Latest Criminal Law News
Will make pvt sector bribery criminal offence: PM
2011, 13:03 IST With the alleged involvement of big corporates in a spate of scams apparently weighing on his mind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said government is considering changes in law to make private sector bribery a criminal offence.
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:42A
Govt working to make pvt sector bribery criminal: PM
New Delhi: With the alleged involvement of big corporates in a spate of scams apparently weighing on his mind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said government is considering changes in law to make private sector bribery a criminal offence.
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:41A
Law change led to murder charge
Clift's second trial was possible because of the Law Reform Act 1996 which abolished the "year and a day rule" which stated that an act was presumed not to have caused a person's death if more than a year and a day elapsed before death. Criminal lawyer
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:26A
"Make My Day" law applies to woman who stabbed ex-boyfriend.
A Fort Collins woman who fatally stabbed an ex-boyfriend in the neck with a broken beer bottle will not face criminal charges. Prosecutors have determined that the woman had been physically assaulted and was defending herself when the incident happened
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:02A
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The non-profit organization is a non-medical licensed program that provides adult day care/adult day services to elderly and younger qualifying adults who are mentally, physically or socially dependent on others to complete tasks of daily living.
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:52A
Transformed criminal seeks to reform inmates
Sharing his experiences with JSS Law College students on Thursday, Gole explained how he turned to crime by accident. He attacked an eve-teaser with a knife following an argument. Though he was in his mid-teens, he was put behind bars instead of being
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:09A
USDOJ: Sixth Guilty Plea in Connection with Scheme to Fraudulently Control
The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:05A
Lords debate Crime: Home Protection
But if I come home from holiday and find that my house has been stolen from me, the criminal law does not care. The police do not want to know and I will have to spend months in the civil court system trying to get my property back.
Updated: 10/21/2011 01:43A
National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center wages war on criminals' assets
Criminal enterprises that smuggle large amounts of cash are often the same ones that engage in violent crimes, fund terrorist or extremist groups, traffic humans and commit commercial fraud. "That's why the BCSC has waged a relentless campaign to
Updated: 10/21/2011 01:41A
Reformed convict, now a Gandhian
MYSORE: The students of JSS Law College in city had an unusual guest addressing them on Thursday. Laxman Tukaram Gole who had spent over seven years in jail over several charges of extortion and murder attempts, and later got reformed after reading
Updated: 10/21/2011 01:33A