Can't free Rajiv Gandhi killers, Supreme Court told
6 years, 5 months ago

Can't free Rajiv Gandhi killers, Supreme Court told

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the seven killers of Rajiv Gandhi cannot be released as the case involved the assassination of the former Prime Minister in pursuance of a diabolical plot executed by a highly organised foreign terrorist organisation. The Centre told a three-judge bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the Union home ministry had passed an order on April 18 and conveyed its decision to the Tamil Nadu government rejecting its proposal to grant remission and release the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who are in jail for the last nearly 27 years. By a letter dated March 2, 2016 the Tamil Nadu government reiterated the earlier proposal of February 19, 2014 to grant remission to seven convicts, viz Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and that of Nalini, Robert Pius, Jayakumar and Ravichandran, serving life term and sought Centre’s approval. In January this year the court had granted three months time to the Centre to take a decision on the State’s proposal.

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Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily
6 days, 4 hours ago

Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday acquitted Jomon of Kumily, the second accused in a case relating to the rape and murder of a woman and her daughter in 2007, after setting aside the Thodupuzha Session’s Court’s verdict awarding him death sentence in the case. The High Court had in 2018 confirmed the capital punishment imposed …

Court seeks Ram Rahim's reply on CBI plea against acquittal in 2002 murder case
1 week, 5 days ago

Court seeks Ram Rahim's reply on CBI plea against acquittal in 2002 murder case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the Central Bureau of Investigation's appeal challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others in the 2002 murder of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the sect. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the five acquitted individuals, including …

Madras HC reverses acquittal of seven in murder case, hands them double life-term
1 month ago

Madras HC reverses acquittal of seven in murder case, hands them double life-term

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Finding the judgment of the trial court to be “perverse”, the Madras HC has reversed the acquittal of seven persons and sentenced them to double life imprisonment in a murder case. Holding that the prosecution has proved the charges beyond doubt, the bench sentenced Ramesh, Pandu alias Pandurangan, Sathish alias Sathishkumar, Prakash, Suresh, Ravi alias Pillakka Ravi and Kutti …

Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of 2 Convicts In 2003 Murder Case Of Chhattisgarh NCP Leader Ram Avatar Jaggi
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of 2 Convicts In 2003 Murder Case Of Chhattisgarh NCP Leader Ram Avatar Jaggi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment of two persons who were convicted for the murder of Nationalist Congress party leader Ram Avatar Jaggi in Chhattisgarh in 2003.The Court suspended the sentence of convicts Feroz Sidhique and Abhay Goel and ordered that they be released on bail during the pendency of the appeals on terms and conditions to …

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India has granted the central government four weeks to decide on the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict involved in the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The court’s decision, issued on November 23, 2024, came after Rajoana’s legal team and advocates argued that his execution had been repeatedly delayed and that …

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was sensitivity involved in the matter related to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his …

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral

ABP News  

Rajoana was linked to the Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh separatist group responsible for violent activities during the insurgency in Punjab. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Rajoana termed the delay in deciding the mercy petition by President as "shocking". He pressed for an interim relief, saying that he has been in the jail for 29 years and the court …

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold its order directing President Droupadi Murmu’s secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant …

Beant assassination case: SC urges decision on Rajoana's mercy plea
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Beant assassination case: SC urges decision on Rajoana's mercy plea

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider …

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea …

SC urges President to decide Balwant Rajoana’s mercy plea in two weeks
1 month, 4 weeks ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Rajoana’s mercy plea in two weeks

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to decide the long-pending mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa sympathiser convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, within two weeks. Taking into consideration that the petitioner has been on the death row, we now direct the secretary, Honourable the President of India, …

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief
1 month, 4 weeks ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the President of India to decide within two weeks on the mercy plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, one of the death row convicts in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. If no decision is made within this time frame, the Court will consider Rajoana's interim relief …

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions
2 months ago

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life imprisonment 26 years after his incarceration by quashing the decision of Sentence Review Board rejecting his plea for premature release by calling it arbitrary, irrational and illogical.Referring to various scholars, Justice Anish Dayal underscored that SRB procedures require “better compliance and. The Delhi High Court has ordered …

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana
2 months, 1 week ago

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the assassination of the former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, without first hearing the government’s response. In May last year, the top court did not intervene in his case on the face of the Home Ministry’s conclusion that a decision …

1998 murder case of ex-Bihar Minister: Supreme Court sentences two persons to life imprisonment
3 months, 1 week ago

1998 murder case of ex-Bihar Minister: Supreme Court sentences two persons to life imprisonment

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced two persons, including ex-MLA Munna Shukla, to life imprisonment in the 1998 murder case of former Bihar Minister Brij Bihari Prasad. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R. Mahadevan partially set aside the Patna High Court verdict acquitting all the accused and asked convicts Mantu Tiwari and ex-MLA Shukla to surrender …

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: Four persons were sentenced to death, while seven others were awarded multiple life imprisonments in connection with the murders of three SC persons in Udappankulam village near Thiruvengadam in 2014. According to prosecution, 25 persons from a caste Hindu community were accused of murdering 3 scheduled caste men — Kaliraj, Venugopal and Murugan — when they were headed towards …

