October 24, 2009 00:26 IST
Ignoring an assurance by the Embassy of Palestine regarding one of its nationals arrested in the Capital for cheating and forgery,a city court has refused to grant him bail.
Sat, Oct 24, 2009October 23, 2009 00:37 IST
A woman,her husband and father-in-law have escaped a jail term for beating up the womans mother after a city court held that a 12-year long trial was too much of an agony.
Fri, Oct 23, 2009October 21, 2009 00:20 IST
The undue haste shown by the doctor,unbelievable swiftness demonstrated by the police officer in reaching the hospital to record her statement...
Wed, Oct 21, 2009October 20, 2009 23:19 IST
The death of Ashutosh Asthana,a key accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund scam,in an accident comes as yet another blow...
Tue, Oct 20, 2009October 20, 2009 02:32 IST
A city court held last week that an HIV-positive man could not make his disease an excuse to deny his estranged wife and children financial maintenance.
Tue, Oct 20, 2009October 19, 2009 03:27 IST
Two years after the former vice-principal of a government school was given a years jail term by a trial court for parading a Class-VI student naked for three hours in 1997 after the boy took a dip in the school tank,a sessions court...
Mon, Oct 19, 2009October 16, 2009 00:20 IST
It was supposed to be a perfect murder a businessman suffers a fatal gunshot injury while his accountant gets killed by assailants who barge into his Greater Kailash-I house and opens indiscriminate fire.
Fri, Oct 16, 2009October 09, 2009 00:44 IST
The Delhi Police have filed a 700-page chargesheet under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against the five men arrested for involvement in the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009October 09, 2009 00:36 IST
A city court has sent out a warning to the senior management of banks and finance companies that hire agents to recover money.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009October 07, 2009 23:42 IST
In the latest interpretation of the Domestic Violence Act,a city court has held that while the legislation must come to the aid of women in distress,it cannot grant relief,even to an unmarried sister,if she appears to be monetarily competent.
Wed, Oct 07, 2009October 06, 2009 01:25 IST
Business rivalry between two leading airhostess training institutes has landed the top officer of one in trouble.
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
October 04, 2009 04:23 IST
The CBI on Saturday sought a city courts nod to bring the curtains down on the two-decades-long prosecution against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors case.
Sun, Oct 04, 2009October 02, 2009 04:26 IST
A City court on Wednesday threw out the petition of Romesh Sharma,alleged front man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,against a two year-jail term awarded for evading income tax worth Rs 50 crore.
Fri, Oct 02, 2009September 24, 2009 03:18 IST
In a rare order,a Delhi court recently directed a man to pay his ex-wife,Salma,Rs 9 lakh in maintenance along with money...
Thu, Sep 24, 2009September 23, 2009 03:59 IST
A legal wrangle that lasted for 12 years has finally worked out in favour of Salma,a divorced woman who sought alimony from...
Wed, Sep 23, 2009September 22, 2009 01:47 IST
The problem of illegibility,it appears,has become a crisis hard to get rid of in an institution not known for it courts.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009September 22, 2009 01:37 IST
A Delhi government school literally hit the wall of controversy,after it decided to go ahead with the construction of a wall even though it was illegal.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009September 18, 2009 01:32 IST
The lack of security at Delhis trial courts was exposed on Wednesday when a man being produced for a hearing suddenly lunged at his co-accused and injured his face with a surgical blade.
Fri, Sep 18, 2009September 15, 2009 00:41 IST
Between two conflicting reports one seeking their discharge and another their prosecution under terror charges two men,accused of acting as Al-Badr members...
Tue, Sep 15, 2009September 14, 2009 04:36 IST
A Trial court judge has earned strong words of reproach from the Delhi High Court for complete lack of judicial discipline while passing an order that also smacked of judicial impropriety.
Mon, Sep 14, 2009September 12, 2009 00:19 IST
With a city court slapping serious penal charges,a man is set to face a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail for allegedly shooting and circulating a pornographic MMS after drugging a Delhi University graduate in 2006 .
Sat, Sep 12, 2009September 09, 2009 03:31 IST
In a first such instance in Delhi,a city court has ordered an insurance company to pay compensation for dragging a motor accident case and pushing the victims family to the rigours of a full-fledged trial.
Wed, Sep 09, 2009September 08, 2009 00:24 IST
Accustomed to a sedentary lifestyle,the judges of the Delhi trial courts may soon be seen pumping irons and flexing muscles at a gym meant exclusively for them.
Tue, Sep 08, 2009September 07, 2009 04:00 IST
A City court,in what is probably the first such case in the city,asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to shell out Rs 1,000 as damages to a man who was sent a challan for a traffic rule violation even as his car was in the custody of the police.
Mon, Sep 07, 2009September 04, 2009 05:06 IST
Along with discipline and a sense of propriety,the need to conform to a dress code is an integral part of the judicial system.
Fri, Sep 04, 2009

