Gujarat HC Constitutes New Benches To Hear Bail Applications, Detention Matters [Read Circular]
4 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat HC Constitutes New Benches To Hear Bail Applications, Detention Matters [Read Circular]

Live Law  

A Circular has been issued by the Gujarat High Court for the constitution of new Single Judge Benches and Division Bench from 15th April, 2020 onwards. As per an Order passed by the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, additional Single Judge Benches and Division Benches will be constituted to hear pending bail applications, temporary bail applications, both of under trial prisoners and. As per an Order passed by the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, additional Single Judge Benches and Division Benches will be constituted to hear pending bail applications, temporary bail applications, both of under trial prisoners and also in pending appeals, anticipatory bail applications and preventive detention matters, in addition to similar fresh matters being filed. Advocates seeking to get their matters listed and heard have been requested to send an email to the High Court Registry, Office of the Public Prosecutor, Government Pleader and Assistant Solicitor General.

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Rajasthan High Court Questions Special POCSO Judge For Denying Bail To Man Not Named In Victim Statement
2 days, 14 hours ago

Rajasthan High Court Questions Special POCSO Judge For Denying Bail To Man Not Named In Victim Statement

Live Law  

Expressing “anguish and pain” over denial of bail to a man not even named by the minor victim in her statement, the Rajasthan High Court has sought explanation from a Special POCSO Judge for his decision. The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman opined that the increasing tendency of trial courts in rejecting bail petitions in a "casual and routine …

District Judiciary's Reluctance In Granting Bail Burdens High Courts, Hierarchical Court Must Introspect: Punjab & Haryana High Court
2 weeks, 5 days ago

District Judiciary's Reluctance In Granting Bail Burdens High Courts, Hierarchical Court Must Introspect: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

While granting bail to a man booked for offences under the NDPS Act, the Punjab & Haryana High Court observed that district court's reluctance in granting bail burdens the High Court, delays hearing of matters like appeals, revision and it is for the "hierarchical court" like the high court to "introspect". Such reluctance exacerbates the burden on High Courts, where …

Karnataka HC Grants Interim Bail To BJP's CT Ravi Arrested For Allegedly Using Derogatory Words Against Female Congress Leader
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Karnataka HC Grants Interim Bail To BJP's CT Ravi Arrested For Allegedly Using Derogatory Words Against Female Congress Leader

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted interim bail and directed immediate release from custody of BJP Legislator C T Ravi, who was arrested for allegedly using derogatory words against Congress Legislator Laxmi Hebbalkar inside the State Council, at Belagavi. It said “I am of the opinion that prima facie case is made out by the petitioner for his release …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024
3 weeks, 5 days ago

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

Live Law  

Supreme Court: Jail Superintendents Should Make Special Efforts To Identify Women Prisoners Eligible For Release U/s. Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Approaching HC For Bail U/S 483 BNSS Without Approaching Trial Court Unnecessarily Burdens HC: J&K High Court Case Title: Ajeet Kumar Vs UT Of J&K Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 320 Criticising the growing trend of directly approaching the High Court …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 14 accused in Mira Road communal violence case
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 14 accused in Mira Road communal violence case

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to 14 Muslim men arrested for their alleged involvement in the Mira Road communal violence this January. Noting that their further detention appeared ‘tenuous’, a Single Bench judge, Justice Nijamoodin J. Jamadar observed, “Prima facie, it appears that premeditation or a prior meeting of mind to attack the members of the convoy cannot …

Ensure release of prisoners languishing unnecessarily in jails: HC
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Ensure release of prisoners languishing unnecessarily in jails: HC

Deccan Chronicle  

The Madras High Court has asked its Registrar General to ensure that the process for release of prisoners languishing unnecessarily in jails was accelerated by completing the formalities.Filing of necessary petitions through the Legal Aid Services before the competent court should also be ensured.A division bench comprising Justices S M Subramaniam and M Jyothiraman passed the order on Monday on …