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
4 months, 1 week ago

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has said it will hear in November the appeals by the convicts in the murder case of former Railway Minister L N Mishra, who was killed in a blast at Bihar's Samastipur Railway station in 1975, noting that the incident dates back to nearly five decades. LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
5 months ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

Madras HC bins government order, sets woman convicted of infant’s murder free
5 months, 1 week ago

Madras HC bins government order, sets woman convicted of infant’s murder free

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Quashing an order of the Tamil Nadu Home department denying premature release of a life convict, the Madras High Court on Friday directed the superintendent of Puzhal prison to release her within two days of receipt of the order. The court passed the orders while hearing a writ petition filed by Manikandan, husband of the convict Poovarasi, who had …

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a 30-year-old law student in Kerala in 2016. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai passed the order while hearing the convict's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's May 20 verdict that upheld his conviction and confirmed …

Bajrang Dal activist convicted for murder of Christian missionary Graham Staines moves SC seeking remission
6 months ago

Bajrang Dal activist convicted for murder of Christian missionary Graham Staines moves SC seeking remission

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh, serving life imprisonment in the brutal murder of Australian Christian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking remission on the ground that Rajiv Gandhi's killer have been granted mercy and was released from prison. Advocate Vishnu Jain, appearing for Singh, cited the judgement that …

1999 Graham Staines murder case: Convict Dara Singh moves SC seeking remission
6 months ago

1999 Graham Staines murder case: Convict Dara Singh moves SC seeking remission

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Convict Dara Singh, who served 24 years in jail in the murder of Australian Christian missionary Graham Stuart Staines, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking remission on the ground that if Rajiv Gandhi assassins are granted mercy, then he should also be released prematurely. A two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
6 months, 1 week ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 8 agreed to examine the pleas filed by Delhi Police challenging the high court's order granting bail to four convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice on the four pleas filed by Delhi …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8
6 months, 1 week ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI : On July 8, the Supreme Court will hear Delhi Police’s Special Leave Petition challenging the bail granted by Delhi HC to four life convicts in the 2008 TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case. Earlier on April 22, 2024, a bench led by Justice Trivedi had also issued notice to Delhi police and the four convicts -- Ravi …

Dr. Subbiah murder case | Madras High Court sets aside death sentence imposed on seven, and life sentence imposed on two others
7 months ago

Dr. Subbiah murder case | Madras High Court sets aside death sentence imposed on seven, and life sentence imposed on two others

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Friday, June 14, 2024, set aside the conviction and death sentence imposed by a trial court on seven individuals as well as the life sentence imposed on two others, in connection with the 2013 sensational murder of neurosurgeon S.D. Ramesh and Sunder Mohan allowed the nine criminal appeals and acquitted the appellants P. Ponnusamy, his …

Supreme Court stays High Court order to consider premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court stays High Court order to consider premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on June 4 stayed a Bombay High Court judgment directing the State of Maharashtra to grant gangster-turned-politician Arun Gulab Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case, the benefit of a premature release policy. The Supreme Court issued notice to Gawli, who had successfully approached the Nagpur Bench of the High Court to get the …

Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary: How India's 6th PM Was Assassinated On May 21, 1991
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary: How India's 6th PM Was Assassinated On May 21, 1991

ABP News  

“Saab is gone ma.” A knock on the window at night, a policeman waiting outside with grim news. This is how former Union minister Margaret Alva found out about the demise of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, according to a piece she wrote in Hindustan Times on his 28th death anniversary. Tuesday marks 33 years since Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by …

‘Need to have purity in politics’: Allahabad high court rejects Dhananjay Singh’s plea for suspension of sentence, grants bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Need to have purity in politics’: Allahabad high court rejects Dhananjay Singh’s plea for suspension of sentence, grants bail

Hindustan Times  

Observing that it is the need of the hour to have purity in politics, the Allahabad high court on Saturday rejected former MP Dhananjay Singh’s application for a stay on a Jaunpur court verdict sentencing him to seven years’ imprisonment in a case of kidnapping and extortion of a Namami Gange project manager. Dhananjay Singh and his associate Santosh Vikram …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 22 issued notice in a petition filed by Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of murdered television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, against the bail granted to four men convicted in the case. In February, the Delhi High Court granted bail to convicts — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar during the pendency of their appeals against …

Ex-convicts of Rajiv Case Leave for Sri Lanka
9 months, 1 week ago

Ex-convicts of Rajiv Case Leave for Sri Lanka

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Three ex-convicts, who had spent 30 years in jail for their involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, left home to Sri Lanka by an Air Lanka flight from Chennai on Thursday after spending two years at a Special camp in Trichy following their release in 2022. The departure of the three Sri Lankan Tamils to their homeland brings to …

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service
9 months, 4 weeks ago

