“Rotten” in Allahabad HC: "Something is rotten in the State of Denmark, said Shakespeare in Hamlet, and it can similarly be said that something is rotten in the Allahabad High Court," said a bench of Supreme Court of India on the state of state of affairs in the High Court. The HC moved the apex court against the remarks but the SC bench stood by its comments.
Justice Sen Impeachment: Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court faces possible impeachment by Parliament following indictment by a judicial committee for “misappropriating funds”. He has denied the charges and has filed his reply in December to the Rajya Sabha.
Jessica Lall murder: Eleven years after Jessica Lall was shot dead at a crowded socialite party in Delhi; the Supreme Court on April 19, 2010 upheld the life sentence awarded to prime accused Manu Sharma, son of influential politician Venod Sharma.
Ruchika case: Accused of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, former Haryana top cop SPSingh Rathore, after being held guilty on December 22, 2009 - after 19 years, 40 adjournments, and more than 400 hearings - was on May 25 sentenced to one and a half years of rigorous imprisonment. However, on November 11, the Supreme Court granted bail him bail.
Rizwanur case: The Kolkata High Court, in May, declared the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rehman as one of murder, ordered the CBI to re-investigate it.
Priyadarshini Mattoo case: The Supreme Court of India on October 6 commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment given to Santosh Kumar Singh. Mattoo was found raped and murdered at her house in New Delhi on January 23, 1996.
Neera Yadav: Going by the trend of the fall of the mighty, controversial former UP chief secretary Neera Yadav and Flex Industries owner Ashok Chaturvedi were on December 7 convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term by a special CBI court in a land scam case when she was NOIDA`s chief executive officer in 1992-94. However, within a week, both secured bails, and are out of prison.
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