Criminal Record

Allahabad HC asks govt to put criminals' records on dedicated portal

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary, Home, and the Director General of Police to ensure that a criminal's history is available on a dedicated portal

EC gets tough on parties fielding candidates with criminal record

As per the rules, both the candidates as well as the political parties have to publish complete details about the criminal antecedents

No reasons cited for fielding 212 with criminal cases in polls: ADR report

Here's a look at how the major parties did regarding the C7 mandates, across state elections

Criminal proceedings not shortcut for other remedies, says Delhi HC

Criminal proceedings are not a shortcut for other remedies and criminal law cannot be set into motion in a usual manner, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court stated that summoning an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter and the complainant has to bring on record material to support the allegations to have criminal law set into motion. The observations were made by the high court while quashing the complaint and summoning order against a practicing lawyer for the alleged offence of criminal breach of trust on account of the absence of material to prima facie establish the commission of the offence as alleged in the complaint. The complainant real estate company, in the present matter, claimed that the petitioner lawyer illegally released to its opponents' certain documents kept in an escrow account created in his name. Giving relief to the lawyer, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said Criminal proceedings are not a shortcut for other remedies. The petitioner is a ...

Non-disclosure of criminal info: Supreme Court fines BJP, others

The SC had earlier directed these political parties to furnish the details on their official websites, in newspapers, and on social media

Clean slate: Increase in MLAs with no criminal record in UP, Punjab and Goa

Of 690 MLAs elected in UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, 27.8% (192) have a criminal record