriage and not recognized by law, a landmark judgment has been pronounced by a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan.The bench held that a live-in relationship is neither a crime nor a sin. It has asked...

Abu Salem sentenced to seven years in Jail in fake Passport case

After being convicted in fake passport case, a Special CBI court in Hyderabad today awarded 7-year rigorous imprisonment to extradited gangster Abu Salem.Abu Salem was convicted by the special CBI court on November 18 in a 2001 fake passport case. Judge MV Ramana Naidu held Salem guilty under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for obtaining a fake passport under a fictitious name...

Special CBI Court frames charges against retired District Judges in PF scam

A special CBI Court has framed charges of corruption, cheating and forgery against six retired district judges of Ghaziabad (between 2001 and 2008) in the multi-crore Provident Fund scam.  The CBI court has also ordered to begin trial from December 6th in the Rs 6.58 crore PF scam.Special CBI Judge A K Singh framed charges against six retired judges - R P Mishra, R P Yadav, A K Singh, R...

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...