Approaching HC For Bail U/S 483 BNSS Without Approaching Trial Court Unnecessarily Burdens HC: J&K High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Approaching HC For Bail U/S 483 BNSS Without Approaching Trial Court Unnecessarily Burdens HC: J&K High Court

Live Law  

Criticising the growing trend of directly approaching the High Court for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that bypassing the trial courts in such matters not only burdens the High Court but also disregards the legal protocol, where such petitions should typically be first addressed …

Gujarat's local courts have 15.61 lakh pending cases; 535 judicial vacancies
1 month, 1 week ago

Gujarat's local courts have 15.61 lakh pending cases; 535 judicial vacancies

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's District and Subordinate Courts are grappling with a staggering backlog of 15.61 lakh pending cases, the Central government revealed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. As of November 15, 2024, the pending cases include 3.5 lakh civil cases, 12.11 lakh criminal cases, and an additional 50,128 cases in Family Courts as of September 30, 2024. The Law Ministry, …

Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Jagannath Temple Priest In Money Laundering Case Under PMLA
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Jagannath Temple Priest In Money Laundering Case Under PMLA

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted anticipatory bail to Jagannath Temple Priest, Rajkumar Daitapati in relation to PMLA proceedings initiated against him for alleged offence of money laundering. The petitioner, stated to be a generational priest of the Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri, Orrisa has been arrayed in proceedings under S. 3 and 4 of the Prevention for Money Laundering Act 2002. …

Gujarat High Court Enlarges Man Booked In 2013 Sabarmati Prison Break Attempt Case On Regular Bail
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Enlarges Man Booked In 2013 Sabarmati Prison Break Attempt Case On Regular Bail

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to Saquib Nisar Shaikh–booked in connection with the 2013 Sabarmati prison break attempt case by allegedly digging a tunnel, noting that the applicant had already been in jail for over a decade with no immediate prospect of completion of trial.The FIR was registered under IPC Sections 224, 120B, 130and Sections 42 and 45 …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– October 2024
1 month, 4 weeks ago

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

Live Law  

Allahabad High Court: IO Can't Be Forced To Get Statement Of A Particular Witness Recorded U/S 183 BNSS: Allahabad High Court Case title - Kajal And Another vs. State Of U.P. Kerala High Court: S. 250 BNSS | Court Has Discretion To Consider Discharge Plea Even After Prescribed Limit Of 60 Days: Kerala High Court Case Title: Sajith v State …

After Kejriwal, Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Another PMLA Accused For Contesting Elections; Clarifies Order Not To Be Treated As Precedent
2 months ago

After Kejriwal, Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Another PMLA Accused For Contesting Elections; Clarifies Order Not To Be Treated As Precedent

Live Law  

After granting similar relief in Arvind Kejriwal's case, the Supreme Court today granted interim bail to one Subhash Prasad Yadav - accused in a money laundering case - for the purpose of contesting Jharkhand Assembly elections. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order in Yadav's challenge to a Patna High Court order. Apparently, Yadav filed …

High Courts should not sit on bail pleas: Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

High Courts should not sit on bail pleas: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday held that a High Court must either relegate bail pleas to the trial court concerned then and there or promptly hear them on merits as the right to personal liberty was at stake. The top court was addressing the argument by the Central Bureau of Investigation that Mr. Kejriwal’s bail application must be sent back …

Breaking News: Supreme Court to Rule Today on Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea in CBI Case | ABP News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Breaking News: Supreme Court to Rule Today on Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea in CBI Case | ABP News

ABP News  

The Supreme Court of India is set to deliver its judgment on September 13, 2024, regarding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition for release from custody and a request for bail. Kejriwal’s petition challenges the Delhi High Court's decision from August 5, 2024, which upheld his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy …

