Tag: Jail Term
7 Results
-
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s jail term doubled to 10 years in corruption case
The increased term was ordered over embezzlement charges for which Zia, the arch-rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced in February.
October 30, 2018 -
Pakistan court orders release of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, daughter, son-in-law
The Islamabad High Court suspended the sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Safdar.
September 19, 2018 -
New Delhi: Tempo driver’s jail term quashed
A Delhi court has set aside the two-year rigorous jail term awarded to man who had rammed a tempo into a divider leaving one person dead and three injured, saying it was “a sheer accident” due to tyre burst and there was no evidence to prove that he was driving rashly. The sessions court order …
Continue reading "New Delhi: Tempo driver’s jail term quashed"
October 6, 2017 -
Enhance Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s jail time to life term: Rape survivors
Women followers raped by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to seek life imprisonment for the dera chief, on Wednesday. According to media reports, two former followers of the dera asked the court to enhance his punishment from 20 years in jail to life imprisonment. The court …
Continue reading "Enhance Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s jail time to life term: Rape survivors"
October 4, 2017 -
Jail term, fine for Polluting water bodies in Kerala soon
The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to frame a new law which will ensure strict action, including a jail term, and a fine for those polluting water bodies. The state cabinet which met here decided to float an ordinance and a new bill in this regard would be introduced in the Kerala assembly later. As …
Continue reading "Jail term, fine for Polluting water bodies in Kerala soon"
September 20, 2017 -
Ram Rahim to spend 20 years in jail, to pay Rs. 30-lakh fine
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim has been sentenced to 20-year rigorous imprisonment (10 years for each rape case), three days after he was held guilty of rape and criminal intimidation by a special CBI court in Panchkula. Justice Jagdeep Singh, who held Ram Rahim guilty of the said charges on Friday, pronounced the sentence …
Continue reading "Ram Rahim to spend 20 years in jail, to pay Rs. 30-lakh fine"
August 28, 2017 -
Over 45 sentenced in China for garbage dump landslide
Forty-five people, including several officials, were sentenced up to 20 years in jail for their alleged negligence and involvement in a landslide caused by huge waste dump in which 73 people were killed in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Four persons had also gone missing in the landslide in December, 2015. The suspects were …
Continue reading "Over 45 sentenced in China for garbage dump landslide"
May 6, 2017