Sr lawyer Krishnan named Special Public Prosecutor in gang-rape case

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 18:35

Supreme Court lawyer Dayan Krishnan has been appointed as the special public prosecutor by city police to conduct trial in the December 16 gang rape of a paramedical student who succumbed to injuries during wee hours of Saturday at a Singapore hospital.

Egypt`s prosecutor general submits resignation

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 09:13

Egypt`s prosecutor general, recently appointed by the President Mohamed Mursi has submitted his resignation to the head of the Supreme Judicial Council after growing demands by hundreds of public prosecutors.

S Korea`s top prosecutor resigns over sex scandal

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 20:01

South Korea`s chief prosecutor announced Friday he has stepped down amid sex and bribery scandals within the prosecution service.

Iran prosecutor: Blogger died in police custody

Last Updated: Monday, November 12, 2012, 23:11

Iran`s state prosecutor confirms that a jailed blogger died in police custody last week, and wounds were found on his body.

Benin prosecutor: 3 plotted to poison President

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 23:51

The Benin president`s doctor and his niece were a part of a failed plot to poison the leader by changing his medicine with something toxic.

Egypt`s prosecutor-general to stay in office as standoff ends

Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 21:30

Egypt`s prosecutor-general Abdel- Meguid Mahmoud, a Mubarak-era official, will remain in office until retirement age after a deal has been struck.

Egypt`s prosecutor general refuses to resign after sacking

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:23

Mahmoud claimed late on Thursday that despite being fired, he would not leave his post.

Kyrgyz ex-prosecutor held on coup charge

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 22:40

Kyrgyzstan`s former military prosecutor Kubatbek Kozhonaliyev has been arrested over an alleged coup attempt.

2G: Key witness says he was not "tutored" for his deposition

Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 20:09

A former senior telecom official Friday told a Delhi court that he had met CBI's special public prosecutor in the court premises two days before the scheduled start of his cross-examination in the 2G spectrum case but denied having been "tutored" to depose in a "particular way."

Anni Dewani murder: S African pleads guilty, gets 25-yr jail

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 15:58

A South African has pleaded guilty to murdering newly-married Anni Dewani during her honeymoon trip in Cape Town in 2010.

2G: Key witness Srivastava's deposition postponed for tomorrow

Last Updated: Monday, July 30, 2012, 18:09

A Delhi court hearing the 2G case Monday could not begin recording the statement of a key witness in the case, a retired senior DoT official A K Srivastava due to ill health of the CBI prosecutor.