News for 'Indian Penal Court'

A year on, kin of Morbi bridge victims still seek 'justice'

A year on, kin of Morbi bridge victims still seek 'justice'

Rediff.com30 Oct 2023

Apart from the 10 persons arrested so far, those found guilty of negligence in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report should also be arrested and punished, said a man who lost his 10-year-old daughter in the tragedy.

SC seeks govt's view on same-sex marriage petition in 4 weeks

SC seeks govt's view on same-sex marriage petition in 4 weeks

Rediff.com25 Nov 2022

A gay couple has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages under the Special Marriage Act and to issue appropriate directions to the authorities concerned to allow them to solemnise their marriage.

Military must have mechanism to punish officers for adultery: SC

Military must have mechanism to punish officers for adultery: SC

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that armed forces must have some kind of mechanism for disciplinary proceedings against their officers for adultery as "this is a conduct that can shake up the life of officers."

Hanuman Chalisa row: Rana couple booked for sedition, sent to custody

Hanuman Chalisa row: Rana couple booked for sedition, sent to custody

Rediff.com24 Apr 2022

On Sunday, a Mumbai court remanded the politician couple in 14-day judicial custody, a day after they were arrested by the Mumbai Police on the charge of 'creating enmity between different groups', rejecting the police's demand for their custody, an official said.

ICICI fraud: Dhoot's plea against arrest rejected

ICICI fraud: Dhoot's plea against arrest rejected

Rediff.com5 Jan 2023

A special court here on Thursday rejected Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot's plea which claimed that his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the alleged loan fraud involving former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar was illegal. The CBI court also rejected applications of Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar for home food, beds, mattresses and chairs. The court directed jail authorities to provide them diet food in consultation with the medical officer.

ICICI loan fraud: CBI files charge sheet against Kochhars, Dhoot

ICICI loan fraud: CBI files charge sheet against Kochhars, Dhoot

Rediff.com8 Apr 2023

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot in a Rs 3,250 crore loan fraud case, officials said on Saturday. The agency has filed the charge sheet under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, among others, they said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named nine entities, including companies and individuals, according to the officials.

Bihar ex-MP gets life for twin murders: State helped accused, says SC

Bihar ex-MP gets life for twin murders: State helped accused, says SC

Rediff.com9 Sep 2023

On August 18, the apex court convicted Singh in the case, overturning the orders of the trial court and the Patna high court that had acquitted him.

Quality, not quantity, of witnesses matters: SC

Quality, not quantity, of witnesses matters: SC

Rediff.com15 Feb 2023

In its verdict, the top court said that non-examination of one of the daughters and the father of one of the deceased as a witness has no material bearing.

NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Zakir Naik

NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Zakir Naik

Rediff.com20 Apr 2017

The court also observed that it found substance in the allegations made by the NIA.

Indrani alleges she was beaten up in Byculla jail, moves court

Indrani alleges she was beaten up in Byculla jail, moves court

Rediff.com27 Jun 2017

Taking note of her complaint, a Central Bureau of Investigation court, which is hearing the Sheena murder case, directed the prison authorities to produce Indrani before it on Wednesday.

Yati Narasinghanand released from jail, resumes hunger strike

Yati Narasinghanand released from jail, resumes hunger strike

Rediff.com18 Feb 2022

Narsinghanand's release follows bail granted to him on Tuesday by a local court in a case slapped on him under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code for making objectionable remarks against women and abusing a journalist.

Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur fails to appear in court

Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur fails to appear in court

Rediff.com3 Dec 2020

Thakur had appeared before the court in June last year after it ordered the seven accused to remain present once a week. She later sought exemption from appearance on various occasions since then.

Kodnani, Bajrangi among 67 acquitted in Naroda Gam massacre case

Kodnani, Bajrangi among 67 acquitted in Naroda Gam massacre case

Rediff.com20 Apr 2023

A special court in Gujarat on Thursday acquitted all the 67 accused, including former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Maya Kodnani, in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case in which 11 people were killed.

