A crucial push for civil liberty
2 years, 1 month ago

A crucial push for civil liberty

Hindustan Times  

In a democracy, the judiciary performs several functions. Therefore, Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud’s decision last week to prioritise matters of personal liberty and grant immediate hearing to petitions asking for bail is a laudable step. Justice Chandrachud said a full court meeting adopted a resolution to hear 10 bail matters and 10 transfer petitions each day of the week, underlining that a decision was taken to give precedence to cases where petitioners have been inside jails or fear imminent curtailment of liberty. This can have an immediate impact because the criminal justice system is littered with examples where people are incarcerated without being convicted of any crime due to unjust arrests and denial of bail, despite the Supreme Court consistently underlining, for almost four decades, that bail should be the rule and jail the exception. But the apex court’s decision can move the needle by pushing for a change in mindsets, especially of trial judges who act as the first arbiters of personal liberty, and the police, which must refrain from filing flimsy charges just to secure incarceration.

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Bail Is An Essential Element Of The Criminal Justice System, Guarantees Right To Fair Trial: Calcutta High Court
11 hours, 36 minutes ago

Bail Is An Essential Element Of The Criminal Justice System, Guarantees Right To Fair Trial: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has held that bail is an essential element of the criminal justice system as it affords a right to a fair trial to the accused in a criminal case. Justice Shampa Paul made these observations in a plea by a man accused under the POCSO act, against an order cancelling his bail issued by the trial …

Each government branch must honour its constitutional role: Chief Justice
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Each government branch must honour its constitutional role: Chief Justice

India Today  

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said that each branch of the government must honour its constitutionally-assigned role by nurturing inter-institutional equilibrium. These numbers reflect a challenge, and yet --they represent the deep trust citizens place in our courts as the ultimate arbiters of justice," Chief Justice Khanna said. "Last year alone, our district courts resolved over 20.14 …

Foreigners Absconding After Bail: Supreme Court Asks Centre To Curb Rising Instances
1 month ago

Foreigners Absconding After Bail: Supreme Court Asks Centre To Curb Rising Instances

ABP News  

The Supreme Court in a recent order has expressed concerns about the frequent instances of foreign nationals, who are accused of crimes in India, becoming untraceable after securing bail. The Centre however informed that it was apprised of the issue at hand and was working towards formulating a procedure to deal with cases where foreign citizens jump bail and become …

Speaking to the State for citizens
1 month, 1 week ago

Speaking to the State for citizens

Hindustan Times  

That the executive needed to be reminded of its role is worrying, albeit not surprising. In recent years, especially, partly from a desire to appear decisive and responsive, and partly to pander to the public’s demand for immediate retributive justice, several state governments have started subscribing to what they popularly term “bulldozer justice”, the demolition of the properties of those …

DY Chandrachud's legacy as CJI: Pragmatic progress over disruption
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1 month, 1 week ago

DY Chandrachud's legacy as CJI: Pragmatic progress over disruption

India Today  

When Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud assumed the position of chief justice of India in November 2022, he carried with him high hopes for a transformative tenure. Justice Chandrachud’s term also included significant rulings on federalism, including his landmark decision in Union of India vs Mohit Minerals, where he held that GST Council recommendations are advisory rather than binding on state …

Disposing bails, money laundering cases: A look at DY Chandrachud's tenure as Chief Justice
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Disposing bails, money laundering cases: A look at DY Chandrachud's tenure as Chief Justice

India Today  

Outgoing Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud's tenure from November 2022 to November 2024 has left a distinct imprint on the judiciary. His term saw a concentrated focus on issues of personal liberty, disposal of long-pending constitutional cases, and tackling economic offences, particularly under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Supreme Court, during DY Chandrachud's tenure as Chief Justice, …

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the CBI case related to the liquor policy case.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the matterKejriwal was earlier granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in …

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the CBI case related to the liquor policy case.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the matterKejriwal was earlier granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in …

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the CBI case related to the liquor policy case.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the matterKejriwal was earlier granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in …

Time to remind citizens that we exist for them: CJI Chandrachud
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Time to remind citizens that we exist for them: CJI Chandrachud

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said that judiciary cannot be indifferent to the suffering and injustice of litigants approaching courts as he exhorted members of the district judiciary – the first point of contact for citizens seeking justice – to give back to the society by reminding citizens that “we exist for them”. Speaking at the …

