Use of recovery agents: court warns banks

Friday 9 October '09

A city court has sent out a warning to the senior management of banks and finance companies that hire agents to recover money.

Court rejects ‘financially independent’ woman’s plea for maintenance

Wednesday 7 October '09

In the latest interpretation of the Domestic Violence Act, a city court has held that while the legislation must come to the aid of women in distress, it cannot grant relief, even to an unmarried sister, if she appears to be monetarily competent.

Frankfinn chairman lands in turbulence over defamation charge

Tuesday 6 October '09

Business rivalry between two leading airhostess training institutes has landed the top officer of one in trouble.

Now close ‘Q’ case, says CBI; court to hear on Oct 9

Sunday 4 October '09

The CBI on Saturday sought a city court’s nod to bring the curtains down on the two-decades-long prosecution against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors case.

Tax evasion: Court upholds jail term for Romesh Sharma

Friday 2 October '09

A City court on Wednesday threw out the petition of Romesh Sharma, alleged front man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, against a two year-jail term awarded for evading income tax worth Rs 50 crore.

From Shah Bano to Salma

Thursday 24 September '09

In a rare order, a Delhi court recently directed a man to pay his ex-wife, Salma, Rs 9 lakh in maintenance along with money...

Flashback to Shah Bano case as Muslim woman wins alimony battle

Wednesday 23 September '09

A legal wrangle that lasted for 12 years has finally worked out in favour of Salma, a divorced woman who sought alimony from...

HC draws lower courts’ notice to illegible copies of judgments

Tuesday 22 September '09

The problem of illegibility, it appears, has become a crisis hard to get rid of in an institution not known for it — courts.

Govt-run school’s wall illegal, waste of public money: court

Tuesday 22 September '09

A Delhi government school literally hit the ‘wall’ of controversy, after it decided to go ahead with the construction of a wall — even though it was illegal.

Co-accused uses surgical blade on man in Rohini court

Friday 18 September '09

The lack of security at Delhi’s trial courts was exposed on Wednesday when a man being produced for a hearing suddenly lunged at his co-accused and injured his face with a surgical blade.

Refer to CBI report in Al Badr men case: HC

Tuesday 15 September '09

Between two conflicting reports — one seeking their discharge and another their prosecution under terror charges — two men, accused of acting as Al-Badr members...

Trial court judge pulled up for ‘judicial impropriety’ in cancelling bail order

Monday 14 September '09

A Trial court judge has earned strong words of reproach from the Delhi High Court for “complete lack of judicial discipline” while passing an order that also “smacked of judicial impropriety”.

Man faces 10-yr jail in MMS case

Saturday 12 September '09

With a city court slapping serious penal charges, a man is set to face a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail for allegedly shooting and circulating a pornographic MMS after drugging a Delhi University graduate in 2006 .

Pay up for ‘dragging’ claim, insurance company told

Wednesday 9 September '09

In a first such instance in Delhi, a city court has ordered an insurance company to pay compensation for “dragging” a motor accident case and pushing the victim’s family to the “rigours of a full-fledged trial”.

Now gyms in courts to keep fitness levels of judges in order

Tuesday 8 September '09

Accustomed to a sedentary lifestyle, the judges of the Delhi trial courts may soon be seen pumping irons and flexing muscles at a gym meant exclusively for them.

Police chief fined for issuing false traffic challan

Monday 7 September '09

A City court, in what is probably the first such case in the city, asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to shell out Rs 1,000 as damages to a man who was sent a challan for a traffic rule violation even as his car was in the custody of the police.

Judges’ dress code: shorts, short sleeves out

Friday 4 September '09

Along with discipline and a sense of propriety, the need to conform to a dress code is an integral part of the judicial system.

IPS officer gets jail for fake SC certificate

Thursday 3 September '09

A Haryana-cadre IPS officer has been sentenced to 100-day jail term and a penalty of Rs 1 lakh for securing his appointment on...

Bargain for justice

Thursday 3 September '09

What worked for all three men was “plea bargaining” — their lawyers tactfully “bargaining” with the prosecutor and the complainant...

Youth electrocuted, discom asked to pay up

Tuesday 1 September '09

A city court has directed BSES Yamuna to pay Rs 3 lakh in compensation to the parents of a 21-year-old youth who died in 2006 after coming in contact with a negligently hanging live wire.

FIR against banks in fraud cheque encashment case

Monday 31 August '09

Five months after a MNC director’s cheque of Rs 3 lakh was encashed by a few people who opened a bogus account in his name...

1984 riots: Life in jail for three

Sunday 30 August '09

In the first case of such stern punishment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, a city court on Saturday sentenced three men to rigorous imprisonment for life under charges of attempt to murder, loot and arson.

SDM overstepped authority, says court

Saturday 29 August '09

A city court has pulled up a Sub-Divisional Magistrate for “usurping” the power of a civil court while deciding a property-related dispute.

Man wants job back after resigning, court says not possible

Friday 28 August '09

A city court recently shot down a petition from a former MTNL employee who sought to be reinstated to his job almost a decade after he had resigned from the post.

Advocate helps foster son win alimony from father

Wednesday 26 August '09

In what a city court described as an “interesting legal scenario,” a foster father — an advocate — fought a legal battle for his teenaged son and helped him receive maintenance from his biological father.