A Delhi court here Saturday reserved its order for Feb 18 on taking cognizance of a National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet against Pakistani American David Headley and eight others for terror strikes in India, including the 2008 Mumbai attack. NIA Special Court Judge H.S. Sharma reserved the order for Feb ...

The Ghaziabad court hearing the Aarushi murder case on Saturday adjourned the hearing till February 29. Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the prime accused in the murder of their 14-year-old daughter's murder, did not attend the hearing. Their counsel, Mr Tamta, said that his clients feared a threat to their ...

Allahabad High Court today granted bail to former MP Atiq Ahmed, who is contesting the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Allahabad(West) seat on Apna Dal ticket. The court said Atiq may be released from jail if there is no other case pending against him. Justice D P Singh accepted the bail petition ...

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar's plea to transfer their trial in their daughter Aarushi's murder case from Ghaziabad to a Delhi court. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar issued notice to the ...

Nitish Katara murder convicts Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav would be examined by a board of doctors of AIIMS Feb 7 to ascertain their health condition, the Delhi High Court said Thursday while describing their frequent visits to hospitals as "unreasonable". Taking note of allegations that Vikas visited All India Institute ...

The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution. Once an accused, including a foreigner, is tried for an offence in ...

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking parole for three months by Amardeep Singh Gill, sentenced to jail for four years for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lall. Gill was sentenced on charges of destroying evidence along with prime accused Manu Sharma. Gill filed a petition seeking parole to arrange ...

A Mumbai special court Monday extended till Feb 10 the judicial custody of woman scribe Jigna Vora, an accused in the 2011 journalist J. Dey murder case, a lawyer said. Dey, Mid-day newspaper's editor (special investigations), was gunned down June 11, 2011 near his residence in Powai, central Mumbai, by motorcycle-borne ...

The Delhi High Court Monday called for a file on former Delhi police officer Amod Kanth while hearing a plea seeking sanction to prosecute him for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire here that killed 59 people. The kin of the victims had sought permission to prosecute Kanth for allegedly allowing extra ...

Saying that scientific evidence plays an important role in establishing guilt, a Delhi court Saturday sentenced five accused to life term for raping a minor in 2011. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau awarded life sentence to five accused after observing that medical and forensic evidence substantially and conclusively established the ...