Delhi Police records statement of WFI chief Brij Bhushan

Delhi Police records statement of WFI chief Brij Bhushan

Rediff.com12 May 2023

The Delhi Police has recorded the statement of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with the allegations of sexual harassment.

Houses of accused of raping 12-year-old girl razed

Houses of accused of raping 12-year-old girl razed

Rediff.com29 Jul 2023

The accused, Ravindra Kumar and Atul Bhadoliya, allegedly raped the girl, bit her and inserted a hard object in her private parts on Thursday, police sources stated, but a senior official said this can be confirmed only after her medical examination report is received.

2006 Varanasi blasts convict Waliullah Khan sentenced to death

2006 Varanasi blasts convict Waliullah Khan sentenced to death

Rediff.com6 Jun 2022

A local court in Ghaziabad on Monday sentenced terror convict Waliullah Khan to death for the serial blasts in Varanasi that killed at least 20 people 16 years back.

NIA files charge sheet against Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel

NIA files charge sheet against Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel

Rediff.com5 Nov 2022

The other three people chargesheeted are Arif Abubakar Shaikh, Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Qureshi --- all residents of Mumbai.

CEO-mom tried to kill self after smothering child to death: Police

CEO-mom tried to kill self after smothering child to death: Police

Rediff.com9 Jan 2024

The chief executive officer of an artificial intelligence start-up allegedly killed her four-year-old son at a service apartment in Goa and stuffed his body in a bag before taking it to neighbouring Karnataka in a taxi, the police said on Tuesday.

Tension in T'gana town as atheist leader's aides, Ayyappa devotees clash

Tension in T'gana town as atheist leader's aides, Ayyappa devotees clash

Rediff.com5 Jan 2023

The police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.

Shraddha Walkar murder case: Poonawala's trial to begin on Feb 24

Shraddha Walkar murder case: Poonawala's trial to begin on Feb 24

Rediff.com21 Feb 2023

Poonawala will now have to appear before a principal district and sessions judge at Saket in New Delhi on Friday.

Won't represent Morbi bridge collapse accused: Lawyers' body

Won't represent Morbi bridge collapse accused: Lawyers' body

Rediff.com2 Nov 2022

The police had on Monday booked nine persons under Indian Penal Code section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

Court extends Sushil's police custody by four days

Court extends Sushil's police custody by four days

Rediff.com29 May 2021

A Delhi court on Saturday extended by four days the police custody of Olympic wrestling medallist Sushil Kumar and Ajay Kumar Sehrawat, arrested in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old grappler, saying that 'no one is above the law'.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti sentenced to 2 years in jail by Delhi court

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti sentenced to 2 years in jail by Delhi court

Rediff.com23 Jan 2021

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi backed its MLA from Malviya Nagar, claiming that "injustice" has been meted out to him and expressed the hope that he will get justice at the appellate level.

Sorry, but...: Ashneer Grover on Indore 'bought' cleanliness survey remark

Sorry, but...: Ashneer Grover on Indore 'bought' cleanliness survey remark

Rediff.com12 Sep 2023

'Not sorry to any politician. Ever. No one. Any party. FIR kar lo (register an FIR). Case kar lo (register a case). Koi farak nahi padta (it doesn't make any difference) - I am not a pushover - won't be bullied. Don't make an issue where there is none. It might be an election year - but people are smart. Indori people - super smart. I'll come to Indore when I wish, as many times I wish - and am confident of Indori mehmaan nawazi (good hospitality)'

Waze, Param Bir extorted huge money from bookies: Mumbai Police

Waze, Param Bir extorted huge money from bookies: Mumbai Police

Rediff.com6 Nov 2021

The Mumbai Police's crime branch had taken Waze's custody on November 1 based on the complaint filed by builder-cum-hotelier Bimal Agrawal, in which Param Bir Singh is also named as an accused.

14 years on, Malegaon blast trial still underway

14 years on, Malegaon blast trial still underway

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

As per information available, more than 100 witnesses are yet to be examined.

