Bhima Koregaon arrests: Plea filed on Sudha Bharadwaj's behalf in Punjab and Haryana HC withdrawn to take up other remedies
6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Plea filed on Sudha Bharadwaj's behalf in Punjab and Haryana HC withdrawn to take up other remedies

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A Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the five rights activists arrested on 28 August in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been withdrawn on Wednesday, with the liberty to take up other remedies as per law. The habeas corpus petition that was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on behalf of Sudha Bharadwaj — one of the five rights activists arrested on 28 August in the Bhima Koregaon case — was withdrawn on Wednesday, with the liberty to take up other remedies as per law. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday expressed its inclination to dismiss the habeas corpus petition, given that a special leave petition in the matter has been filed before the Supreme Court. The day the five activists were arrested, Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered that Bharadwaj remain under house arrest.

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Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to ex- IAS trainee Puja Khedkar
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to ex- IAS trainee Puja Khedkar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. Ruling that a strong prima facie case was made out against Khedkar, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said investigation was required to …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024
1 month ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024

Live Law  

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Andhra Pradesh High Court grants bail to main accused in Kadambari Jethwani’s ‘illegal arrest’ case
1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh High Court grants bail to main accused in Kadambari Jethwani’s ‘illegal arrest’ case

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted bail to Kukkala Vidyasagar, accused of getting a false case registered against actor Kadambari Jethwani on charges of forgery and extortion earlier this year with the help of a few police officers. 1 in the First Information Report registered by the Vijayawada City Police on the basis of a complaint registered by …

Supreme Court Grants Two-Week Protection to YSR Congress Media Head
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Grants Two-Week Protection to YSR Congress Media Head

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:The Supreme Court has granted protection to the YSR Congress social media head Sajjala Bhargav Reddy against whom several cases were booked by the state police over his allegedly derogatory posts on social media. The apex court directed Bhargav Reddy to approach the AP high court for interim relief and stayed his arrest for two weeks. Bhargav Reddy in his …

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy
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1 month, 1 week ago

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday shielded YSR Congress Party’s social media head Sajjala Bhargava Reddy from arrest for two weeks to enable him to approach the high court for bail, observing the interim protection was akin to allowing the petitioner to get first aid while the state government was “raining FIRs” on him. Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister …

Supreme Court Stays Arrest To YSR Congress Party's Social Media Head For 2 weeks, Asks him To Approach Andhra Pradesh HC
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1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Stays Arrest To YSR Congress Party's Social Media Head For 2 weeks, Asks him To Approach Andhra Pradesh HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to YSR Congress Party's social media head, Sajjala Bhargav Reddy to approach the Andhra High Court for appropriate remedy. On this, Justice Kant orally remarked that he partially agreed with what Sibal said but then the Court did not want to bypass the jurisdiction of the High Court. The Court ordered: "The …

Odisha: Top BJD leader's brother arrested for assaulting vegetable vendor
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Top BJD leader's brother arrested for assaulting vegetable vendor

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar:The Odisha police on Saturday arrested Bhaba Prakash Das, the brother of senior BJD leader and organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das, on charges of assaulting and threatening a vegetable vendor. According to the first information report, Bhaba Das, his cousin Balabhadra Das, and nearly 50 others allegedly attacked Nayak, damaging vegetables worth Rs 10,000 and forcibly taking Rs 1,200 from …

High Court lifts pause on arrest of Ashok Gehlot's ex-aide in phone tapping case
2 months ago

High Court lifts pause on arrest of Ashok Gehlot's ex-aide in phone tapping case

India Today  

In a significant development in Rajasthan’s high-profile phone tapping case, the stay on the arrest of Lokesh Sharma, the former Officer on Special Duty to ex-Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has been lifted. SUPREME COURT PETITION WITHDRAWN Lokesh Sharma had earlier filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking protection from arrest and a transfer of the case to Rajasthan. …

Bhargav’s bail plea: Andhra Pradesh HC seeks details from police
2 months ago

Bhargav’s bail plea: Andhra Pradesh HC seeks details from police

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed Gudivada Two Town Police to place before it the details of the cases registered against Sajjala Bhargav Reddy, former in- charge of YSRC social media wing, on charges of encouraging objectionable posts on social media against TDP chief and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his wife. Bhargav filed an anticipatory …

High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition for Release of Accused in Drugs Case
2 months, 1 week ago

