-The Times of India More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder. The special court in...
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Ex-sarpanch gets life for killing RTI activist's kin by Bhaskar Mukherjee
FATEHABAD: An additional district and Sessions Court on Monday handed down life imprisonment to a former sarpanch of Chandrawal village, who allegedly mowed down daughter-in-law of a whistleblower RTI activist. Announcing the life sentence, additional district and sessions judge (ADJ) L N Jindal also slapped a fine of Rs 6,000 each on former sarpanch Dharambir Malik and driver Satbir Singh. Two whistleblowers Jagdish Kumar and Phool Singh of Chandrawal had sought information...
More »Conspiracy charge upheld for first time, 23 convicted for Ode killings
-Express News Service Just over a decade after two dozen Muslims were massacred in Ode during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, a specially appointed court on Monday convicted 23 people from the Patel community while acquitting 23 for want of evidence. One of the accused died during the trial. Of the 23 convicted, 19 have been found guilty of murder and conspiracy and the rest of attempt to murder along with allied...
More »Life imprisonment is ground to grant divorce: Karnataka high court by P Vasanth Kumar
If you're sentenced to life imprisonment, it's possible you can't remain married. Karnataka high court has rejected the miscellaneous first appeal (MFA) filed by a husband serving a life sentence in a murder case. "When the appellant is convicted for life, even the grounds of desertion have to be taken into account legally because he cannot live with the wife and give her conjugal happiness. For the rest of her life,...
More »Freed woman convict demands wages for jail work by Dhananjay Mahapatra
A woman prisoner has sought the Supreme Court's intervention in getting her the wages for the work she was made to do inside the Tihar Jail for nearly four years while serving sentence after being convicted in a criminal case. Phool Kumari was convicted in a criminal case and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Delhi court. On appeal, the apex court had reduced the sentence to a five-year jail...
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