Up Lawyer Murdered

A court convicted a man of killing his parents and sentenced him to death here, a lawyer said. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the man.

The house belonging to slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's sister Ayesh Noori and her husband Akhlaq, co-accused in lawyer Umesh Pal's murder, here has been attached by the police, an official said on Monday.

An MP-MLA court in Azamgarh on Friday awarded life imprisonment to four persons including a former state minister in connection with the murder of an advocate.

Bhupendra Singh, 58, was shot dead by a fellow lawyer, Suresh Gupta, over an old rivalry on Monday.

A few hours after a lawyer was shot dead on court premises in Shahjahanpur on Monday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said no one is safe in today's UP: not women, not farmers and now not advocates.

The murder of a 32-year-old lawyer in Lucknow on Tuesday night sparked unprecedented protests on Wednesday, with lawyers angry over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh's capital taking the body of their colleague inside the compound of the city's district magistrate's office to protest.

The Supreme Court has bowed to public pressure in confirming the death sentences awarded to the convicts of December 16, 2012 sensational gangrape and murder case, their counsel said on Friday.

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in an appeal challenging the grant of bail to controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shahabuddin in a murder case by Patna High Court. A bench comprising justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy reserved the order after lawyers representing Shahabuddin and others wrapped up their arguments in the case.

Indrani Mukerjea, arrested for the murder of her young daughter Sheena Bora, has been beaten by the police, say sources on her legal team, adding that they are being given grossly inadequate access to the 43-year-old former media executive.

A verdict in the high profile murder trial of sports star Oscar Pistorius has been set for September 11, after lawyers wrapped up five months of drama-filled proceedings on Friday.

Jailed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will "not allow" any film or book on the murder of their daughter Aarushi and anyone taking up such a venture without their consent will face legal action, their lawyer said yesterday.

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 likely to be taken up by the court today. The trial is also likely to be assigned to a fast-track court...

A court convicted a man of killing his parents and sentenced him to death here, a lawyer said. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the man.

The house belonging to slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's sister Ayesh Noori and her husband Akhlaq, co-accused in lawyer Umesh Pal's murder, here has been attached by the police, an official said on Monday.

An MP-MLA court in Azamgarh on Friday awarded life imprisonment to four persons including a former state minister in connection with the murder of an advocate.

Bhupendra Singh, 58, was shot dead by a fellow lawyer, Suresh Gupta, over an old rivalry on Monday.

A few hours after a lawyer was shot dead on court premises in Shahjahanpur on Monday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said no one is safe in today's UP: not women, not farmers and now not advocates.

The murder of a 32-year-old lawyer in Lucknow on Tuesday night sparked unprecedented protests on Wednesday, with lawyers angry over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh's capital taking the body of their colleague inside the compound of the city's district magistrate's office to protest.

The Supreme Court has bowed to public pressure in confirming the death sentences awarded to the convicts of December 16, 2012 sensational gangrape and murder case, their counsel said on Friday.

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in an appeal challenging the grant of bail to controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shahabuddin in a murder case by Patna High Court. A bench comprising justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy reserved the order after lawyers representing Shahabuddin and others wrapped up their arguments in the case.

Indrani Mukerjea, arrested for the murder of her young daughter Sheena Bora, has been beaten by the police, say sources on her legal team, adding that they are being given grossly inadequate access to the 43-year-old former media executive.

A verdict in the high profile murder trial of sports star Oscar Pistorius has been set for September 11, after lawyers wrapped up five months of drama-filled proceedings on Friday.

Jailed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will "not allow" any film or book on the murder of their daughter Aarushi and anyone taking up such a venture without their consent will face legal action, their lawyer said yesterday.

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 likely to be taken up by the court today. The trial is also likely to be assigned to a fast-track court...