Bar associations plan strike today to protest change in CrPC

Wednesday 7 January '09

All district court Bar Associations have announced a day-long strike on Wednesday, to oppose the proposed amendments in the CrPC, which will grant the police the discretion to arrest persons accused of cognizable offence.

CBI, Special Cell in row over terror suspects

Sunday 4 January '09

Facing the heat over the indictment of three of its officers for wrongfully implicating two innocent men as terrorists...

Custody with mother, court goes with boy’s wish, lets him visit father

Wednesday 31 December '08

The courtroom has been the only place where Tejas, 5, has met his father in the past three years — the proceedings to decide the matter of his custody has been his only excuse.

Over a month after CBI clean chit, terror suspects still languish in jail

Thursday 25 December '08

It has been a month and a half since the CBI filed a closure report indicating the innocence of Irshad Ali and Moarif Qamar...

As evidence for police, witness tells magistrate: I ferried blast suspect

Sunday 21 December '08

The Delhi Police has recorded before a trial court the statement of an auto-rickshaw driver who claimed to have dropped one of the prime accused in the blast at Ghaffar Market on September 13.

Police file chargesheet in GK-I blast

Friday 19 December '08

The Delhi Police on Thursday filed the chargesheet in connection with the blast in Greater Kailash in the Capital.

Property mutation made easy: no registration now

Thursday 18 December '08

In an order that will come to the aid of people denied mutation of property for lack of registration of the compromise decree, a city court has clarified that it is “not mandatory” for all cases.

Police: Ghaffar market seen, ‘chosen’ on Sept 3

Thursday 18 December '08

The Delhi Police filed its first chargesheet in the September 13 serial blasts in the Capital at a city court on Tuesday.

‘Frame-up’ case: after CBI censure police seek time for closure report

Tuesday 16 December '08

Under the court’s scanner for allegedly framing two persons in 2006, linking them to the Kashmiri militant outfit Al Badr, Delhi Police has now sought time to submit its objections to the closure report filed by the CBI.

Hyundai Motors fined Rs 7 lakh for selling defective car

Friday 12 December '08

The Delhi State Consumer Commission has directed the car manufacturing giant Hyundai Motors to pay around Rs 7 lakh to a customer who was sold a ‘defective’ Accent car.

Reassessing market value of insured item not allowed, rules court

Thursday 11 December '08

Insurance companies that appoint surveyors to assess the market value of a vehicle after theft or damage will not be able to do so now.

Blow hot, blow cold: consumer forum asks Railways to compensate man for ineffective heating on train

Wednesday 10 December '08

Ever travelled in an air-conditioned railway coach that gets too cold for comfort? The problem of excessive air-conditioning is not uncommon and the Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, in a recent order, has taken the Railways to task for this.

Kandahar hijack: passengers to get compensation

Saturday 6 December '08

Nine years after Indian Airlines flight IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar...

District judge hammers it in: in court, all work and no Net games

Friday 5 December '08

While new-generation computer games have been a hit among children, their growing popularity among court staff has left the District Judge frowning.

Bail to employee charged with threatening boss

Tuesday 2 December '08

Noting that granting bail in any case is “dependent upon contextual facts”, a city court has granted bail to an accused in an extortion case.

India’s been home since the ’50s, now we feel scared: Jews in city

Monday 1 December '08

As the tiny Jewish community in the city mourns the loss of lives in the terror attack in Mumbai, the ten families living in the Capital say they now feel “vulnerable” and believe the attack on Nariman House to be an “attack on their community.”

In Dwarka, bullet scrapes past BJP candidate

Saturday 29 November '08

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Dwarka Assembly constituency, Pradyuman Rajpoot, escaped unhurt after a bullet allegedly fired by unidentified persons scraped past him on Thursday night.

Rabbi complains, HC stays release of Sorry Bhai!

Thursday 27 November '08

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the release of the film Sorry Bhai! till December 8 after singer Rabbi Shergill filed a petition...

Wanted in 8 cases, Don produced in Delhi court

Thursday 27 November '08

Underworld don Abu Salem was produced by the Mumbai Police before a city court on Wednesday in connection with an extortion case.

Diary OF a CM aspirant

Monday 24 November '08

The CM woke up bright and early for a hectic day ahead. “Despite her packed day yesterday, at this stage there is little respite.

The ‘well-rounded’ campaign

Thursday 20 November '08

In Janakpuri, it has been a one-sided contest till date. Having won thrice in a row from the constituency, the Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Jagdish Mukhi, is making a bid to uphold his reign the fourth time.

In GK, VK goes all out as Cong opponent hunts door to door

Wednesday 19 November '08

With BJP’s chief ministerial candidate V K Malhotra pitted against former MCD councillor Jeetendra Kochchar, the upmarket Greater Kailash Assembly constituency is a hub of intense action.

Irate over apathy of netas, co-op house owners to boycott polls

Tuesday 18 November '08

Unable to enjoy all the rights that are vested with original allottees, angry general power of attorney holders in the capital — who have bought residential units in cooperative housing societies and are living there...

CBI says no terror link, kin hope court will free youths

Monday 17 November '08

It has been almost three years since the Delhi Police arrested Irshad Ali and Mohammed Moarif Qamar, accusing them of being members of militant outfit Al-Badr.

Gun on victim shoulder, BJP aims at BRT

Saturday 15 November '08

A year since the High Capacity Bus Corridor in South Delhi claimed its first victim, the BJP has catapulted deceased Mayank Gulati into the poll arena by raising its pitch against the “killer” BRT stretch.