Whether All Criminal Pleas Filed After 1st July 2024 Will Be Governed By BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Whether All Criminal Pleas Filed After 1st July 2024 Will Be Governed By BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has referred the issue of applicability of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to a larger bench.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar disagreed with the opinion in Axxx v. UT Chandigarh where Justice Sumeet Goel had held that if a FIR is lodged under IPC but the application or petition in relation to it is filed …

Arvind Kejriwal's Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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 …

Bombay High Court urges lower courts to be prompt with pre-arrest bail cases to protect citizens’ liberty
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Supreme Court grants bail to BRS leader K. Kavitha in excise policy cases
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court grants bail to BRS leader K. Kavitha in excise policy cases

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K. Kavitha’s release on bail “forthwith” in the politically-charged Delhi liquor policy case, which saw high-profile arrests like that of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal just days ahead of the general election in 2024. The top court found it fantastic that the Delhi High Court had refused bail to Ms. …

'Better To Lose By Making Correct Statement Than To Lose Confidence Of Court': Orissa HC Denies Bail To Economic Offender For Misrepresenting SC Order
4 months, 2 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 …

'Alarming Situation' : Supreme Court Flags Concerns On Pendency Of Civil Suits In Gujarat Courts, Seeks Report From HC
4 months, 4 weeks ago

'Alarming Situation' : Supreme Court Flags Concerns On Pendency Of Civil Suits In Gujarat Courts, Seeks Report From HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, recently flagged serious concerns pertaining to the pendency of suits before Civil Courts in the State of Gujarat. Expressing its dismay at the situation, the Bench remarked “If this is the fate of a Suit for Recovery of public money, it simply depicts an alarming situation and a question mark on the efficacy of judicial system.” In …

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court has directed the trial court to grant interim bail to SP MLA from Kanpur Amitabh Bajpai if he files a bail application in a 2021 criminal intimidation case. The high court further directed the trial court to decide his discharge application in the case within two months and clarified that the interim bail will end after …

Delhi excise policy case: SC to hear BRS MLC K Kavitha's bail plea on August 12
5 months ago

Delhi excise policy case: SC to hear BRS MLC K Kavitha's bail plea on August 12

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 12, Monday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader, K Kavitha's plea seeking bail in the cases filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the 2021-22 Excise Policy A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice BR Gavai and also comprising …

Why Parvinder Singh Khurana v ED is an Important Judgment for Bail Jurisprudence
5 months, 1 week ago

Why Parvinder Singh Khurana v ED is an Important Judgment for Bail Jurisprudence

The Quint  

“If courts ‘cave in’ when great rights are gouged within the sound-proof, sight-proof precincts of prison houses, where, often, dissenters and minorities are caged, Bastilles will be re-enacted. Therefore we affirm that imprisonment does not spell farewell to fundamental rights although, by a realistic re-appraisal, courts will refuse to recognise the full panoply of Part III enjoyed by a free …

Delhi court extends Kejriwal’s judicial custody till August 8 in CBI case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court extends Kejriwal’s judicial custody till August 8 in CBI case

The Hindu  

A court here on Tuesday extended till August 8 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. The Rouse Avenue court also extended till July 31 his judicial custody in the money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement …

Bail Condition Requiring Accused To Appear In Police Station May Lead To Human Rights Abuses, Give Scope Of False Allegations: Gujarat High Court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bail Condition Requiring Accused To Appear In Police Station May Lead To Human Rights Abuses, Give Scope Of False Allegations: Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that conditions requiring an accused to mark his presence at police station could lead to grievances, human rights abuses, and false allegations. “It is needless to point out that such conditions of marking presence at Police Station would invite many grievances which may also lead to abuse of human rights and may give a …

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC
5 months, 4 weeks ago

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC

Live Law  

In a significant order, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that a trial court while granting bail does not have any power to direct a person/accused to apply for a passport, obtain it and then surrender it to avail bail. Single-judge Justice Bharat Deshpande quashed and set aside such an "unusual" condition imposed by a …

