A Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia told Solicitor General G E Vahanvati that the court was given the impression that the FTCs, set up to dispose of long-pending criminal cases, would continue for another five years.
A massive public outcry across Andhra Pradesh followed the death of P Prabhakar and Naga Vyshnavi in Vijayawada and the state government was considering setting up a fast-track court to try the case of the "gruesome" murder of the girl.
In its order, the high court was critical of the delay caused by the authorities in seeking issuance of death warrants for the convicts as also of the "delay tactics" adopted by the convicts.
Two of the five accused have been acquitted.
The judge also directed the state government to pay the victims compensation as well as the money that was paid as ransom to the kidnappers
'Right to apprenticeship means that anyone below the age of 25 years with a diploma or other qualifications can demand an apprenticeship with a private, a public sector company or a government organisation. And when he/she demands this, it is the obligation of the government to provide it.'
Justice Bal Krishna Jha also issued a show cause notice to the DM and the SP of Siwan for letting the RJD MP stay in hospital while in police custody.
'True closure will come only when we as a people, as a civilisation, can relax in crowded, public places without fear, when the ugly metal detectors that greet us at the entrance of every single public space goes forever. That is a distant dream, towards realising which Kasab's sentence is but a baby-step.'
A fast track court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced orthosurgeon Dr Prakash to life imprisonment in a case relating to cyber pornography. Prakash allegedly took obscene pictures of his women patients and then uploaded them on the internet. FTC Judge R Radha passed the sentence under Section six of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and imposed a fine of Rs 1,25,000 on him. The other three accused -- Saravanan, Vijayan and Asir -- were awarded seven years RI.
Gehlot was accompanied by party's state chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Revenue minister Ramlal Jat, Director General of Police M L Lather and other leaders and officials during his visit to Lal's house at sector 14 here, officials said.
Zahira Sheikh, the main witness in the Best Bakery case, has been summoned by the Vadodara police in connection with a complaint filed by her brother, Nafitullah, against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Madhu Srivastav.
Fourteen people, including a member of Legislative Assembly and two former MPs, were on Monday sentenced to 10 years in jail by a fast track court in a case related to an attack on Sitamarhi collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998. Another convict was sentenced to five years in prison.
Aradhana, an eye-witness in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, on Saturday said merely stripping former Haryana Director General of Police S P S Rathore's of his police medal was not enough. "Taking away the medal of Rathore won't be enough. Rather, we need a change in our system where a young girl is not subjected to such trauma. For that, we need such cases to be dealt by fast-track courts so that the victim gets justice within days, and not months and years," she said.
In the second shortest trial in Rajasthan, the son of a top police officer was Wednesday awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment by a local court, 22 days after he raped a German tourist in Alwar.
A station house officer was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who was left outside his police station in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur by four men after they raped her for three days, officials said on Wednesday.
They were produced before the high court, which released them on bail on a surety of Rs 10,000 each, Police Commissioner S K Sinha said.
A fast track trial court deferred framing charges against the six accused in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences gangrape case till January 7 on Tuesday.
"Apart from other factors, the low conviction rate in the cases of rape or molestation is the biggest worry we have today. There is hardly any deterrence. Law should provide fast track courts to deal with such cases," says Girija Vyas, Chairperson, National Commission for Women.
Prime accused Salim Bawariya and his two associates were produced in the court by CBI on the last day of their three-day remand.
After being gang raped, her throat was slit with a knife while the attackers injured her private parts and left her to die.
Expressing concern over the slow pace of justice delivery system in the country, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to formulate a policy within four weeks to speed up trial in criminal cases, saying it is not a good sign of democracy and good governance.
A Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia took a serious view of the non-allocation of funds by the 12th Finance Commission to enable the continuance of the FTCs.
Five associates of forest brigand Veerappan were sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court on charges of abducting nine forest officials of Tamil Nadu in July 1997.
A fast track court in Delhi on Tuesday found all the four accused guilty in the horrific rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi in December last year.
Applicants for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) can submit any of nine documents, including valid or expired passport, ID cards and land tenancy records, to prove he or she is a national of Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan.
The explosions claimed 58 lives and injured 250 people. Maideen, arrested later on the charge of murdering three Hindu Munnai leaders in Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district, was acquitted by a fast track court on Wednesday.
Additional Director General of Police (Training) S S Khandwawala was sentenced to five years imprisonment for beating up a detenu in police custody.
A fast track court in Udaipur awarded life imprisonment to a rest house owner on Wednesday for raping a British scribe. Judge Brajendra Jain convicted Parbat Singh for raping the victim in his rest house room at Chandpol in Udaipur on December 23, 2007. According to the prosecution, the victim, who came to Udaipur on a trip, was staying in the rest house for some days. The accused sneaked in her room on the pretext of providing a blanket to her.
One of the accused, Sikkander Badhusha, is still absconding. A total of 185 witnesses were examined and documentary evidence was produced in Court.
The affidavit had detailed the carnage and named some of the accused in the Best Bakery case.
A 25 year-old Hindu man was brutally killed in broad public view in Hyderabad by his Muslim brother-in law and another person in a case of suspected "honour-killing," with the incident sending shock waves after the gory murder that was caught on camera went viral.
One of the men held earlier for the crime is an alleged sex offender who targeted children in recent years.
'Being alert is the most important weapon in one's armoury when one is on her own or is venturing out in unknown territory.'
Puthiya Thamizhagam leader Dr S Krishnaswamy, the party's organising secretary Velu Samy and his driver suffered injuries in a bomb attack by an 11-member gang near the Sathakthullah College in Thirunelveli city late on Monday afternoon
This is one of the fastest convictions for such a crime. The decision comes within 16 days after the case was presented before the judge.
Fast track court judge H U Mahida, who had acquitted all the 21 accused in the Best Bakery case, has declined the post of honorary legal advisor to the Gujarat Electricity Board citing "personal reasons"
From bitter fights to dope shame, Indian Olympic team's tryst with controversies
The recruitment process can be changed by the State midway if it is in public interest, a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said
The sons learned that they had been completely disinherited and that Surinder Kanwar's new wife would inherit everything.
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