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court refused to interfere with the punishment of removal from service imposed upon an Additional District Judge for having participated in a conference call relating to the payment of money with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Mutt when the latter had been arrayed as the prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case. The explanations submitted by them …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 04 - March 10, 2024
10 months ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 04 - March 10, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 95 To 2024 LiveLaw 100 NOMINAL INDEX D Bright Joseph v Church of South India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 95 M Priya v Canara Bank, 2024 LiveLaw 96 V Boovalingam v Ponnamani and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 97 T Manohar v Udhayanidhi Stalin and Another, 2024 LiveLaw 98 S Harikrishnan v Union of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK
10 months, 1 week ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Moves Madras High Court For Getting All Country Passport To Travel To UK

Live Law  

S Nalini, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, has approached the Madras High Court seeking directions to the state to permit her husband Srikaran @ Murugan, another convict in the case, to appear before the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai and get an all-country passport allowing him to travel to the United Kingdom and …

Rajiv Gandhi case ex-convict Santhan’s death | Madras High Court calls for his medical records
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajiv Gandhi case ex-convict Santhan’s death | Madras High Court calls for his medical records

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to obtain the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission’s clearance to take the mortal remains of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Santhan, alias T. Suthenthirarajah, to the island nation. Sundaresan and State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah said that a clearance from the Deputy High Commission, death …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted
11 months ago

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted

India TV News  

The Gujarat government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the court's verdict that quashed the remission granted to 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots, saying certain observations made against the state were unwarranted. The Gujarat government has said the apex court's observation …

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC
11 months ago

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A special court here had on November 26, 2023 awarded life imprisonment to the four men and three years in jail to another for receiving the stolen belongings. soumyaA trial court had awarded the death penalty to Kapoor …

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life
11 months ago

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a petition, filed by Chandrakant Jha, who is serving life term, seeking to know as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the entire life or can it be commuted or remitted by powers given under law. The Top Court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

Beant Singh assassination: Gurdwara body to call 'Panthic' parties meet on Rajoana plea
1 year, 1 month ago

Beant Singh assassination: Gurdwara body to call 'Panthic' parties meet on Rajoana plea

India Today  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Thursday said it has decided to call a meeting of representatives of the 'Panthic' parties to discuss the issue of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case. A decision in this regard was taken days after Rajoana wrote to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, seeking …

Delhi court sentences life imprisonment to four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi court sentences life imprisonment to four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder

Op India  

The Saket Court of Delhi on Saturday sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008. The court sentenced life imprisonment to Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and Ajay Kumar who were recently convicted under Indian Penal Code section 302 and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act provisions for committing organised crime resulting in …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail
1 year, 1 month ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on November 25 sentenced four men to life imprisonment for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008. The court sentenced Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and Ajay Kumar to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of ₹1.25 lakh on each of them. On October 18, the court convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and …

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four people for killing journalist Soumya Vishwanathan 15 years ago, bringing the curtain down on a gruesome saga that sent shock waves through the Capital and cemented Delhi’s unsavoury reputation as a city unsafe for women. Additional sessions judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey held four of the five accused — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder
1 year, 2 months ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four men for the murder of 25-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and offences under the MCOCA. The fifth accused Ajay Sethi was convicted under IPC Section 411 along with the stringent MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abetting, aiding in, or knowingly facilitating organised crime and for receiving proceeds of organised crime. Seeks speedy trial After …

Delhi court convicts 5 in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case; mother demands life imprisonment
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi court convicts 5 in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case; mother demands life imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

Delhi's Saket court has convicted four accused in the case of murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. He also facilitated the organisation and held property derived from organised crime and is held guilty under section 3 and 3 of MCOCA, the court ruled. On the verdict, the deceased journalist's mother told ANI: “We've lost our daughter but this will act as …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Freed convict Santhan wants to return home

The Hindu  

Santhan alias Suthenthiraraja, one of the seven life convicts granted premature release in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has requested the Sri Lankan President to help him return to the island nation and live there with his aged mother. In a petition sent to the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Santhan said he was now lodged in the Tiruchi special camp …

Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s plea to deport him to Sri Lanka
1 year, 3 months ago

Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s plea to deport him to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Justice Sunder Mohan of the Madras High Court on Monday, October 9, 2023 recused himself from hearing a writ petition filed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case convict, Santhan alias T. Suthendraraja, seeking a direction to the Union Home Ministry as well as the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps for his deportation to Sri Lanka. To …

Supreme Court Sentences Former MP Prabhunath Singh To Life Imprisonment In 1995 Double Murder Case
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Sentences Former MP Prabhunath Singh To Life Imprisonment In 1995 Double Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former Member of Parliament and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in the double murder case of 1995. Two weeks ago, the Court had convicted Singh in the double murder case of 1995, reversing his acquittal granted by the trial court and confirmed by the Patna High Court. In a strongly …

Rahul Gandhi Returns to Lok Sabha: A Deeper Look at SC Verdict, Its Implications
1 year, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi Returns to Lok Sabha: A Deeper Look at SC Verdict, Its Implications

The Quint  

Except for the admonition to the petitioner by this Court in a contempt proceeding, no other reason has been granted by the learned trial judge while imposing the maximum sentence of two years. It is to be noted that it is only on account of the maximum sentence of two years imposed by the learned trial judge that the provisions …

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