High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition for Release of Accused in Drugs Case

Deccan Chronicle  

A Telangana High Court allows a habeas corpus petition for the release of a person accused of systematic violation of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The court finds that the detention order passed by the Hyderabad commissioner of police was unconstitutional and illegal as it violated the principles of preventive detention and presumption of innocence. The court …

Habeas Corpus Plea For Accused In Judicial Custody By Order Of Competent Court Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Habeas Corpus Plea For Accused In Judicial Custody By Order Of Competent Court Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that a habeas corpus plea seeking the release of the accused, who is in judicial custody by virtue of an order passed by a court of competent jurisdiction, and, whose regular bail application has also been dismissed by the trial Court concerned, is not maintainable.Justice Kuldeep Tiwari refused to entertain the habeas …

​For a fair probe: The Hindu Editorial on the Kejriwal bail order and CBI conduct
4 months ago

​For a fair probe: The Hindu Editorial on the Kejriwal bail order and CBI conduct

The Hindu  

A two-member Bench of the Supreme Court that granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case was divided on the legality of his arrest by the CBI on corruption charges soon after he was given regular bail in connection with money-laundering charges. After the benefit was given to the co-accused, including Delhi’s Deputy Chief …

Habeas Corpus Petitions Can't Be Allowed To Become Infructuous Due To Pendency Outlasting Period Of Detention: J&K High Court
4 months ago

Habeas Corpus Petitions Can't Be Allowed To Become Infructuous Due To Pendency Outlasting Period Of Detention: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ruled that a habeas corpus writ petition cannot be dismissed solely because the period of preventive detention has expired during the pendency of the case. Justice Rahul Bharti, while adjudicating the case, stated: "A habeas corpus writ petition cannot be allowed to suffer self-abortion because of its pendency outlasting the prescribed period …

Days after bail from SC, Kavitha withdraws plea in HC to declare CBI arrest as illegal
4 months, 1 week ago

Days after bail from SC, Kavitha withdraws plea in HC to declare CBI arrest as illegal

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi BRS leader K Kavitha after walking out from Tihar jail on August 27. Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavitha on Friday withdrew a plea in the Delhi high court, seeking to declare her arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi excise policy case as illegal, days after she was granted bail by the Supreme Court …

Swati Maliwal assault case: HC dismisses Bibhav Kumar's plea challenging arrest
5 months, 1 week ago

Swati Maliwal assault case: HC dismisses Bibhav Kumar's plea challenging arrest

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar challenging his arrest in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence. Mr. Kumar, presently in judicial custody, allegedly assaulted Ms. Maliwal on May 13 at Mr. Kejriwal's official residence. Mr. Kumar, in his plea, had …

Breaking: Delhi High Court Upholds Bibhav Kumar's Arrest In Alleged AAP MP Swati Maliwal Assault Case
5 months, 1 week ago

Breaking: Delhi High Court Upholds Bibhav Kumar's Arrest In Alleged AAP MP Swati Maliwal Assault Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the arrest of Chief Minister's close aide Bibhav Kumar in the alleged AAP MP Swati Maliwal assault case. His bail plea was also rejected by the Delhi High Court last month, observing that his arrest by the Delhi Police is illegal and in. His bail plea was also rejected by the Delhi High …

HC seeks police’s stand on Kejriwal aide Kumar’s plea against arrest in Swati Maliwal assault case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

HC seeks police’s stand on Kejriwal aide Kumar’s plea against arrest in Swati Maliwal assault case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on July 1 issued notice to the Delhi Police on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar’s plea challenging his arrest in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the Chief Minister’s residence. The High Court said Mr. Kumar’s plea “at this stage” is maintainable to the extent of issuance of …

Karnataka high court grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnap case
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka high court grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnap case

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of sexual abuse accused Prajwal Revanna in the abduction case of a victim, reported Bar and Bench. An interim bail was granted to Bhavani Revanna until 14 June, and Justice Krishna S Dixit ordered Bhavani to remain in Bengaluru by restricting her from entering KR Nagar or …

Truth will prevail in court: Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra on POCSO case against father
7 months ago

Truth will prevail in court: Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra on POCSO case against father

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: State BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday reacted to the Karnataka High Court restraining the CID from arresting his father and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case, and said that the truth will prevail in the "temple of justice". Earlier in the day, the high court restrained the Criminal Investigation Department from arresting the …

