Three probe-related CDs in the sensational double murder case of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were on Tuesday handed over to the defence counsel in a court in Ghaziabad.
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were handed life terms on Tuesday for the double murder of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
A bench of justices A K Ganguly and J S Khehar dismissed the couple's plea to quash criminal proceedings against them in the sensational 2008 case involving the killing of Talwars' domestic aide Hemraj and their teenaged daughter in Noida on Delhi's outskirts.
A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Markandeya Katju directed that the media should report the issue with objectivity so as not to cause any prejudice to the reputation of the teenager's family and friends.
In a further setback to the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the Allahabad high court on Friday rejected their petitions against being summoned and proceedings being initiated against them in the case of murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
A letter to this effect is being sent to the central government on Thursday. "It was eveident from media reports that the Talwar family does not have any faith in the investigations by the UP police. I sympathise with the family and have no objection if it satisfies them that the probe is carried out by the CBI." Mayawati said.
The Supreme Court on Friday said the magistrate, who ordered prosecution of dentist Nupur Talwar in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, should have maintained restraint while passing the order.
Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, will have to spend a second night in jail after a Ghaziabad court on Tuesday reserved till Wednesday its order on her bail plea. Additional District Judge S Lal reserved the order on the bail application of Nupur, who was sent to jail on Monday, after hearing arguments of her counsel as well as the Central Bureau of Investigation, which opposed any relief to her.
A Ghaziabad court will on Tuesday take up the framing of charges against dentist couple Nupur Talwar and Rajesh Talwar in the case relating to the murder of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj after the accused pleaded lack of preparation for arguments.
Jailed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will "not allow" any film or book on the murder of their daughter Aarushi and anyone taking up such a venture without their consent will face legal action, their lawyer said on Sunday.
Asking Dr Nupur Talwar, accused in the 2008 twin murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, to seek court permission to write a book on the killings, the Dasna jail authorities have seized the 17 pages written by her.
Dentist Nupur Talwar was on Wednesday denied bail in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj by a special CBI court, which felt she may create hindrance in trial and flee from justice if granted relief.
Nupur, who has been in jail since her surrender before the Ghaziabad court on April 30, had moved the apex court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order which had on May 31 dismissed her plea for bail.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it would submit a status report on the progress of the investigations into the sensational twin murder of teenager Aarushi and her domestic help Hemraj. The assurance was given by Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam after a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph inquired about the progress of the case, during the hearing of a PIL, seeking a slew of directions on the issue.
Nupur Talwar, facing arrest in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on the non- bailable warrant issued against her by the trial court.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay dentist Nupur Talwar's trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj but issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on her plea for review of its order for her prosecution in the case.
Giving a breather to dentist Rajesh Talwar, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that he will remain on bail and not be arrested till February 4 when he will appear before a Ghaziabad court to face trial along with his wife, Nupur, in the twin murder case of his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Dentist Nupur Talwar will have to remain in jail at least for another month in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj with the Supreme Court on Monday deferring till September 17 hearing on her bail plea.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation judge on Thursday fixed May 9 to decide on sending the sensational 2008 twin murder case of teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj to the sessions court for trial.
A special court in Ghaziabad on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to provide probe-related CDs to the defence counsel and fixed May 16 as the next date of hearing in the sensational double murder case of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking the reports of polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-mapping test conducted on their three helpers who were the initial accused in the murder of their teenaged daughter Aarushi.
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Police escorted the couple to Nupur's parents' house in Noida's Jalvayu Vihar.
Patrick French, who profiled Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and the case against them in his book India, A Portrait, speaks to Rediff.com about their acquittal.
Observing that biased reporting gives rise to public suspicion that the person has committed an offence, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said media reports can also violate the privacy of a victim.
Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) had sentenced the Talwars to life imprisonment on November 28, 2013, holding them guilty in the twin murder case.
The Allahabad high court on Friday "partly allowed" a plea of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to bring on record report of their narco tests and asked the trial court to summon some witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.
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A new video purportedly of the test conducted on Krishna has surfaced on social networking site YouTube which is 58.55-minute long. CBI sources claimed the agency, in its records, has only about 45 minutes of video of the test conducted on Krishna at Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru.
The family said they were thankful to God for the verdict.
The fruitless pursuit, which tore the Talwars' lives and reputations to shreds, means that Aarushi's killers have not only got away but may never be found, says Sunil Sethi.
The conviction of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the murder of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj is based on "clinching wealth of circumstances" placed by the Central Bureau of Investigation which had earlier sought closure, citing lack of sufficient evidence.
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Dentist Nupur Talwar, who is facing trial in twin murder case of her daughter and domestic help Hemraj, on Tuesady approached the Supreme Court for bail.
The 69-year-old, who also served as Nagaland governor and led the investigation into the Aarushi Talwar murder case, left behind a note saying he was "embarking on a new journey", officials said.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the media to be "more responsible" in reporting sub-judice matters like the Aarushi murder case, whose coverage has caused a damage to the reputation of the victim's family. The apex court, which emphasised the need for laying down general guidelines for reporting the sub-judice matter, expressed its anguish over the reporting in the Noida double murder involving Aarushi and her domestic help Hemraj.
'The director has tried to be neutral. But Talvar won't leave the audience confused, for sure.'
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, accused of killing their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Thursday expressed disappointment over dismissal of their review petition by the Supreme Court but said they accept the decision with humility.
Dentist Rajesh Talwar claimed in the court that he was asleep on the fateful night when his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered and internet activity recorded from his room might not be correct.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of dentist Nupur Talwar in twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, saying she might try to influence key witnesses during her trial.