Delhi HC issues notice to CBI on Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in excise policy case
6 months ago

Delhi HC issues notice to CBI on Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in excise policy case

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Friday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation regarding a bail plea filed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case. Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal being produced before a court by CBI officials in connection with a money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy, …

Right To Expeditious Trial Is A Fundamental Right: Chhattisgarh HC Reiterates While Allowing Bail Application U/S 439 CrPC
6 months ago

Right To Expeditious Trial Is A Fundamental Right: Chhattisgarh HC Reiterates While Allowing Bail Application U/S 439 CrPC

Live Law  

The Chattisgarh High Court has allowed a bail application upon observing that the right to expeditious trial is a fundamental right. The Court noted that under Section 193 of BNSS, it is the duty of the Investigating Officer to provide a police report and other documents to the accused, with the documents being indexed to the Magistrate as required under …

Delhi HC to rule on K Kavitha's bail plea in Excise Case on July 1
6 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC to rule on K Kavitha's bail plea in Excise Case on July 1

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pass judgment on bail petitions moved by Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha in CBI and ED cases related to the Excise Policy case on July 1, 2024. An accused can anonymously remove the money trail using the technology available today, making the investigation and trial infructuous.The Delhi High Court had …

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

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 22 - April 28, 2024
8 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 22 - April 28, 2024

Live Law  

Nominal Index Shiv Crackers Vs Chief Commissioner of CGST & C.E. 2024 LiveLaw 50 M/s Ghakun Steels Pvt Ltd v. State of Gujarat 2024 LiveLaw 51 The Principal Commissioner Central Gst And Central Excise Versus M/S Nayara Energy Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw 52 Judgments/Orders 'Payment Of Pre- Deposit Can Be Made By Utilizing The Electronic Credit Ledger': Gujarat High Court Reiterates …

Supreme Court Criticises Gujarat HC Bench For Releasing Case Without Judgment 10 Months After Reserving Verdict
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Criticises Gujarat HC Bench For Releasing Case Without Judgment 10 Months After Reserving Verdict

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has voiced its criticism in a matter where the Gujarat High Court reserved a judgment for ten months and ultimately released it because it was not pronounced within a reasonable time. "We hope earnestly that this does not reflect the trend in High Courts in other parts of the country as well", the Supreme Court observed in …

Justice Ramkumar Reviews India's Latest Criminal Justice Law
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice Ramkumar Reviews India's Latest Criminal Justice Law

Live Law  

My comments: - This again is a welcome provision provided it is effective and foolproof. Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, irrespective of the area where the offence is committed, may be given orally or by electronic communication to an officer in charge of a police station, and if given— orally, it shall be reduced to …

Is new law on bail being drawn up, Supreme Court asks Centre
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Is new law on bail being drawn up, Supreme Court asks Centre

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Pushing for objectivity and accountability in the criminal justice system to prevent needless arrests, the Supreme Court has directed the Union government to inform it whether a new law to facilitate the grant of bail is in the works. The significant intervention of the top court came at a time when numerous arrests and protracted bail application delays …

Gujarat HC Directs Advocates/Litigants To Mention Details Of Previous Bail Pleas & Orders In All Bail Applications As Per SC's Directive
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat HC Directs Advocates/Litigants To Mention Details Of Previous Bail Pleas & Orders In All Bail Applications As Per SC's Directive

Live Law  

In view of the recent directive issued by the Supreme Court in the case of Kusha Duruka v/s. The State of Odisha 2024 LiveLaw 47, the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court Justice Sunita Agarwal has directed all the Advocate/Party-in-Person/Litigant to mandatorily mention the following particulars in the application filed for grant of bail including the application. The State …

Supreme Court Criticises HC For Not Deciding Bail Application On Merits & Disposing It Asking Accused To Approach Trial Court
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Criticises HC For Not Deciding Bail Application On Merits & Disposing It Asking Accused To Approach Trial Court

