Articles by Charul Shah
Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Mumbai court to pronounce verdict on May 6
A Mumbai court on Tuesday said the verdict for the 2002 hit-and-run case against Bollywood actor Salman Khan will be pronounced on May 6. The defence and prosecution concluded their final arguments on Monday.
Updated on Apr 21, 2015 09:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Mumbai court to pronounce date of verdict Tuesday
Paving a way for the verdict in the 2002 hit-and-run case against Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the defence and prosecution concluded their final arguments on Monday. The court is likely to announce the date of verdict on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 20, 2015 09:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Lapses by crime branch, not lack of proof, led to acquittal of ‘diesel don’
Lapses by the Mumbai crime branch and not lack of evidence led to the acquittal of alleged oil mafia don Mohammed Ali, in the murder case of his rival Chand Madar, revealed the judgment copy released by a special MCOCA court recently.
Updated on Apr 18, 2015 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Court asks entire family to seek counselling
A couple has been asked to consult a psychologist together with their nine-year-old son, after the family court noted the child was traumatised and was failing to recognise his mother or father.
Updated on Apr 11, 2015 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Dared to speak against crimes, but witnesses worry about safety
In November 2012, the then state government had submitted a draft scheme on the protection of witnesses in sensitive or criminal cases to the Bombay high court (HC). Two years and a change of government later, too, the HC was told in March 2015 that the state is mulling a comprehensive legislation for witness protection. This perhaps explains why a witness in the Pakmodia firing case was recently threatened.
Updated on Apr 05, 2015 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Key witness in 2011 firing near Iqbal Kaskar’s house threatened
One of the key witnesses in the 2011 shootout near the house of Iqbal Kaskar, gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, has allegedly been threatened against deposing in court.
Updated on Apr 04, 2015 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Builder accused of working for Chhota Rajan discharged
In a setback for the crime branch, a designated MCOCA court has discharged builder Arun Patil, accused of being a key member of an extortion racket run by Chhota Rajan and his associate in Mumbai.
Updated on Mar 26, 2015 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
MCOCA court acquits ‘diesel don’, 7 others in Chand Madar murder case
A special MCOCA court on Friday acquitted Mohammad Ali, known as 'diesel don', of the charge of murdering his alleged rival, Sayyed Chand Madar.
Updated on Mar 20, 2015 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Why did cops not probe complaint against Sheetal Mafatlal? asks court
The magistrate court on Tuesday asked why the police did not act on the complaints of Farukh Wadia alleging that Sheetal Mafatlal had replaced the original paintings with fake ones in October 2011.
Updated on Mar 18, 2015 04:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Salman Khan’s car was in name of Dubai resident, had fake address, court told
The Toyota Land Cruiser Bollywood actor Salman Khan was driving when he allegedly crashed his car into a Bandra bakery in 2002 was registered in the name of a Dubai resident with a bogus address in Mahim, the sessions court was told on Friday.
Updated on Mar 15, 2015 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Leakgate probe: CBI to produce Buddhadev in Delhi court in three days
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was granted transit remand for three days to produce Paresh Chimanlal Buddhadev, a chartered accountant and partner in Chitale & Associates, before a Delhi court.
Updated on Mar 14, 2015 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Espionage case: After Mumbai-based CA, CBI arrests 2 more
The CBI has been granted transit remand for a Mumbai-based chartered accountant the agency arrested on Thursday, for allegedly leaking and selling confidential documents related to foreign investments, from the finance, commerce and industry ministries.
Updated on Mar 14, 2015 07:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Council cancels licence exams for practising lawyers
Advocates won’t have to take a test for renewal of their sanad (practice licence), as the Bar Council of India has repealed the rule which made it mandatory earlier.
Updated on Jan 27, 2015 10:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai gang-rape: Call centre employee, man were brutally beaten up
The chargesheet revealed that the accused beat up the woman mercilessly, leaving her with serious injuries on her head, leg, back and neck. They stuffed a cloth in her mouth when she tried to resist and scream for help, it said.
Updated on Oct 09, 2013 09:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Mahajani/Charul Shah, Mumbai
No CCTVs, few guards in Mumbai’s courts
Lackadaisical approach of escorts accompanying undertrials to the court premises is to be blamed for instances like the escape of Afzal Usmani, a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative and an accused in the 2008 Gujarat blasts. Charul Shah reports.