Bombay High Court urges lower courts to be prompt with pre-arrest bail cases to protect citizens’ liberty
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court urges lower courts to be prompt with pre-arrest bail cases to protect citizens’ liberty

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday urged lower courts to be prompt in resolving anticipatory bail applications to safeguard the liberty of citizens. The High Court expressed displeasure over the slow handling of a pre-arrest bail petition by a sessions court in Kalyan in Thane district of Maharashtra. A single Bench of Judge Sandeep V. Marne was hearing an appeal …

'Better To Lose By Making Correct Statement Than To Lose Confidence Of Court': Orissa HC Denies Bail To Economic Offender For Misrepresenting SC Order
3 months, 4 weeks ago

'Better To Lose By Making Correct Statement Than To Lose Confidence Of Court': Orissa HC Denies Bail To Economic Offender For Misrepresenting SC Order

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has denied bail to a person, accused of committing economic offences, for misleading the Court with regard to an order passed by the Supreme Court so as to obtain an adjournment and by playing such fraud, to extend the period of liberty. The top Court stayed the order of the High Court and exempted the petitioner …

The top court as custodian of liberties
4 months, 1 week ago

The top court as custodian of liberties

The Hindu  

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s enlargement on bail by the Supreme Court of India, after an unconscionably long incarceration, is a welcome vindication of the apex court’s remit as custodian of individual liberties. In an eloquent exposition of its mandate, the Court reiterated that ‘a constitutional court has to lean in favour of constitutionalism and the rule of …

Ruling on Sisodia calls for judicial reforms in bail process
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ruling on Sisodia calls for judicial reforms in bail process

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Supreme Court verdict granting bail to former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi excise policy case marks a critical precedent, particularly in high-profile cases where gravity of charges and prolonged incarceration has been used as tools to deny individuals their right to liberty. The court observed that in many instances, both trial …

Supreme Court verdict on Manish Sisodia revives ‘bail, not jail, is the rule’ adage
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court verdict on Manish Sisodia revives ‘bail, not jail, is the rule’ adage

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court judgment granting bail to former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, revived a well-settled but endangered principle that ‘jail and not bail is the exception’, even in economic offence cases. Viswanathan did not mince words while saying that High Courts and trial courts nowadays prefer to “play safe” and deny bail even if the case is …

Trial court judges afraid of granting bail in serious crimes: CJI DY Chandrachud
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trial court judges afraid of granting bail in serious crimes: CJI DY Chandrachud

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Trial courts need to be encouraged to be more receptive to accommodating the concerns of people seeking liberty. Today, trial court judges are “playing it safe by not granting bail in very important issues or very serious crimes”, said Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud here on Sunday. He said, “Increasingly, we are seeing in a lot of cases, …

CJI Chandrachud Urges Trial Courts to Grant Bail Judiciously
4 months, 3 weeks ago

CJI Chandrachud Urges Trial Courts to Grant Bail Judiciously

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said the trial judges prefer playing safe by not granting bail on important issues of crime when it is looked at with a degree of suspicion. "People who should be getting bail in the trial courts and not getting it there, as a result of which, they have to invariably …

​Arrest and liberty: On the ED’s actions
5 months ago

​Arrest and liberty: On the ED’s actions

The Hindu  

Two observations made in different contexts by the Supreme Court of India have raised relevant issues concerning personal liberty. One concerned the question whether an officer arresting a person on money-laundering charges should demonstrate the necessity for arrest for the action to be deemed valid; and the other voiced shock and revulsion at the ease and quickness with which courts …

Supreme Court's interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal hints at larger ramifications
5 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court's interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal hints at larger ramifications

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, raising questions on the legality and necessity of his arrest in March by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy scam. A two-judge bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred some questions on the ED’s power to arrest …

Every day counts in matter of personal liberty: Top court urges swift bail verdict
7 months, 1 week ago

Every day counts in matter of personal liberty: Top court urges swift bail verdict

India Today  

The Supreme Court said on Friday that every single day counts in matters concerning the liberty of citizens. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta asked the Delhi High Court to expedite the hearing of a bail plea filed by an accused in the Delhi excise policy case. The Supreme Court said that in matters concerning the liberty …

