18 years on, HC frees lifer, says he committed murder as juvenile, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Eighteen years after a man was convicted of murder and awarded life imprisonment, the Delhi high court has now found he was a juvenile at the time of committing the offence and set aside his life imprisonment. However, it held him guilty of the crime.The court noted the accused...

HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court pointed out on Monday that despite an undertaking given by police, there are unmanned barricades in the city and cited an incident where a judge faced problems while attending to a medical emergency in his family. A bench of justices Mukta Gupta and...

Delhi HC upholds life term of 3 convicts in girl rape case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Thursday upheld the life sentence awarded to three persons in a minor's gang-rape case. The division bench of justice Mukta Gupta and justice Anish Dayal dismissed the appeals filed by the three men who were convicted on December 15, 2018, and awarded life...

HC acquits three men in 2009 murder case of Delhi University student, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has acquitted three men who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court for murdering a Delhi University woman student in 2009. The high court directed that the men, who were arrested in 2009, be released from jail forthwith. The three men...

HC refuses to stay trial court proceedings against Sharjeel Imam, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, Rejecting JNU student Sharjeel Imam's plea, the high court here on Monday said that the trial court order refusing to stay its proceedings in a 2020 Northeast Delhi riots case against him involving allegations of sedition was "fair". Imam had sought his release for the time being...

Convict released on probation in 2015, sent to jail by HC to serve sentence, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has sent behind bars a man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl but was released on probation by a trial court in 2015. The high court said the trial court has "grossly erred" in releasing the convict on the period...

Convict released on probation in 2015, sent to jail by HC to serve sentence, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has sent behind bars a man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl but was released on probation by a trial court in 2015. The high court said the trial court has "grossly erred" in releasing the convict on the period...