Taking suo motu congnisance of the newspaper reports on the acquittal of all accused in the Jessica Lal murder case, the Delhi high court Friday issued notice to the Delhi police commissioner to file a reply stating reasons.
The case was re-opened following the police appeal challenging the acquittal of all nine accused by a lower court.
The state government is believed to be upset with the NHRC for moving the SC for a retrial outside Gujarat.
'An individual cannot fight the might of the State.'
The former India batsman was accused of getting into a fight with the occupant of the other car and beating him up, leading to his death.
If an accused is not supplied with translations of documents pertaining to the crime, it is a violation of his constitutional right to defend himself, Bombay High Court held recently, ordering a person's acquittal.Petitioner Firoz Khan, a resident of Nagpur, was detained by the Nagpur police on June 12, 2008.Khan was not given the Hindi translations of the FIRs, panchnama, and other important documents related to his crimes.
The court entrusted the Advocate General of Gujarat the task of reviewing the decision of the State Law Department not to file appeals in over 200 riot cases.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday turned down a plea by Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, urging it not to hear the contention of a victim's family, who had filed a complaint against him for his alleged involvement in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The Congress leader made the submission before a bench hearing a bunch of appeals, filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and others, challenging his acquittal in a case where he is accused of leading a mob that killed 49 Sikhs.
Raja and Kanimozhi met Karunanidhi at his Gopalpuram residence.
Jaitley said the verdict held that nobody was guilty in the case and investigation agencies would take an appropriate decision, taking facts and history into account.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to give an urgent hearing on a PIL seeking to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister till it decides the disproportionate assets case against her.
A case can be withdrawn only if it is likely to end in acquittal or if a withdrawal is likely to restore harmony among the aggrieved parties.
The judge said the journalists 'collected and obtained confidential documents'.
In yet another relief to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a Pakistani court on Tuesday acquitted the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack case in connection with the kidnapping of an Afghan national in 2009.
Egypt's highest appeals court on Thursday ordered a final retrial against former president Hosni Mubarak over his alleged inaction which led to killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
Justice Katju had criticised the verdict commuting to life the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy for raping 23-year-old sales representative Soumya on February 1, 2011, after she fell out a moving train in Kerala.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them over different counts.
Pereira, whose car mowed down 15 labourers sleeping on the pavement in suburban Bandra, killing seven of them late last year, was acquitted under Section 304 (II) - committing homicide with knowledge that the act would result in death.
Jayalalaithaa said it has proved that she did no wrong and vowed to continue to work for the welfare of people of Tamil Nadu.
Special Public Prosecutor B V Acharya has advised the Karnataka government to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against acquittal of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa and three others in the disproportionate assets case, saying it was a "fit case" to do so.
Moreover, the question as to whether the FIR is an ante dated one or not, must be considered having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the apex court said.
The Bench comprising Justice R S Sodhi and Justice P K Bhasin expressed dissatisfaction at the manner in which the witnesses failed to give proper testimonies in the case.
The three charged for sedition were part of an NGO rights group, the organisation Hindu Rights Action Force or Hindraf. Hindraf is in the forefront of a fight for the rights of Indian Malaysians who feel they have been marginalised since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957.
The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the two persons, who were sentenced to three years in jail for rioting in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on the plea of victims' families challenging the trial court verdict acquitting them of murder charges.
He said entire circumstances were invented by the Police to falsely implicate Manu. Delhi Police has challenged the acquittal of Manu and others in the Jessica Lal murder case.
Citing lack of evidence, the Patna high court on Friday acquitted 14 people for the massacre of 16 people over land dispute in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district in 2009, a police official said.
Goa Children's Court Judge Vandana Tendulkar acquitted Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho of all the charges in the eight-year-long high profile death case.
While questioning Christian Michel in Dubai, Rosemary Patrizi tells Ashis Ray, Indian investigators made him an offer -- that if he named a member of the Gandhi family as having received kickbacks, they would not pursue him as an accused.
Pak accused the Indian government of misusing the media to create a 'false impression of winning' Jadhav's case in the ICJ.
The fact that so many victims turn hostile should be a matter of concern. If so many accused persons continue to roam freely in society, this becomes an additional liability to women's safety, points out Rashme Sehgal.
The 22-year old Dalit man was savagely attacked near a busy road on March 13, 2016, which was telecast by TV channels.
The Delhi police on Monday submitted in a sealed cover before the Delhi high court a synoptic note of the status report and various details pertaining to the Jessica Lal murder case.
A Division Bench of Justice R S Sodhi and Justice P K Bhasin issued notice on his application seeking transfer to some other court to the state and fixed the matter for hearing on Tuesday.
The quantum of punishment will be announced later on Monday.
"The judgement has come as a closure of something that was going on for the past seven years. The way this case was progressing, we had given up all hope of getting justice," an emotionally choked Sabrina said.
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