Bhavani Revanna receives pre-trial bail until June 10
7 months, 1 week ago

Bhavani Revanna receives pre-trial bail until June 10

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, in connection with a kidnapping case linked to the sexual abuse allegations against her son. Last week, the SIT had issued a notice to Bhavani asking her to be present at her home for questioning in the kidnapping case linked …

Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case
7 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case filed against her linked to the sexual abuse allegations against her son. Karnataka high court The high court’s decision to grant her bail mandates that she must fully cooperate with the investigation by the Special …

Karnataka High Court directs Bhavani Revanna to appear before SIT on Friday
7 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court directs Bhavani Revanna to appear before SIT on Friday

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Keeping in abeyance the non-bailable warrant issued against Bhavani Revanna, who is facing the charges for allegedly kidnapping a victim of a sexual assault allegedly involving her son, former MP Prajwal Revanna. Justice Krishna S Dixit passed the interim order keeping the NBW in abeyance after the assurance given by the senior counsel Sandesh Chouta that Bhavani Revanna will …

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran
7 months, 1 week ago

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that the split verdict passed concerning the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar was without following the principles of natural justice granting fair opportunity. Justice Jayachandran noted that while the court was not bound by a hard and fast rule of granting 4 weeks to file counter, especially in cases dealing with detention orders, …

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench
7 months, 1 week ago

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police on Thursday, June 6, 2024, filed a sub application before the Madras High Court claiming that Justice G. Jayachandran had agreed with the view taken by Justice P.B. Balaji, in a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act, and therefore, the case must now be referred …

Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on petition filed by MLA HD Revanna till June 3
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on petition filed by MLA HD Revanna till June 3

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on the petition filed by Prajwal Revanna's father and MLA HD Revanna for quashing of an FIR related to a kidnapping case until June 3. Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on petition filed by MLA HD Revanna till June 3 The case is registered in KR Nagara police station against HD Revanna and …

HC delivers split verdict on legality of Savukku’s arrest
7 months, 3 weeks ago

HC delivers split verdict on legality of Savukku’s arrest

Hindustan Times  

Madras high court on Friday delivered a split verdict in the case of whistleblower-turned-YouTuber Savukku Shankar where justice G R Swaminathan quashed his detention under the Goondas Act while justice P B Balaji differed. Both judges were of the opinion that he must be shifted out of the Coimbatore because Shankar’s mother had filed another habeas corpus petition complaining that …

Madras High Court delivers split verdict in ‘Savukku’ Shankar case; Judge says two persons tried to influence him
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court delivers split verdict in ‘Savukku’ Shankar case; Judge says two persons tried to influence him

The Hindu  

In a startling revelation, Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court on Friday wrote that two highly placed persons met him in person and requested him not to decide on merits a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s preventive detention under the Goondas Act. The judge said Greater Chennai Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore had passed the …

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the legality of the detention of jailed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act in the wake of his arrest in five different cases including the ones relating to denigrating women police personnel in an interview and possession of ganja. Justice GR Swaminathan, who was presiding the division …

Savukku Shankar’s mother moves High Court challenging his detention under Goondas Act
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar’s mother moves High Court challenging his detention under Goondas Act

The Hindu  

YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar’s mother A. Kamala has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Madras High Court challenging an order passed by the Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police on May 12 detaining her son under the Goondas Act, 1982. The petitioner had also filed another writ petition, seeking an inquiry by the National Human Rights Commission into …

Bhima Koregaon violence accused Gautam Navlakha granted bail: How courts have been kind to him
8 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence accused Gautam Navlakha granted bail: How courts have been kind to him

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Urban Naxal Gautam Navlakha in connection with his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad Bhima Koregaon case citing the mounting cost of house arrest and the inordinate amount of time to complete the trial. All co-accused have been granted bail.” In one fell swoop, the judiciary not only granted relief to Gautam …

Punjab & Haryana HC Stays FIR Against Youth Congress Leader Contesting Lok Sabha Polls Against Ex-CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Issues Notice On Plea For Quashing
8 months, 1 week ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Stays FIR Against Youth Congress Leader Contesting Lok Sabha Polls Against Ex-CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Issues Notice On Plea For Quashing

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today, has issued notice on plea filed by Youth Congress leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, seeking quashing of a case registered against him for his alleged failure to appear before the trial court in a criminal case. Budhiraja, is contesting from Haryana's Karnal Lok Sabha seat against former Chief Minister ML Khattar.The plea stated that Budhiraja …