DC Edit | Lower courts need to keep a better vigil on citizen’s rights
7 months, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Lower courts need to keep a better vigil on citizen’s rights

Deccan Chronicle  

The order of the Supreme Court holding the arrest and remand of founder editor of online portal newsclick.com Prabir Purkayastha “invalid in the eyes of law” and directing his release from jail not only restores his fundamental rights as a citizen but also exposes a ploy of the government at the Centre that it has been successfully employing to intimidate …

Voting for relief: On interim bails and elections
7 months, 1 week ago

Voting for relief: On interim bails and elections

The Hindu  

In granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court of India has reversed a development that upset the level playing field for the ongoing general election. But the arrest of a serving Chief Minister and a key figure in the Opposition, when the election process was already on, sent shock waves among regional parties. In Mr. …

CJI says safeguards in new criminal laws will protect rights of citizens
8 months ago

CJI says safeguards in new criminal laws will protect rights of citizens

The Hindu  

Describing the new criminal justice system as a “watershed moment for our society”, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Recording search operations Justice Chandrachud said that these laws have transitioned India’s legal framework on criminal justice into a new age. But this issue has been part of political discourse in elections.” Privacy concerns Asserting that the criminal justice system was set …

Striking a balance between state power and citizen rights holds the key to a democracy’s success
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Striking a balance between state power and citizen rights holds the key to a democracy’s success

Firstpost  

All democracies, irrespective of the government in power, must keep a balance between the powers of the state as against the remedies available to citizens In India, our ancient systems of jurisprudence had always stressed that 'nyaya' or justice must always conform to 'niti', correct policy. The first two jurisprudential principles enumerated above—a person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty, …

NIA Case Accused Granted Bail by HC
9 months ago

NIA Case Accused Granted Bail by HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice P. Sree sudha of the Telangana High Court enlarged on bail nine persons accused of terrorist activities and facing prosecution before the Special Court for NIA cases in nine cases. The panel allowed criminal appeals against judgments of the Special Court dismissing bail applications by various accused who are members …

Rules For Listing Violated In Many Cases In Supreme Court : Prashant Bhushan
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rules For Listing Violated In Many Cases In Supreme Court : Prashant Bhushan

Live Law  

Speaking during the seminar hosted by Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, Advocate-on-Record and CJAR Convener Prashant Bhushan recently voiced an opinion that even though Master of Roster power is stated to be subject to certain rules which even Chief Justice of India cannot violate, the same are being routinely. Speaking …

Supreme Court Half Yearly Bail Digest 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Half Yearly Bail Digest 2023

Live Law  

Accused cannot be denied bail on the sole ground that the co-accused has not surrendered. State through CBI v. T. Gangi Reddy @ Yerra Gnagi Reddy, 2023 LiveLaw 37 : AIR 2023 SC 457 : 4 SCC 253 : 1 SCR 741 : 2023 INSC 44 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Proviso to Section 167 - Grant of Default Bail …

The primacy of liberty
1 year, 5 months ago

The primacy of liberty

Hindustan Times  

If the criminal justice system forms the skeletal frame of any democratic society and its functioning, then the fundamental right to liberty of every individual must be considered its spine because it is this logic that recognises the full personhood of an individual and limits the powers of the otherwise formidable State. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Dipankar …

Anticipatory Bail - Personal Liberty Important, But Courts Must Also Consider Gravity Of Offence & Impact On Society : Supreme Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Anticipatory Bail - Personal Liberty Important, But Courts Must Also Consider Gravity Of Offence & Impact On Society : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that, while dealing with anticipatory bail applications, courts must also consider the gravity of the offence, the impact on society, and the need for a fair and free investigation.While it is extremely important to protect the personal liberty of a person, it is equally incumbent to analyze the seriousness of the offence and determine if there …

Find decisive fixes to free undertrials
1 year, 10 months ago

Find decisive fixes to free undertrials

Hindustan Times  

The festering problem of India’s burgeoning undertrial population can roughly be broken down into four stages. Often, and in far too many trivial cases, the first impulse is to put the accused behind bars, even though the Supreme Court has stated that arrests should be an exception in cases where the maximum possible punishment is less than seven years. In …

Bail Pendency Is An Emergency Situation Needing Urgent Attention : Justice PS Narasimha
1 year, 10 months ago

Bail Pendency Is An Emergency Situation Needing Urgent Attention : Justice PS Narasimha

