June 10, 2009 02:19 IST
Ten-year-old Siya (name changed) was rescued in September last year from a family that had brought her from Assam and employed her as a domestic help.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009June 09, 2009 01:12 IST
Infuriated by the polices lack of effort in collecting information about a murder case witness,a city court has asked the department to pay Rs 10,000 for each date of hearing it fails to bring the eyewitness to court.
Tue, Jun 09, 2009June 08, 2009 02:43 IST
A city court has pulled up the Delhi Development Authority for refusing to return Rs 5.2 lakh to an Air Force officers widow,who has complained that she was sold a shop with a smaller area than promised.
Mon, Jun 08, 2009June 06, 2009 01:04 IST
Accused of serving as a Pakistani spy,Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi has been languishing in Tihar Jail since his arrest by the Special Cell in July 2004.
Sat, Jun 06, 2009June 04, 2009 01:46 IST
Two days after a lawyer was abducted and later released after the kidnappers realised they had got the wrong man...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
June 04, 2009 01:33 IST
The Delhi Police on Wednesday told a city court that Sakshi Kapoor and her friend Sunny Batra arrested for the murder of Sakshis mother...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009June 03, 2009 02:02 IST
A lawyer has said five unidentified men kidnapped him from inside the Karkardooma court complex on Monday afternoon...
Wed, Jun 03, 2009June 02, 2009 00:32 IST
The Delhi Legal Services Authority office is flaunting a new trend these days with a number of law college students rubbing shoulders with officers from the judiciary and government departments...
Tue, Jun 02, 2009June 01, 2009 14:06 IST
Staff at district courts in the city are up in arms once again this time,however,its not over salaries or judges behaviour or workload but uniforms.
Mon, Jun 01, 2009May 30, 2009 00:23 IST
The Delhi Polices Crime Branch has lodged an FIR against 12 personnel,including the station house officer,of the Mukherjee Nagar police station,under charges of custodial torture,abduction and fudging of records.
Sat, May 30, 2009May 29, 2009 01:57 IST
The judge expressly wanted Ruby,a victim of child trafficking and forced prostitution,to be present as the gavel came down and the verdict was delivered.
Fri, May 29, 2009May 27, 2009 00:36 IST
Aijaz Hussain Khwaja,who received the National Crafts Master award from the President in 2005,was awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi Court on Tuesday for probably acting as a conduit of a terror group and possessing RDX in huge quantities. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma held Khwaja,who is from the Baramulla district of Jammu […]
Wed, May 27, 2009May 26, 2009 01:17 IST
It was just another day for the parents of 19-year-old Kavita Srivastava when she left home in Laxmi Nagar for her classes around 9.30 am on April 2,2005.
Tue, May 26, 2009May 24, 2009 03:27 IST
Award-winning Bollywood actor and director Nandita Das approached a city court on Saturday seeking divorce from her husband,Saumya Sen,a Kolkata-based advertising professional.
Sun, May 24, 2009May 23, 2009 00:24 IST
Five years after they claimed to have busted a prostitution racket,the East Delhi Police thought their case was sealed with the detention of a brothel owner allegedly on the run.
Sat, May 23, 2009May 22, 2009 02:04 IST
Cases of drug peddling are considered heinous offences and can even entail death penalty under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Fri, May 22, 2009May 20, 2009 01:44 IST
G,UG,F and S could just be nomenclature classifying the ground,upper ground,first and second floors of a building but for C N Choudhary the Municipal Corporation of Delhis refusal to accept this classification meant the demolition of a major portion of his house.
Wed, May 20, 2009May 19, 2009 01:38 IST
In a ruling that will lift the spirits of moderate drinkers,the Delhi Consumer Commission has observed that a person driving after one or two drinks cannot be refused insurance cover in eventuality of an accident.
Tue, May 19, 2009May 16, 2009 01:15 IST
I have inaugurated a number of buildings but inaugurating this kind of structure is not only a first time for me but also gives me immense happiness and satisfaction as a judge, said Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan...
Sat, May 16, 2009May 15, 2009 01:30 IST
Slumdogs become millionaires only in dreams, said a city court,while adjudicating the rape case of an orphaned minor.
Fri, May 15, 2009May 13, 2009 03:11 IST
Runu Ghosh,the former Indian Audit and Accounts officer whose name had figured in the telecom scam along with former Union minister Sukh Ram....
Wed, May 13, 2009May 13, 2009 02:46 IST
In what might have wider ramifications for Delhi,which faces serious waterlogging and sanitation issues every monsoon...
Wed, May 13, 2009May 12, 2009 01:23 IST
Another public document goes missing right after a Right To Information application seeks to ferret out crucial facts about appointment in a government office.
Tue, May 12, 2009May 11, 2009 02:24 IST
One may dismiss this as impossible,but both these matters were settled in one hearing each. Technology made it possible. Using video-conferencing,the parties appeared virtually before the court...
Mon, May 11, 2009May 07, 2009 00:28 IST
While hundreds of litigants will be affected by the May 8 strike called by all district courts bar associations,the brighter side of the strike seems to be the prospect of an extended holiday.
Thu, May 07, 2009