Updated on Sep 22, 2013 04:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Spot-fixing: police moves case from betting to fixing
The Mumbai crime branch on yesterday changed their case in the T20 spot-fixing scandal from betting to provisions that can deal with fixing as well. Rahul Mahajani and Charul Shah report. Meiyappan, Vindoo charged with forgery, criminal conspiracy | Tale of the tape
Updated on Sep 22, 2013 08:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Mahajani and Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai photojournalist was gang-raped on her mother's birthday
For the Mumbai gang-rape survivor’s mother, her birthday will never be a cause for celebration again. In fact, it will always bring back haunting memories, of her daughter being gang-raped.
Updated on Sep 20, 2013 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai cops conned of Rs 10 Lakhs by seven-member gang
While one of the gang members trapped the constables by offering them gold biscuits at a low rate, the others masqueraded as crime branch officials to obtain the money arranged for the gold.
Updated on Sep 09, 2013 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Four accused in Mumbai gang-rape shifted to Byculla jail
Instead of being kept at the Arthur Road jail, the four accused arrested for the gangrape of a photojournalist were shifted to the Byculla jail, where there is space to keep them in a separate cell. Mohamed Thaver & Charul Shah report.
Updated on Sep 06, 2013 02:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohamed Thaver & Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai gang-rape: 3 accused remanded to custody
The esplanade court today sent three of the five accused involved in the gangrape of a 22-year-old photojournalist at Shakti Mill compound in Mahalaxmi, to further police custody till September 5. Charul Shah and Mohamed Thaver report.
Updated on Aug 30, 2013 02:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Mohamed Thaver, Mumbai
Pre-planned attack? Survivor had visited mill earlier: police
The five youth accused of gangraping the 22-year-old photojournalist at Shakti Mill compound in Mahalaxmi on Thursday evening had hatched the plan a few days prior to the incident, police believe. Charul Shah and Mohamed Thaver report.
Updated on Aug 25, 2013 02:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Mohamed Thaver, Mumbai
Accused show no remorse, yawn in court
Both the accused — Chand Abdul Sattar Shaikh and Vijay Jadhav — showed no remorse in the court when they were produced by the police seeking their custody.Charul Shah
Updated on Aug 25, 2013 01:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Son can't refuse to help 'uncaring' father: Mumbai court
"The son cannot refuse to maintain his father even if the latter had failed to provide for him in the past," the family court ruled on Thursday while asking a 30-year-old police constable to pay maintenance to his 57-year-old father.
Updated on Aug 09, 2013 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Sarangi Mahajan wants cops to return husband’s belongings
More than three years after the death of Pravin Mahajan, his wife Sarangi moved court on Tuesday asking that her husband’s belongings, including a few letters, that had been seized by the police be returned to her.
Updated on Aug 07, 2013 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
School bus attendant gets 7 yrs’ jail for molesting child
In the first conviction under the new child protection law, a school bus attendant was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment on Monday.
Updated on Jul 30, 2013 03:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Salman’s fans sneak past police, throng courtroom
Dressed in formals, gray shirt and black trousers, Bollywood actor Salman Khan showed up at the sessions court premises at Kalaghoda on Wednesday morning much before the court timings, accompanied by his sisters and a team of lawyers. Charul Shah reports.
Updated on Jul 25, 2013 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Prosecution failed to prove role of Pradeep Sharma in Lakhan Bhaiyya case: Judgment
The prosecution miserably failed to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt against Pradeep Sharma (former encounter specialist), observed the 1,668-page judgment in the 2006 Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case.
Updated on Jul 21, 2013 03:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Breast removed after wrong diagnosis: woman to get Rs 1 lakh in compensation
In a shocking case of medical negligence, a doctor from a Mumbai hospital has been found guilty of erroneously diagnosing breast cancer in a 33-year-old woman, who got her right breast surgically removed in 2005. Charul Shah reports.
Updated on Jul 21, 2013 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Convicted spy’s kin say cops planted ‘evidence’
The family members of Javed Mozawala, 30, who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment on Monday, claimed he has been falsely implicated.
Updated on Jul 16, 2013 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Lakhan Bhaiya encounter: Convicted cops had admitted to presence at spot
Eleven officers who were part of the encounter team that killed alleged Chhota Rajan aide Ramnarayan Gupta alias Lakhan Bhaiya were nailed by their own reports filed during a procedural inquiry, in which they admitted being part of the encounter team. Charul Shah reports.
Updated on Jul 07, 2013 02:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