Live Law  

In a bail application, where the Bombay High Court permitted the accused to file the same before the Trial Court instead of deciding it on merits, the Supreme Court observed that this approach amounts to non-exercise of jurisdiction. However, the High Court disposed off his bail application and ordered: “.Be that as it may, as the applicant is in jail …

Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Expeditiously Decide Bail Applications
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Expeditiously Decide Bail Applications

Live Law  

The Supreme Court in a recent order directed all the courts to scrupulously follow the directions/guidelines issued by it for the expeditious delivery of judgments and disposal of the bail applications. A bench comprising Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that High Courts should scrupulously follow the directions/ guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in various decisions. The …

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu
1 year ago

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the State government to submit complete details regarding the number of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs in the State, the courts in which they are pending and the stage of the proceedings before those courts. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy asked Advocate …

Bail Applications From Same FIR Should Be Listed Before One Bench : Supreme Court To All High Courts
1 year ago

Bail Applications From Same FIR Should Be Listed Before One Bench : Supreme Court To All High Courts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court expressed concern at the High Courts not listing bail applications arising out of the same FIR before the same bench, despite repeated orders. The bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar, in its order, stressed the need for listing bail applications pertaining to the same FIR before one single bench in order to avoid conflicting decisions, …

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Under Trial Prisoner Accused Of Leaking Military Info To Pakistani Intel, Invokes S. 436A & 437 (6) CrPC
1 year ago

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Under Trial Prisoner Accused Of Leaking Military Info To Pakistani Intel, Invokes S. 436A & 437 (6) CrPC

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has recently allowed a third bail application under S.439 CrPC filed by a person accused of providing confidential military information to Pakistan, after elaborately discussing the application of Sections 437 and Section 436A CrPC. Section 437 CrPC stipulates that when the trial for a non-bailable offence before the Magistrate is not concluded within 60 days from the …

Karnataka High Court Calls For Explanation From Trial Court Judge Who Failed To Comply With HC Directions To Conclude Trial By January 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Calls For Explanation From Trial Court Judge Who Failed To Comply With HC Directions To Conclude Trial By January 2023

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently called for an explanation from the Trial Court for not obeying its direction of disposing of a criminal case registered against a man charged with the death of his wife, under Section 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code. Notably, although the Trial Court had been directed to dispose of the case within 31st …

'Approx 3000 Bail Pleas Disposed Within A Month': Gujarat High Court On Discontinuation Of Practice Of Issuing 'Rule Nisi'
1 year, 1 month ago

'Approx 3000 Bail Pleas Disposed Within A Month': Gujarat High Court On Discontinuation Of Practice Of Issuing 'Rule Nisi'

Live Law  

On Monday, the Gujarat High Court highlighted the positive outcomes resulting from the discontinuation of the practice of issuing 'Rule Nisi' and adjourning bail matters for extended periods. The court, presided over by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee, disclosed that this change has led to the expeditious disposal of approximately 3,000 bail applications within a month. This …

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 16 - October 22, 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 16 - October 22, 2023

Live Law  

Judgements/Orders This Week Court Cannot Force Medical Tests To Ascertain Mental Stability Of Corpus: Gujarat High Court Case Title: Padmaben Rajendrabhai Vyas Versus State Of Gujarat LL Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 165 The Gujarat High Court, in a significant dissenting opinion from a previous order issued by the Coordinate Bench, has ruled that individuals under a Habeas Corpus petition cannot be …

SC pulls up CBI on Kochhar’s repeated interim bail extension
1 year, 2 months ago

SC pulls up CBI on Kochhar’s repeated interim bail extension

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for not objecting to the repeated extension of the two-week interim bail granted to former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and her businessman husband Deepak Kochhar in January in connection with an alleged loans-kickbacks case. The Supreme Court pulls up CBI for not objecting to the repeated extension …

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