The Securities Appellate Tribunal set aside a Rs 1.49 crore penalty imposed by MCX on Ventura Securities after the exchange conceded that a former committee member had signed the order, and directed an immediate refund.
A woman and her neighbour, convicted of murdering her husband and placing a live snake beside his body to make it look like a snakebite, have been given the death sentence by a Meerut court, subject to confirmation by the High Court. Meerut: A 28-year-old woman, Ravita, and a 20-year-old man, Amardeep, have been sentenced […]
The death sentence of Mohd. Tanvir, one of 38 convicts condemned in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, will not be carried out for now: the Supreme Court has admitted his appeal and asked for probation, prison conduct and psychological reports. New Delhi: Mohd. Tanvir alias Talha Mohd. Akhtar Pathan has challenged the Gujarat High […]
Para 13(A) of the Supreme Court’s April 27 order is gone: trial courts no longer have to call for mitigation reports in every death-eligible case, though the requirement for High Courts stays. New Delhi: Accepting a clarification application by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the Supreme Court has deleted its direction that trial courts […]
Justice Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court has orally questioned the Court’s practice on death penalty commutations, remarking in a remission matter that the Court’s forgiving nature has to come to an end somewhere. New Delhi: Hearing a remission matter involving a convict in a murder case on Thursday (October 8), Justice Dipankar Datta of […]
A mercy petition pending since 2012, the plea says: Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence commutation plea will return to the Supreme Court on October 28, after Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj sought a short accommodation on behalf of the Union. New Delhi: After the Additional Solicitor General sought a short accommodation for the Union, the […]