Congress Candidate Against Former Haryana CM ML Khattar Granted Bail By Panchkula Court In Defacement Of Property Case
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress Candidate Against Former Haryana CM ML Khattar Granted Bail By Panchkula Court In Defacement Of Property Case

Live Law  

A Panchkula Court has granted bail to Youth Congress leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, who is contesting from Haryana's Karnal Lok Sabha seat against former Chief Minister ML Khattar, in 2018 FIR pertaining to the Haryana Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.Budhiraja has also moved the High Court seeking quashing of a case registered against him for his alleged failure to appear …

In Pre-Arrest Bail Plea, Court Can Ask Police To Intimate Intention To Not Arrest Accused So That Liberty Is Not "Tricked" Later: P&H High Court
8 months, 1 week ago

In Pre-Arrest Bail Plea, Court Can Ask Police To Intimate Intention To Not Arrest Accused So That Liberty Is Not "Tricked" Later: P&H High Court

Live Law  

Dealing with a "unique prayer" seeking fifteen days' advance notice in case the investigator proposes to arrest the accused in a corruption case, the Punjab & Haryana High Court said that if a pre-arrest bail plea is filed and investigators take a stand that they do not intend to arrest, then the Court can direct them to inform the accused …

Bhima Koregaon Case| Hany Babu Withdraws Bail Petition In Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Bhima Koregaon Case| Hany Babu Withdraws Bail Petition In Supreme Court

Live Law  

Hany Babu, a former Delhi University Professor, on Friday withdrew his petition in the Supreme Court seeking bail in the Bhima Koregaon case over alleged Maoist links. Accordingly, the Court had passed the following order: “The counsel for the petitioner states that there is a change in the circumstance and she would not like to press the present petition and …

Bhima Koregaon Case | Trial May Not Be Over For Another 10 Years, Says Supreme Court While Hearing NIA Challenge To Navlakha's Bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bhima Koregaon Case | Trial May Not Be Over For Another 10 Years, Says Supreme Court While Hearing NIA Challenge To Navlakha's Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, while hearing National Investigative Agency's challenge against the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Bhima Koregaon-accused Gautam Navlakha, orally said that the trial “may not be over for another ten years.” This was after the Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Navlakha, informed the Court that there were 375 witnesses in the case. However, Senior Advocate …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 240 to 2024 LiveLaw 255 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Section 78 – Arbitration clause – Two-Contract Case – When the parties enter into a contract, making a general reference to another contract, such general reference would not have the effect of incorporating the arbitration clause from the referred document into the …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shoma Sen In Bhima Koregaon Case
9 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shoma Sen In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, who is booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 for alleged Maoist links in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.She was arrested on June 6, 2018, and has been under custody since then, awaiting trial. The Supreme Court granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, …

KCR Demands Immediate Release of Kavitha
9 months, 3 weeks ago

KCR Demands Immediate Release of Kavitha

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS president K. Chandrashekhar Rao, in his first public reaction to the arrest of his daughter K. Kavitha in the Delhi liquor policy scam, on Friday demanded her immediate release by the Directorate of Enforcement. The demand came a day after the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the same case. The BRS chief, in a statement …

Arvind Kejriwal withdraws his plea from Supreme Court against ED arrest
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal withdraws his plea from Supreme Court against ED arrest

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday withdrew from the Supreme Court his petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate a day earlier for his alleged role in the irregularities in the now-scrapped 2021-22 Delhi excise policy, hours after his legal team presses for an urgent hearing and the top court even agreed to hear the plea …

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Aaj Tak's Sudhir Chaudhary In Jharkhand Police FIR Over Alleged Anti-Tribal Remarks
10 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Aaj Tak's Sudhir Chaudhary In Jharkhand Police FIR Over Alleged Anti-Tribal Remarks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection to Sudhir Chaudhary, Consulting Editor of Aaj Tak TV channel, in relation to an FIR registered by the Jharkhand Police over the alleged remarks made by him against the tribal community following the arrest of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.While issuing notice on the petition filed by Chaudhary returnable within. The …

Delhi Liquor Policy Case | Supreme Court To Hear On March 5 AAP MP Sanjay Singh's Plea Against Arrest By Enforcement Directorate
11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Liquor Policy Case | Supreme Court To Hear On March 5 AAP MP Sanjay Singh's Plea Against Arrest By Enforcement Directorate

