September 03, 2009 04:37 IST
A Haryana-cadre IPS officer has been sentenced to 100-day jail term and a penalty of Rs 1 lakh for securing his appointment on...
Thu, Sep 03, 2009September 03, 2009 00:15 IST
What worked for all three men was plea bargaining their lawyers tactfully bargaining with the prosecutor and the complainant...
Thu, Sep 03, 2009September 01, 2009 03:26 IST
A city court has directed BSES Yamuna to pay Rs 3 lakh in compensation to the parents of a 21-year-old youth who died in 2006 after coming in contact with a negligently hanging live wire.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009August 31, 2009 04:38 IST
Five months after a MNC directors cheque of Rs 3 lakh was encashed by a few people who opened a bogus account in his name...
Mon, Aug 31, 2009August 30, 2009 03:40 IST
In the first case of such stern punishment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case,a city court on Saturday sentenced three men to rigorous imprisonment for life under charges of attempt to murder,loot and arson.
Sun, Aug 30, 2009August 29, 2009 01:17 IST
A city court has pulled up a Sub-Divisional Magistrate for usurping the power of a civil court while deciding a property-related dispute.
Sat, Aug 29, 2009August 28, 2009 23:59 IST
A city court recently shot down a petition from a former MTNL employee who sought to be reinstated to his job almost a decade after he had resigned from the post.
Fri, Aug 28, 2009August 26, 2009 00:30 IST
In what a city court described as an interesting legal scenario, a foster father an advocate fought a legal battle for his teenaged son and helped him receive maintenance from his biological father.
Wed, Aug 26, 2009August 25, 2009 01:07 IST
A case that came up for hearing recently went on to prove how excessive work pressure can have an adverse impact even on the work of judges,and as a consequence,wreak havoc in the life of a petitioner.
Tue, Aug 25, 2009
August 23, 2009 04:58 IST
Convicted for raping a 17-year-old college student in the Buddha Jayanti Park in 2003,two sacked members of the elite Presidential Bodyguard group were sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment on Saturday by a city court...
Sun, Aug 23, 2009August 23, 2009 04:04 IST
Convicted for raping a 17-year-old college student in the Buddha Jayanti Park in 2003,two sacked members of the elite Presidential Bodyguard group were sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment on Saturday by a city court....
Sun, Aug 23, 2009August 21, 2009 00:27 IST
A city court has started a criminal trial against an alleged rape victim for turning hostile before a sessions court five years after she had complained of rape.
Fri, Aug 21, 2009August 19, 2009 00:53 IST
A woman,arrested and made to stand trial for allegedly possessing smack,was honourably acquitted by a trial court recently.
Wed, Aug 19, 2009August 18, 2009 01:22 IST
A city court has handed out a days custody and a penalty of Rs 10,000 each to three women who cut the hair of a woman in their neighbourhood so as to humiliate her for pressing a case against their relatives.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009
August 18, 2009 00:46 IST
On October 6,2003,a 17-year-old Delhi University student had gone to Buddha Jayanti Park,near Rashtrapati Bhawan,with a friend to attend a programme of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009August 17, 2009 03:30 IST
A City court invoked extraordinary powers to grant reprieve to a 61-year-old woman who was cheated of her money by her first cousin after her fathers death.
Mon, Aug 17, 2009August 12, 2009 00:52 IST
An Investigation Officer was pulled up by a trial court judge for asking the court to provide the address of a witness.
Wed, Aug 12, 2009August 11, 2009 02:05 IST
In a rare judgment,probably the first for the Karkardooma courts,a sessions judge has ordered the prosecution of a man,who allegedly gave dowry to his daughters in-laws at the time of her marriage over two years ago.
Tue, Aug 11, 2009August 10, 2009 04:51 IST
Poonam Sharma had known since 2003 that her life was in a muddle. Being the second wife of her husband and a Hindu,her marriage never existed in the eyes of law.
Mon, Aug 10, 2009August 08, 2009 04:29 IST
Over two years after the Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal (CRAT) the maiden forum in the country to exclusively try cyber cases....
Sat, Aug 08, 2009August 08, 2009 03:11 IST
Over two years after the Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal (CRAT) the maiden forum in the country to exclusively try cyber cases became functional,it recently got a new address and a well-equipped courtroom.
Sat, Aug 08, 2009August 06, 2009 05:13 IST
Under the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act,a magistrate is empowered to devise his own procedures to provide expeditious relief to the victims.
Thu, Aug 06, 2009August 04, 2009 03:37 IST
Already under suspension for his alleged complicity in a corruption case...
Tue, Aug 04, 2009August 03, 2009 04:08 IST
The next time you enter a courtroom in a district court complex,do not complain if the air-conditioners do not appear to be functioning properly or the dim lights leave you unimpressed.
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
August 02, 2009 04:22 IST
In a bizarre case,officials from Khajoori Khas police station have filed a report before a city court stating they cannot provide security to an alleged rape victim because of her abnormal behaviour.
Sun, Aug 02, 2009





