The Bombay high court on Monday rejected a murder convict’s challenge against Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s stay of his five-year jail sentence in the actor’s 2002 drunk-driving accident case. The intervention appeal, filed by a murder convict whose plea has not been heard since 2009, contended that...

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 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.

In a setback to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the district and sessions court in Jodhpur today rejected his revision petition for re-examination of five witnesses in a case of violations of the Arms Act. Jodhpur District and Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas while upholding the decision of the chief ju...

Download PDF of judgment In a major relief to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court — while admitting his appeal — today suspended his five-year jail sentence in a 2002 hit-and-run case that killed a man, paving the way for him to secure regular bail. Special public prosecutor Prade...

Staying his incarceration, a single Bombay high court bench of Justice Abhay Thipsay told actor Salman Khan to give up his passport, pay Rs 25,000 Rs 30,000 surety and seek fresh bail from the sessions court that convicted him two days ago for five years in prison, reported the Hindustan Times . “We...

The Mumbai trial court judgment that sentenced actor Salman Khan to five years in jail, just a few hours before a quick Bombay high court appeal by DSK Legal and senior counsel Harish Slave stayed the sentence until tomorrow , has been uploaded. Download PDF In the 240-page judgment and additional s...

Barely hours after he was sentenced to five years jail in the 2002 accident case, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was granted two days interim bail on medical grounds by the Bombay High Court today. Rushing post-haste to secure bail, Salman’s defence team led by Supreme Court counsel Harish Salve me...

After a trial of 13 years, first in the Mumbai Metropolitan Court and then in the Sessions Court, the verdict in the high-profile Salman Khan accident case is round the corner. “I will announce the date of the verdict on Monday (April 20),” Additional Sessions Judge DW Deshpande told special public ...

In a setback to filmstar Salman Khan, the Supreme Court today set aside the Rajasthan High Court order putting on hold his conviction in the blackbuck hunting case, and asked the high court to consider the matter afresh. The high court Nov 12, 2013 had suspended the conviction of Salman Khan in the ...

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 Supreme Court yesterday asked actor Salman Khan to reply to the Rajasthan government’s challenge to the stay on his conviction for shooting and killing a blackbuck, reported the TOI.

Khan was charged under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act.

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...

No say on NSA: The Supreme Court today asked Ex-Delhi University law professor SN Singh to bring evidence on Friday (28 June) of violation of fundamental rights of internet users. His PIL alleges that nine US-based internet companies in India are sharing user data with the National Security Agency (...

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...