VK Singh defamation: Court sets 4-month deadline for sanction

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:20

A Delhi court on Monday set a deadline of four months for the Centre to grant sanction to prosecute four army officials, who are accused in a criminal defamation case along with VK Singh.

VK Singh defamation: Court sets 4-month deadline for sanction

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:20

A Delhi court on Monday set a deadline of four months for the Centre to grant sanction to prosecute four army officials, who are accused in a criminal defamation case along with VK Singh.

25 Delhi MLAs have criminal cases against them

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:07

A total of 25 MLAs, including the maximum of 17 legislators from BJP, elected to the 70-member Delhi Assembly, have criminal cases against them.

Murder case against ex-MLA & others in UP: Court reserves judgement

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 20:29

A Delhi court on Friday reserved its judgement for January 8 next year in a murder case of 2003 in which former Uttar Pradesh MLA Udai Bhan Singh and five others are facing trial.

NGO seeks disqualification of all convicted MPs, MLAs

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 20:19

An NGO on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of all MPs and MLAs who are convicted in serious offences from legislative bodies.

ICC to allow video hearing for some defendants

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:15

Defendants at the International Criminal Court may be allowed to attend their trial through video-conference rather than in person, member states of the court decided, amid a bid by Kenya`s leaders to be excused from their trials.

Kejriwal among five AAP candidates facing criminal cases

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 22:35

Five candidates of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) including its chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal have criminal cases against them.

`Disqualify people facing criminal charges from contesting polls`

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 23:18

All those people against whom six months before elections charges have been framed for an offence punishable with jail for five years should be disqualified from contesting polls, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court Monday.

Law exists to deal with those giving hate speeches: Supreme Court

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 20:37

The Supreme Court Friday said it could not issue directions to restrain the people from making inflammatory speeches preaching hatred as there are statutory remedies to deal with such offenders.

DR Congo militia boss to face ICC verdict in February

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:20

Former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga will face judgement before the International Criminal Court on February 7 in his war crimes trial, in which he is accused of using child soldiers and women as sex slaves.

A third of candidates of major parties face criminal cases

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 21:51

A third of candidates of the Congress, the BJP and the BSP contesting in Madhya Pradesh have criminal cases filed against them, with 120 battling "serious criminal cases".