Live Law  

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing Singh's plea against a Delhi High Court order refusing to set aside his arrest. Last month, the Aam Aadmi Party MP moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the money laundering case and a bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice in his application, seeking the Enforcement …

SC orders immediate release of 25-year-old woman detained by her parents
11 months, 4 weeks ago

SC orders immediate release of 25-year-old woman detained by her parents

Hindustan Times  

Even a single day is one day too many when liberty of a person is involved, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday as it ordered immediate release of a 25-year-old woman illegally detained by her parents to stop her from being with a man of her choice and pursue a career in Dubai. On January 3, the Supreme Court bench …

Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Directs Tagging Of Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea With Shoma Sen's Appeal
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Directs Tagging Of Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea With Shoma Sen's Appeal

Live Law  

Advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for Jagtap, said she had no objection to the tagging of the matters but raised concerns about the prolonged period of incarceration. Background Jyoti Jagtap, an activist and member of cultural organisation 'Kala Kabir Manch', and 16 others, including Gonsalves and Ferreira, have been accused by the National Investigation Agency of being responsible for the caste …

HC expresses anger over illegal detention of man for long
1 year, 2 months ago

HC expresses anger over illegal detention of man for long

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court expressed anger against two police officers working as CI and SI at Vedayapalem in Nellore district on the detention of a person booked on charges of cheating for a long time and said that it was a violation of human rights here on Friday. A man identified as Vadlapalli Vijay Kumar was detained by …

HC Quizzes GHMC, Cops on Vendor Policy
1 year, 3 months ago

HC Quizzes GHMC, Cops on Vendor Policy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed the GHMC to explain its stance regarding street vendors at Raheja Mindspace. Notice over fake Aadhaar claim Justice S. Nanda of the Telangana High Court ordered notice to the authorities in a writ petition complaining of a land deal based on a fraudulent Aadhaar card. Farooq Ali Khan filed …

[S.15A SC/ST Act] Victim Need Not Be Put To Notice Of Habeas Corpus Plea Moved By Accused Following Preventive Detention: Madras High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

[S.15A SC/ST Act] Victim Need Not Be Put To Notice Of Habeas Corpus Plea Moved By Accused Following Preventive Detention: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has made it clear that the habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention of a person who is accused of committing offences under the Schedules Caste/Scheduled Tribe Act is not a 'connected proceeding' for the purposes of Section 15-A and of the Act. Court held that habeas corpus is a constitutional remedy available under Article 226 …

'Might Set Wrong Precedent': Supreme Court Doubts Earlier Order Allowing House Arrest For Bhima Koregaon Accused Gautam Navlakha
1 year, 4 months ago

'Might Set Wrong Precedent': Supreme Court Doubts Earlier Order Allowing House Arrest For Bhima Koregaon Accused Gautam Navlakha

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday doubted its November 2022 order allowing human rights activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Gautam Navlakha to be released from detention and placed under house arrest on grounds of his deteriorating health. Background Gautam Navlakha, an activist and senior journalist, along with 15 others have been accused by the National Investigation Agency of being responsible for the …

Bhima Koregaon | Does Jyoti Jagtap's Case Fit 'Formula' in Which Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira Were Granted Bail? Supreme Court Asks
1 year, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon | Does Jyoti Jagtap's Case Fit 'Formula' in Which Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira Were Granted Bail? Supreme Court Asks

Live Law  

Deciding the bail application of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap would involve a determination of whether her case 'fits the formula' in which the bail pleas of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira were decided, the Supreme Court orally observed on Tuesday, while adjourning Jagtap's bail hearing until September 21. Background Jyoti Jagtap, an activist and member of cultural …

Bhima-Koregaon: Bail for 2 activists after 5 yrs
1 year, 5 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon: Bail for 2 activists after 5 yrs

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, ending their nearly five-year-long incarceration on charges of alleged Maoist links in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case. The allegations are serious, no doubt, but for that reason alone, bail cannot be denied to them,” the bench said, setting aside a 2019 Bombay high court …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira In Bhima Koregaon Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Bhima Koregaon-accused and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, both of whom have been lodged in jail since August 2018 for alleged offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. This judgment was delivered by a bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia that heard Gonsalves and Ferreira’s plea after the Bombay …

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