Live Law  

Narasimha of the Supreme Court of India said the average quality of legal representation, both legal aid and private, needs to be upgraded. He also noted that ‘the current state of bail pendency is an emergency situation that needs urgent attention.’ Justice Narasimha was delivering the keynote address at an event in Mumbai marking the release of the report ‘Legal …

Supreme Court presses need for reform on tedious bail processes
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court presses need for reform on tedious bail processes

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has been reaching out to the government to “think out of the box” and not fight every case of bail all the way up to the top court. Recently, Justice Kaul, speaking at a conference in Varanasi, said the inflow of bail and remission cases to the Supreme Court was so high that “some kind of revolution” …

Bail & Personal Liberty : Notable Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Bail & Personal Liberty : Notable Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022

Live Law  

Earlier this month, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court DY Chandrachud remarked that no case is small for Supreme Court and that it has to interfere in matters relating to personal liberty. The bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna observed thus while considering a Special Leave Petition against an order passed by Chhattisgarh High Court dismissing an …

Pendency remains hurdle to Supreme Court’s role as timely protector of citizens’ rights
2 years ago

Pendency remains hurdle to Supreme Court’s role as timely protector of citizens’ rights

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. The government’s zeroing in on bail applications as one of the reasons for slow justice comes at a time when 10 bail pleas are heard every day by all 13 Benches of the Supreme Court. In fact, an exasperated Chief Justice Chandrachud in November had remarked that “widened access to the Supreme Court” is making …

Indian jails are overcrowded with pretrial and undertrial prisoners from poor and marginalised communities
2 years ago

Indian jails are overcrowded with pretrial and undertrial prisoners from poor and marginalised communities

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 14, 2022 18:00 IST Since there was no one to furnish a Rs.30,000 surety bond, Jai Parkash, 47, spent over 22 years in judicial custody without a trial. In response to a writ petition filed against his illegal detention, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed on September 19, 2022, that “the allegations if taken at their …

Personal Liberty Cannot Be Curtailed On Mere Suspicion And Half-Baked Investigation: Madras HC Grants Bail To PMLA Accused
2 years ago

Personal Liberty Cannot Be Curtailed On Mere Suspicion And Half-Baked Investigation: Madras HC Grants Bail To PMLA Accused

Live Law  

While allowing the bail plea of a man charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Madras High Court reiterated that personal liberty could not be arbitrarily taken away unless in accordance with law. A perusal of the medical reports produced by the petitioner would go to show the severity of the ailment the petitioner has been suffering for …

Judges At Grassroots Reluctant To Grant Bail Due To Fear Of Being Targeted: CJI Chandrachud
2 years, 1 month ago

Judges At Grassroots Reluctant To Grant Bail Due To Fear Of Being Targeted: CJI Chandrachud

ABP News  

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that judges at grassroot level in India are reluctant in granting bail because they have a sense of fear of being targeted for granting bail in heinous crimes, reported news agency ANI. Speaking at a felicitation event organised by Bar Council of India, the CJI said, "Higher judiciary is …

Judges at grassroots reluctant to grant bail for fear of being targeted: CJI Chandrachud
2 years, 1 month ago

Judges at grassroots reluctant to grant bail for fear of being targeted: CJI Chandrachud

Firstpost  

“Higher judiciary is flooded with bail applications due to reluctance at grassroots to grant bail. Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail not because they do not understand crime, but there is sense of fear of being targeted for granting bail in heinous cases,” said CJI DY Chandrachud. New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday …

'Fear of...': Here's Why CJI Chandrachud Thinks Judges are Reluctant to Grant Bail
2 years, 1 month ago

'Fear of...': Here's Why CJI Chandrachud Thinks Judges are Reluctant to Grant Bail

News 18  

Addressing the issue of higher judiciary being flooded with bail applications, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail “because there is a sense of fear of being targeted for granting bail in heinous cases”. At a felicitation event organised by the Bar Council of India, CJI Chandrachud said, …

Watch | All about DY Chandrachud, the new Chief Justice of India
2 years, 2 months ago

Watch | All about DY Chandrachud, the new Chief Justice of India

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India, on October 17 Justice DY Chandrachud will take oath on November 9 and will be in office for two years — until November 10, 2024 Justice Chandrachud’s key judgements Justice Chandrachud was part of several benches that delivered many notable judgments in the recent past …

