Defence Lawyer

Aarushi case: Court rejects defence request to summon 13 witnesses

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 4, 2013

A court trying the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case on Saturday rejected the defence counsel's request to summon the then CBI joint director Arun Kumar and 12 other witnesses included in the original list but not brought to depose, the lawyer said.

Kuwait jails two for emir insult tweets: lawyer

Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 7, 2013

A court in Kuwait on Thursday sentenced two opposition activists to prison terms on charges of writing remarks on their Twitter accounts that were deemed offensive to the emir, a defence lawyer said.

120 people questioned for Facebook posts about woman lawyer who defended PJ Kurien

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy | Monday February 25, 2013

120 people have been questioned by the Cyber Police in and around Thiruvananthapuram for posting allegedly obscene Facebook posts about a woman advocate who spoke in defence of Congress leader PJ Kurien amid the furore over the Suryanelli rape case.

Oscar Pistorius tweets thanks on first day out on bail

Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 23, 2013

South African Paralympic icon and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius on Saturday said he was thankful for prayers offered to his family and that of his slain girlfriend, a day after he was freed on bail.

Top defence lawyer star of Pistorius murder case

Agence France-Presse | Friday February 22, 2013

South African legal eagle Barry Roux who is defending Oscar Pistorius in his murder charge has emerged as the star of the world headline grabbing case.

Guantanamo defendants' legal documents were seized, say lawyers

Reuters | Thursday February 14, 2013

Guards rifled through defendants' cells and seized their confidential legal documents while the accused were in the courtroom listening to assurances that no one reads their private attorney-client mail, defence lawyers charged on Thursday.

S&P hires top defence attorney for $5 billion lawsuit

Thursday February 7, 2013

Standard and Poor's has hired John Keker, one of the country's top white-collar defence attorneys, to help fight a $5 billion lawsuit brought by the US government this week.

'Amanat' case: Friend being cross-examined by defence lawyers

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday February 6, 2013

Lawyers defending the five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi today began cross-examining her friend who has testified against them.

'Amanat' case: Fast track court to hear framing of charges against five accused

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Monday January 28, 2013

Defence lawyers in the Delhi gang-rape case will today argue on framing of charges at a fast track court in the Saket District Court complex in Delhi against the five accused who brutally gang-rape 'Amanat' (NOT her real name) on December 16 last yea...

'Amanat' case: another accused claims he's juvenile, court to consider on Monday

Tanima Biswas | Thursday January 24, 2013

In a fast-track court in Delhi today the five men accused of raping and murdering a young woman on a bus last month heard the charges against them. On Monday, the defence lawyers will counter those charges.

'Amanat' case: Defence lawyers want trial transferred out of Delhi

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday January 20, 2013

Lawyers for the five men accused of the gang-rape and murder of a medical student in Delhi last month want the trial to be moved out of Delhi for "proper and justifiable hearing," and suggested Mathura and Coimbatore as options.

Delhi gang-rape case: defence lawyer says police 'biased', wants trial moved out of Delhi

Reported By Tanima Biswas | Thursday January 17, 2013

Ram Singh one of six men accused of raping and brutally murdering a 23-year-old medical student in a moving bus in Delhi last month, plans to petition the Supreme Court to move the trial out of Delhi.

Trial set to begin in Delhi gang-rape case

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday January 14, 2013

Defence lawyers will today scrutinise documents submitted with the charge-sheet by the Delhi Police in the gang-rape and murder case of a 23-year-old medical student last month. Several applications submitted by the lawyers of the accused men are lik...

Delhi gang-rape: defence lawyer of three accused alleges police brutality

Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 10, 2013

A lawyer for three of the defendants accused of murdering and gang-raping a student in New Delhi alleged on Thursday that police used force to extract confessions.

Accused Colorado shooter posed with guns before rampage

Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2013

Self-portraits of accused Colorado movie house gunman James Holmes posing with firearms and body armor ended prosecutors' pretrial case against the former graduate student on Wednesday, but defence lawyers declined to present evidence or witnesses of...