PTI reported that: The Bombay high court on July 1 deferred till July 13 an appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the hit-and-run case, after the actor’s lawyer sought time to check documents. Although the ‘paper book’ (compilation of eviden...

The bail plea of Reliance Industries in-house lawyer Janhavi Gadkar, who allegedly killed two while driving drunk last week Tuesday, has been postponed to Wednesday by a metropolitan magistrate yesterday (Monday), after her lawyer Mahesh Sabnis said she needed urgent medical care to tend to her frac...

The Bombay high court today adjourned Salman Khan’s criminal appeal against his culpable homicide conviction of five years in jail, until 1 July, ordering expeditious finalisation of the papers and documents . When the matter came up on Monday, the actor’s counsel Amit Desai informed the high court ...

The story of corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar allegedly killing two men in a taxi while she was driving her Audi drunkenly down the wrong side of a Mumbai highway is deeply tragic and troubling, in many ways.

NDTV reported that vice president (legal) of Reliance Industries and former Talwar Thakore Associates managing associate Janhavi Gadkar had allegedly killed two persons in a taxi while driving her Audi Q3 drunk in Mumbai last night on the wrong side of a major freeway. The 35 year old lawyer has bee...

The criminal trial against actor Salman Khan, who allegedly killed a pavement dweller when driving while drunk more than a decade ago, has hit a new roadblock with the police telling the court that its case diaries have disappeared. In addition, only seven out of 63 original witness statements were ...

The culpable homicide retrial of Bollywood megastar Salman Khan began today in a Mumbai sessions court over his allegedly running over several pavement dwellers while drunk, killing one, in 2002. The prosecution might call up to 64 witnesses, of whom the first appeared today. A magistrate in an earl...

The criminal charges against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan have been increased to culpable homicide by the Bandra metropolitan magistrate, the Mumbai Mirror reported today. The paper also included a good potted history of the more than 10-year-long trial against the actor who allegedly killed a nu...

The defence counsel of a man accused of killing and injuring two motorists while driving under the influence of alcohol on Marine Drive, has argued that section 304(II) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) – culpable homicide – could not apply because the accused had no prior intention of hitting the othe...