Chanda Kochhar, husband say CBI arrest 'illegal'; approach HC

Chanda Kochhar, husband say CBI arrest 'illegal'; approach HC

Rediff.com27 Dec 2022

Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar on Tuesday approached the Bombay high court, calling their arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a loan fraud case illegal. The high court, however, refused to grant an urgent hearing and directed the Kochhars to mention the matter before the regular bench once it resumes after vacation. A lawyer representing the Kocchars said that no prior sanction, as required under the law, was obtained by the CBI before their arrest.

Wait for justice continues: Alwar lynching victim's wife

Wait for justice continues: Alwar lynching victim's wife

Rediff.com26 May 2023

'The main accused was acquitted by the court while the sentence awarded to the others is less. They should have been given strict punishment'

Unnatural sex, adultery no longer crimes in new law

Unnatural sex, adultery no longer crimes in new law

Rediff.com13 Aug 2023

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted and struck down respectively by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Techie gets lifer for conspiring to attack children at Mumbai school

Techie gets lifer for conspiring to attack children at Mumbai school

Rediff.com22 Oct 2022

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on him.

Court issues notice to Varun Gandhi in 2009 hate speech case

Court issues notice to Varun Gandhi in 2009 hate speech case

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

A local court has issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi asking him to appear in court in connection with a 2009 hate speech case.

Kanhaiya Lal murder: 2 Pak nationals among 11 named in NIA chargesheet

Kanhaiya Lal murder: 2 Pak nationals among 11 named in NIA chargesheet

Rediff.com22 Dec 2022

The assailants claimed they hacked Lal to death to avenge an alleged insult to Islam.

Marathi actress gets bail in case over anti-Pawar online post

Marathi actress gets bail in case over anti-Pawar online post

Rediff.com22 Jun 2022

More than a month after she was arrested for allegedly sharing an objectionable post about Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on social media, a court in Thane district in Maharashtra on Wednesday granted bail to Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in connection with the case.

PMLA case: SC considers reevaluating 2022 verdict with larger bench

PMLA case: SC considers reevaluating 2022 verdict with larger bench

Rediff.com23 Nov 2023

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was hearing the pleas seeking reconsideration of the July 27, 2022 verdict by a three-judge bench on certain parameters.

Either way I don't care, says Kerala prof whose hand was chopped off

Either way I don't care, says Kerala prof whose hand was chopped off

Rediff.com12 Jul 2023

Professor T J Joseph, whose right hand was chopped off back in 2010 by alleged activists of now banned Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), still bears no ill-will against his attackers whose actions not only impaired the functioning of his palm, but also led to him losing his job for a while that in turn resulted in his wife's suicide.

Azam Khan gets 3-year jail in hate speech case, faces disqualification as MLA

Azam Khan gets 3-year jail in hate speech case, faces disqualification as MLA

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

A Rampur court on Thursday sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to three years in jail in a 2019 hate speech case, a government lawyer said.

Arnab Goswami's arrest appears to be prima facie 'illegal': Court

Arnab Goswami's arrest appears to be prima facie 'illegal': Court

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

The magistrate noted that the chain of circumstances, the reason behind the deaths of Anvay Naik and his mother Kumodini Naik and its connection with the accused persons are not established by the prosecution.

NCB team was keen to give clean chit to Aryan because...: Wankhede

NCB team was keen to give clean chit to Aryan because...: Wankhede

Rediff.com8 Jun 2023

Wankhede, whose interim protection from arrest in the Central Bureau of Investigation's case of extortion and bribery against him was on Thursday extended by the HC till June 23, in his rejoinder affidavit claimed the SET has 'twisted facts and labelled false allegations to jeopardise the career and character of honest officials'.

Atiq back in Sabarmati jail from UP after sentence in Umesh kidnapping case

Atiq back in Sabarmati jail from UP after sentence in Umesh kidnapping case

Rediff.com30 Mar 2023

Ahmad, a former Uttar Pradesh MLA and Lok Sabha MP, was brought back to the high-security jail in Gujarat in a UP police van after a nearly 24-hour-long road journey from Prayagraj.

Supreme court upholds criminal defamation law

Supreme court upholds criminal defamation law

Rediff.com13 May 2016

The verdict was reserved on August 13 last year after bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant heard the matter spread over a month.