Court frowns on ‘misplaced sympathy’

Court frowns on ‘misplaced sympathy’

New Delhi, June 5 (PTI):  Misplaced sympathy for the accused is harmful to the criminal justice system, a Delhi court has said while refusing to set aside the three-year jail term awarded to a man for illegally possessing a pistol. Special Judge Rakesh Kumar upheld the sentence awarded to convict Anil Kumar, a south Delhi resident, […]

Rigorous Life imprisonment for ‘cow vigilantes’

Rigorous Life imprisonment for ‘cow vigilantes’

Ranchi: In a move that will go a long way in restoring the faith of the people in the judicial process, the murderers of Asgar Ali, who lynched him on the pretext that they suspected that he was transporting cow meat, were convicted by a trial court. A fast-track Ramgarh district court on Wednesday (March […]

Court quashes jail term, says magistrate didn’t apply mind

Court quashes jail term, says magistrate didn’t apply mind

New Delhi, Jan 30 A sessions court here has taken strong objection to a magisterial court’s verdict sentencing a man to six months imprisonment in a rash driving case, saying the judgement was passed “in a very casual manner without applying judicial mind.” Special Judge Virender Bhat quashed the orders convicting and sentencing the man for […]

Manmohan Singh blameless, CBI playing games, says Court

Manmohan Singh blameless, CBI playing games, says Court

New Delhi, Dec 21 : The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had been deliberately misled by officials, a special court has decided, while pulling up the CBI for trying to implicate the former prime minister in the 2G fiasco , ‘as their submissions were based on conjectures and speculations alone’. Senior officials at the office […]

PIL against ‘commercialization’ of Cemetry

PIL against ‘commercialization’ of Cemetry

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court  issued notices to the state government and others on a PIL against alleged commercialization of a Christian cemetery in Valsad. (March 22) A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi issued notices to the government, Valsad Collector and First District Church of the Brethren (FDCB). […]

Punjab Farmer wins Train in legal battle with Railways!

Punjab Farmer wins Train in legal battle with Railways!

The railways ignored this farmer’s pleas for compensation for land they acquired for railway tracks, , and now they are alert because  a court has awarded him a train! He’s the third farmer to be awarded a train … surprised?, well read on… A Ludhiana farmer’s battle for proper compensation for land seized to build a […]

Justice isn’t blind, the Court doesn’t wear blinkers!

Justice isn’t blind, the Court doesn’t wear blinkers!

New Delhi: “Justice is not blind and nor do the courts wear blinkers,” Delhi High Court has said while coming down hard on a man for keeping his 94-year-old mother “out of her own home” for 16 years by engaging her in litigation over possession of the house built by her. While imposing costs of […]

5 Muslims accused of blasphemy by Pakistani Sikh

5 Muslims accused of blasphemy by Pakistani Sikh

For the first time ever, a Pakistan court will hear a Sikh man’s case  against Muslims for ‘blasphemy’. In this Islamic country, it’s usually the non-Muslims who are tried under this controversial law,. Five people have appeared in a Pakistani court accused of blasphemy after a Sikh man complained they had desecrated his turban during […]