New Delhi[India] December 4 (ANI): The Odisha government on Tuesday announced that it will not accord sanction to prosecute defence analyst Abhijit Iyer Mitra in certain criminal cases and will also take steps to withdraw other criminal cases pending against him.
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the central government for its "deficiency" in taking effective steps to ensure speedy trial in criminal cases.
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking lifetime ban on politicians from contesting elections on their conviction in criminal cases.
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted additional three weeks to states which have not filed their responses yet with respect to setting up of special courts in connection with the pending criminal cases against Member of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) and Mem
New Delhi [India], Sept 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to disqualify candidates facing criminal charges from contesting elections and asked Parliament to enact a law instead.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 20 (ANI): A special court was inaugurated in Chennai on Thursday to hear criminal cases pending against Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and Members of Parliament (MP).
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and others to file the complete data of pending criminal cases against former and sitting MPs and MLAs, as well as setting up of special courts to handle their cases.
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, sought an affidavit from the Central government to track down the number of special courts that have been set up to deal with criminal cases that involve the lawmakers.
New Delhi [India], Aug. 19 (ANI): The Delhi Police has arrested 62-year-old lady don Basheeran, who was wanted in 113 criminal cases, from the Sangam Vihar locality in the national capital here.
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday denied allegation of parading a man naked in west Delhi's Inderpuri, saying that the towel-clad man, accused in over two dozen criminal cases, was trying to resist arrest when his towel slipped off.
New Delhi [India] Apr 19(ANI): The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that out of 1580 MPs, MLAs with declared criminal cases, 48 are facing charges related to crimes against women, including rape charges.
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): As per a report published by the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), in which 229 out of the total 233 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs were analysed, it was found that 51 MPs had criminal cases against them.