No criminal case registered in police station for three years

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 20:50

Not a single criminal case was registered at a police station in Southern Mizoram`s Lawngtlai district during the three consecutive years, police officers said.

Employment in PSU be not denied to convicts: HC

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 20:15

Employment in a public sector organisation shall not be denied to a job-seeker on the ground of conviction in a criminal case unless offences have an element of "moral turpitude", the Delhi High Court has said.

Victims in criminal case be awarded compensation: SC

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 16:12

Courts must not only convict and punish the guilty in criminal cases but should also award compensation to the victims, the Supreme Court has held.

Congress MLA surrenders in criminal case, gets bail

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 23:50

Former Andhra Pradesh Minister and Congress MLA P Shankar Rao, booked for "threatening and abusing" a police officer probing a land case, surrendered before state CID here and was later granted bail, police said on Tuesday.

Delhi court grants bail to ex-IAS officer

Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 21:50

A former IAS officer was Friday granted bail by a Delhi court in a criminal case of cheating and other charges lodged by his ex-wife Vimla Mehra, director general of Tihar Jail.

Court dismisses plea for FIR against Nirmal Baba

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 19:19

A plea for lodging a criminal case against self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba for allegedly cheating people and breaching public trust was on Monday dismissed by a Delhi court.

HC wonders why people shy away from becoming witnesses

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 00:42

The Bombay High Court said citizens shy away from being witnesses in a criminal case.

Raj govt formulates criminal case transfer policy

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 15:57

Rajasthan govt has formed a policy under which criminal cases would be transferred from one investigation officer to the other.

PVR slaps criminal charges against Rajkumar Santoshi

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 14:55

Bollywood filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi has been found guilty in a cheque-bouncing case. The director, who gave such hits as ‘Ghayal’, ‘Damini’, ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ and ‘Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani’, had given a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to PVR against the advance for film-making, which did not get cleared due to insufficient funds.

AP CM digs into history to corner Jagan

Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 19:04

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is digging into history--that of Congress party in general and his and late YS Rajasekhara Reddy families in particular.

UP: HC dismisses plea of former BSP minister

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 20:42

The Allahabad HC dismissed a petition of former BSP cabinet minister Ram Achal Rajbhar seeking stay on his arrest in a criminal case related to election violence.

Russell Brand sued for criminal charges after snatching photog’s phone

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 18:13

Russell Brand has been named in a police report in New Orleans after a photographer claimed that the actor snatched a cell phone from his hands and threw it away.