Articles by Charul Shah
Sheena murder: Mumbai police through with bulk of the probe
Sheena bora murder case Centre to ask CBI to take over the case; Khar police sift through reams of paper to meet the Nov 25 deadline to file charge sheet
Updated on Sep 19, 2015 11:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Kumar Yadav and Charul Shah, Mumbai
Defence lawyers say they plan to go to high court
Defence advocates of those convicted in the July 11, 2006 blasts have expressed shock at the verdict and are now working on the arguments over the quantum of punishment. Once the detailed order is delivered, they plan to move the Bombay high court, they said.
Updated on Sep 13, 2015 09:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
2006 Mumbai train blasts: 12 convicted, sentencing on Monday
A special MCOCA court on Friday convicted 12 of the 13 accused for their role in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts. Seven RDX bombs had ripped through the first class coaches of Mumbai's suburban trains on July 11, 2006, killing 188 people and injuring 829. The blast occurred between Khar Road-Santacruz, Bandra-Khar Road, Jogeshwari-Mahim Junction, Mira Road-Bhayander, Matunga- Mahim Junction and Borivali.
Updated on Sep 13, 2015 09:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Aritra Hazra, Mumbai
Sheena case: Indrani, driver in judicial custody till Sept 21
Indrani Mukerjea, who has been accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, and her driver Shyamwar Rai were on Monday remanded to judicial custody till September 21 by a Mumbai court.
Updated on Sep 21, 2015 10:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Sheena Bora murder case: Police unearth complex money trail
The police believe money was one of the motives for Sheena’s murder, along with her relationship with Rahul Mukerjea, her step-brother, which Indrani did not approve of.
Updated on Sep 09, 2015 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Indrani remains uncooperative and a hard nut to crack: Cops
Police custody of three accused in the Sheena Bora murder case -- the victim's mother and businesswoman Indrani Mukerjea, her driver Shyamvar Rai and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna -- has been extended till September 7 by a Mumbai court.
Updated on Sep 09, 2015 11:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Aritra Hazra, Mumbai
Indrani faints, Vidhie weeps; police custody of accused trio extended
Former media honcho Indrani Mukerjea, arrested in connection with her daughter Sheena Bora's murder, was interrogated for 80-90 hours and not allowed a minute of legal counsel, her lawyers told a court on Monday.
Updated on Aug 31, 2015 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah & Kanchan Chaudhari, Mumbai
Sheena Bora case: 2 more people may be involved in the murder
The Mumbai police on Friday said they suspected the involvement of two more people in the murder of former Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) human resources executive Sheena Bora.
Updated on Aug 29, 2015 10:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Sheena murder: Indrani plotted, Khanna killed, driver tells cops
In a boost to the Sheena Bora murder investigation, the police found her photograph while searching the residence of Peter and Indrani Mukerjea’s former driver Shyam Manav Manohar Rai, 43.
Updated on Aug 28, 2015 07:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Vijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai
Mumbai: Man granted divorce as wife is arrested for prostitution
The family court recently granted divorce to a man on grounds of cruelty and desertion, after he proved his wife was part of a prostitution racket.
Updated on Aug 15, 2015 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Pakmodia Street firing: Three convicted, 4 acquitted for lack of proof
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court acquitted four men and convicted three others for their involvement in the Pakmodia Street firing in 2011 on Friday.
Updated on Aug 14, 2015 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Doc, hospital held guilty of negligence, ordered to pay patient’s parents Rs 15. 5L
A Mumbai doctor and Bombay Hospital, Marine Lines, have been directed to pay Rs 15.5 lakh to a Jaipur couple, after the state consumer forum found them guilty of negligence that led to the death of the couple’s son.
Updated on Aug 07, 2015 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai court issues non-bailable arrest warrant against Lalit Modi
A special court Mumbai issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former IPL chief Lalit Modi on Wednesday over a case of money laundering.
Updated on Aug 05, 2015 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Drink-driving case: Gadkar granted bail, but can’t leave country
A session court on Wednesday granted bail to advocate Janhavi Gadkar who was earlier arrested over a drunk driving case which killed two people and injured a further four others.
Updated on Aug 05, 2015 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Yakub hanged: Will prosecution be able to prove others’ guilt?
After Yakub Memon's execution, it won’t be easy for the prosecution to prove its case against the remaining accused in the 1993 serial blasts. It will have to address several doubts about admissibility of evidence, which was recorded by the previous court against the new set of accused.
Updated on Jul 31, 2015 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Trial still going on 22 years after 1993 Mumbai blasts
Twenty-two years after the serial blasts ripped through Mumbai, the case still continues in the Tada court, with seven key accused facing trial.
Updated on Jul 30, 2015 11:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Marrying with false promises amounts to fraud: Family court
Persuading a girl for marriage by painting a rosy picture amounts to fraud, a Mumbai family court held while annulling a marriage.
Updated on Jul 20, 2015 11:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: CCTV cameras for civil and sessions court
The Mumbai civil and sessions court will be the first court in the city to have CCTV cameras. The law and judiciary department is in the process of installing more than 100 cameras on the court premises at Kalaghoda, which the department intends to complete by January 2016.
Updated on Jul 13, 2015 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
35-yr-old first convict in a cyber-stalking case in state
A 35-year-old man will serve three months in jail for sending obscene pictures and videos via email to a woman he met on a social networking site — the state’s first conviction in a cyber-stalking case.
Updated on Jul 04, 2015 01:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vijay Kumar Yadav and Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Undertrial dies in jail waiting for court to grant bail
Twenty-five year old Abhiram Pradhan from Odisha who was arrested by the Mumbai police for possession of hashish died in jail last week as he was suffering from a heart ailment.
Updated on Jun 29, 2015 08:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai woman moves court, wants to marry Abu Salem
A 25-year-old woman from Mumbra wants to marry gangster Abu Salem who’s locked up in Taloja jail. She’s the same woman who was reported to have married him on a train to Uttar Pradesh on January 8 last year.
Updated on Jun 24, 2015 10:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Child custody laws in India: A much-needed overhaul
By calling for archaic laws to be updated and for courts to view the child’s welfare as paramount, the law commission wants to change the way custody battles are resolved.
Updated on Jun 08, 2015 10:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ayesha Arvind & Charul Shah, Mumbai
Move away from old child custody laws, says Mumbai court
In a landmark ruling that could set a precedent on child custody, a Mumbai family court laid down a parenting plan — even detailing how to deal with vacations and festivals — for a doctor-nurse couple fighting over the custody of their eight-year-old daughter.
Updated on Jun 04, 2015 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai family court asks both parents to contribute for child’s upbringing
In a landmark judgement, the Mumbai family court denied exclusive custody of an eight-year-old girl to one parent on Wednesday.
Updated on Jun 03, 2015 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Sessions court stays Hasan Ali’s Rs 74,000-crore tax evasion trial
The case against Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali, who allegedly evaded taxes to the tune of Rs 74,000 crore, may be crumbling. A sessions court on Monday stayed Ali’s trial, which was pending before a magistrate’s court.
Updated on Jun 01, 2015 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Film City firing: Contractor Shinde had complained of death threats, says lawyer
Raju Shinde, the contractor who was shot at on Friday, had been receiving threats for the past four months and had also written to police chief Rakesh Maria about it, his lawyer Sushan Kunjuraman alleged. The police department has refuted the claims.
Updated on May 23, 2015 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Mumbai: Undertrials allowed to call up Nepal kin reeling under quake
Sources revealed that jail authorities have made special arrangements for under-trials of Nepalese origin to call up their families.
Updated on May 16, 2015 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Mumbai: Family court rejects man’s plea to conduct DNA test on sons
Taking the delay in filing the petition into account, the family court rejected a man’s plea seeking DNA test of his sons, aged 36 and 28, to establish their paternity and prove that his wife was having an affair.
Updated on May 16, 2015 10:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Actor’s lawyers did not present facts to HC: Public prosecutor
Special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat alleged that the lawyers of actor Salman Khan did not present the facts correctly before the Bombay high court.
Updated on May 08, 2015 11:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charul Shah, Mumbai
Salman knew not to drink and drive, judgment order says
From drinking water, to a tyre burst to the victim dying during the rescue operation — the defence tried every trick in the book to prove that Salman Khan was not responsible for the accident on September 28, 2002. But the sessions court shot down all the claims, convicting him of culpable homicide in the 2002 hit-and-run case.
Updated on May 08, 2015 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish K Pathak & Charul Shah, Mumbai
