Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Delhi police on Sunday filed a supplementary charge sheet in a court here against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the alleged larger conspiracy in the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. The charge sheet was filed before Additional Sessions
Source:-https://www.thehindu.com An accused, irrespective of the merits of the case against him, should be granted “default” or “complusive” bail if the investigating agency does not complete the probe within a prescribed time limit, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment. A Bench, led by Justice U.U. Lalit, referred to how “in England, even a
Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com All insults or intimidations to a person will not be an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless such insult or intimidation is on account of victim belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, the Supreme Court has ruled. Clarifying the legal position on the stringent SC/ST
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Supreme Court on Thursday said that an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is not made out on the fact that the complainant is a member of SC or ST. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi said: “All insults or intimidations
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas filed by Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), in the Yes Bank fraud case. A single bench presided over by Justice S V Kotwal had reserved his order on their bail pleas on October 23. The Wadhawan brothers
Source:-https://www.thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man arrested in connection with the north-east Delhi riots in February, noting that the police has not been able to explain why there was a delay of seven days before his name was added in the FIR. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said it was not
Source:-newindianexpress BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday took serious exception to delays in investigation, trials and low conviction in cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and issued multiple directions including to the State government for the effective implementation of the Act.A division bench comprising Chief Justice
Source:-scroll The court pointed out that this was not a gag order on the media but asserted that the sanctity of the investigation had to be maintained.The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for holding a parallel inquiry and trial in Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case,
Source:-theleaflet The Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to a 21-year-old Danish who was arrested in connection with the Delhi riots on the basis of a viral video which allegedly showed him as being present as a bystander at a place where a mob had gathered. Referring to the chargesheet, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait observed
Source: dnaindia.com A charge sheet was filed on Saturday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) against six accused in the conspiracy and murder of eminent scholar MM Kalburgi. “The charge sheet was filed under sections 120(B), 302, 449, 109, 201 r/w 35 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1A), 25(1B) and 27(1) of the