'Keeping Bail Application Pending For 8 Months Not Consistent With Right To Liberty': Supreme Court In Anil Deshmukh's Plea
2 years, 2 months ago

'Keeping Bail Application Pending For 8 Months Not Consistent With Right To Liberty': Supreme Court In Anil Deshmukh's Plea

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted liberty to former Home Minister of the State of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh to approach the Bombay High Court Bench assigned to hearing his bail application tomorrow. The Apex Court requested the High Court to take up the bail application pertaining to the PMLA matter within the course of the week and dispose it of …

A New Hope For Personal Liberty: Bail Not Jail
2 years, 3 months ago

A New Hope For Personal Liberty: Bail Not Jail

Live Law  

It has been seventy-five years since the country got independence and it was Dr. BR Ambedkar who is known as the father of Indian Constitution. Liberty over deprivation On September 9, the Supreme Court granted bail to Kerala based journalist, Siddique Kappan who was in custody since October, 2020. There have been certain other recent instances where the Supreme Court …

"Sexually Provocative Dress" Remark In Bail Order: A Case Of Judicial Stereotyping
2 years, 4 months ago

"Sexually Provocative Dress" Remark In Bail Order: A Case Of Judicial Stereotyping

Live Law  

A Sessions Court of Kerala recently received a lot of flak for its order granting anticipatory bail to author and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case. Supreme Court's View on Judicial Stereotyping The Supreme Court of India, in the case of Aparna Bhat v. State of Madhya Pradesh gave a categorical decision against judicial stereotyping in the …

Fortify the justice system to ensure bail is the norm
2 years, 4 months ago

Fortify the justice system to ensure bail is the norm

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court ’s intervention, in granting protection to Mohammed Zubair and Nupur Sharma, does not make for an understanding of the criminal justice administration in India, for not many citizens are fortunate enough to have effective legal representation and the benefit of being heard by libertarian judges in the jurisdiction of SC. On an earlier occasion too, the Chief …

Justice AM Khanwilkar's Legacy : Regression of Fundamental Rights
2 years, 4 months ago

Justice AM Khanwilkar's Legacy : Regression of Fundamental Rights

Live Law  

Justice AM Khanwilkar, who during his initial days of judgeship in the Supreme Court was mostly a silent concurring presence, transformed into a prominent voice towards the end of his 6-year term favouring the executive's stand in several high profile matters. Making bail impossible in UAPA case - NIA vs Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali In a judgment which has received …

'Bail Conditions Should Be Proportionate' : Supreme Court Says Blanket Order Restricting Zubair From Tweeting Is Unjustified
2 years, 4 months ago

'Bail Conditions Should Be Proportionate' : Supreme Court Says Blanket Order Restricting Zubair From Tweeting Is Unjustified

Live Law  

In the judgment in the Mohammed Zubair case, the Supreme Court held that the bail conditions imposed by the Courts, apart from bearing a nexus with the purpose of imposing them, ought to be proportional to the said purpose - thus striking a balance between the liberty of the accused and the enforcement of criminal justice. Case Title : Mohammed …

Out of bounds: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s stand on bail conditions
2 years, 4 months ago

Out of bounds: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s stand on bail conditions

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has struck the right note by voicing its stern disapproval of the tendency among some courts to impose unusual conditions for bail. In the case of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court had granted interim bail in a ‘land-grabbing’ case, but made regular bail contingent on his fully cooperating with the measuring, walling and …

Welcome relief: The Hindu Editorial on bail to Mohammed Zubair
2 years, 5 months ago

Welcome relief: The Hindu Editorial on bail to Mohammed Zubair

The Hindu  

There is a sense of relief among everyone who values personal liberty and free speech, following the grant of interim bail to Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News. Further, some obviously trivial and absurd cases of insulting religious feelings based on innocuous tweets have made it quite clear that the investigation is not so much about what he …

Cart before the horse: on bail law in India
2 years, 5 months ago

Cart before the horse: on bail law in India

The Hindu  

Two recent pronouncements, one a judicial order and another a public speech by the Chief Justice of India, have drawn attention to the manner in which bail law operates in the country. While the Supreme Court, in Satender Kumar Antil vs CBI, has sought to expand the scope for the grant of early bail to those arrested without sufficient cause, …

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