Source:- livemint.com The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to complete within three months its investigation into the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. A report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences had in May 2018 brought to light cases of sexual and physical assault on several girls living in shelter home in Muzaffarpur. After
Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected the appeal filed by former Navy officer Manish Thakhur and confirmed the life imprisonment imposed on him for murdering his girlfriend, Koushambi Layek, in an Andheri hotel room in 2007. A division bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sarang Kotwal dismissed the appeal challenging the conviction
Source:- news.sky.com The father of a British backpacker killed in India four years ago is calling for justice after the man accused of her murder faced his 87th court hearing without being committed for trial. Sarah Groves, 24, was stabbed more than 40 times while she slept on a houseboat in Kashmir in 2013. Dutchman
Source:- livelaw.in Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission. The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was
Source:- livelaw.in The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has set aside a judgment by the trial court in Omerga convicting a woman of her husband’s murder. In a judgment dated April 3, 2013, the sessions court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment. This was challenged by the accused before the high court. A
Source – news18.com New Delhi: Courts cannot shut rape and murder cases even if victims or families of the victims agree to settle disputes with the accused, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Economic fraud having ramifications on State’s economy, the Court added, cannot be closed. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra
