Delayed release from jails after bail order ‘is just too much’: CJI
3 years, 8 months ago

Delayed release from jails after bail order ‘is just too much’: CJI

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Friday said “it is just too much” that people given bail by courts, even by the Supreme Court, have to wait for days before the prison authorities released them. So, as a solution, the Chief Justice, flanked by Justices L. Nageswara Rao and A.S. Bopanna, announced in open court the rolling out of a new scheme called ‘FASTER’ or ‘Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records’ by which the court would instantly, directly, securely and electronically transmit bail and other orders to the jail authorities, district courts and the High Courts. The immediate trigger for the registration of the suo motu case seemed to be the delay shown by the Agra Jail authorities to release 13 prisoners who had suffered imprisonment for up to two decades despite the Juvenile Justice Board declaring them ‘juveniles’ at the time of commission of their crimes. Another incident was the inexplicable delay on the part of the Indore Central Jail authorities to release stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui following grant of bail by the Supreme Court. Again, Pinjra Tod activists Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal and Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha walked out of the Tihar Jail nearly two days after the Delhi High Court granted them bail.

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Delhi HC grants interim bail to Unnao rape case accused Sengar
2 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC grants interim bail to Unnao rape case accused Sengar

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted interim bail till January 27 to Unnao rape case convict and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar to undergo a cataract operation. Delhi HC grants interim bail to Unnao rape case accused Sengar A bench led by justice Navin Chawla asked the Delhi police to release Sengar on Thursday to enable …

Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Prisoner Left 'Languishing' In Jail After Dept Failed To Find His File For Premature Release
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Prisoner Left 'Languishing' In Jail After Dept Failed To Find His File For Premature Release

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has directed the release of a prisoner who was left languishing in jail after the authorities were unable to find the proper paperwork to allow for his premature release, which had been earlier granted.Justice Shampa Sarkar said: The Judicial Department is unable to locate the file and the applicant No.1 is languishing in the correctional home …

Detaining Authority Must Show Likelihood Of Bail To Pass Preventive Detention Order Against Person Already In Custody: Gauhati HC Reiterates
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Detaining Authority Must Show Likelihood Of Bail To Pass Preventive Detention Order Against Person Already In Custody: Gauhati HC Reiterates

Live Law  

" The said personal liberty and individual freedom can be curtailed by preventive detention laws, which could be used to consign an individual to the confines of jail without any trial, on the basis of the satisfaction arrived at by the detaining authority on the basis of the material placed before him," the court underscored. “ The Detention Order No.I …

Periye case: Four CPI(M) leaders released from Kannur Central jail after High Court stay on sentence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Periye case: Four CPI(M) leaders released from Kannur Central jail after High Court stay on sentence

The Hindu  

Four Communist Party of India leaders, sentenced to five years imprisonment in connection with the murder of Periye Youth Congress activists Kripesh and Sarath Lal, were released from Kannur Central jail on Thursday morning after the Kerala High Court had suspended their sentence. Bhaskaran walked out of jail around 9 a.m. to a grand reception led by CPI leaders P. …

Speedy trial takes precedence over anti-terror law provisions: SC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Speedy trial takes precedence over anti-terror law provisions: SC

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the constitutional right to a speedy trial would have precedence over the stringent provisions of laws such as the Unlawful Activities Act, emphasising that courts cannot let individuals languish in jail indefinitely. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih held that prolonged incarceration without trial constitutes a violation …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Failure to provide grounds of arrest will lead to bail? Supreme Court to examine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Failure to provide grounds of arrest will lead to bail? Supreme Court to examine

India Today  

The Supreme Court said it would revisit the question whether failure to provide the grounds of arrest would lead to bail or release of the accused in all cases. The court's decision came during the hearing of a plea filed by Mihir Shah, the main accused in the high-profile BMW hit-and-run case in Mumbai's Worli. Earlier this month, Mihir Shah …

Ensure release of prisoners languishing unnecessarily in jails: HC
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Fix time for completion of trials, but denying bail no solution, SC tells HCs
4 months ago

Fix time for completion of trials, but denying bail no solution, SC tells HCs

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has expressed strong displeasure after discovering that High Courts have been denying bail to people incarcerated for long periods. A two-judge bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih observed, “Every day we notice that in several orders passed by different High Courts while rejecting the bail applications, in a routine manner, the …

'Bail Is The Rule, Jail The Exception' : Supreme Court Deprecates High Courts Denying Bail In Routine Manner By Fixing Deadline For Trials
4 months, 1 week ago

'Bail Is The Rule, Jail The Exception' : Supreme Court Deprecates High Courts Denying Bail In Routine Manner By Fixing Deadline For Trials

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a man accused of counterfeiting currency who had been incarcerated for two years and six months invoking the principle that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception.” “Appellant has undergone incarceration for a period of two and a half years. After rejecting the prayer for bail the courts cannot provide …

​For a fair probe: The Hindu Editorial on the Kejriwal bail order and CBI conduct
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Bail In Criminal Cases No Justification For Preventive Detention: J&K High Court Quashes Detention Order Against Ex-SMC Corporator
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bail In Criminal Cases No Justification For Preventive Detention: J&K High Court Quashes Detention Order Against Ex-SMC Corporator

Live Law  

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed the preventive detention order issued against former Srinagar Municipal Corporation Corporator Aqib Ahmad Renzu. The court held that the mere fact that Renzu had been granted bail in multiple criminal cases did not justify his detention under preventive law. In the present case, the ordinary law of land was sufficient …

Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Condition That Accused Who Got Bail Can Furnish Bail Bonds Only After Spending 6 Months In Custody
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Condition That Accused Who Got Bail Can Furnish Bail Bonds Only After Spending 6 Months In Custody

Live Law  

Reiterating that the pre-trial process itself shall not become punishment, the Supreme Court yesterday set aside a bail condition imposed by the Patna High Court to the effect that the bail bonds be furnished by the accused after completion of 6 months in custody from the date of the order. "We see no valid reason for the High Court to …

[KAAPA] Police's Failure To Use Available Technology To Expedite Process Undermines Personal Liberty Of Accused In Preventive Detention Cases: Kerala HC
7 months ago

[KAAPA] Police's Failure To Use Available Technology To Expedite Process Undermines Personal Liberty Of Accused In Preventive Detention Cases: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court observed that the State Police uses an 'Integrated Core Policing System' that enables them to collect information about offenders promptly and efficiently without delay. The Court thus stated that with the technological advancements, the government cannot justify the delay in issuing the detention order by claiming that they spent time gathering case details. The Court was …

‘Will you re-arrest CM?’: Delhi HC on ED petition to cancel Kejriwal's bail
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Will you re-arrest CM?’: Delhi HC on ED petition to cancel Kejriwal's bail

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Enforcement Directorate if it intended to arrest chief minister Arvind Kejriwal again in the money laundering case registered in connection with the Delhi excise policy. Taking note of the Supreme Court’s July 12 order granting interim bail to the Aam Aadmi Party chief, a bench of justice Neena Bansal Krishna asked ED …

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

Tihar jail opposes Kejriwal’s request for add’l meetings with lawyers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tihar jail opposes Kejriwal’s request for add’l meetings with lawyers

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal in CBI custody. The Tihar jail superintendent opposed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea in the Delhi high court seeking additional meetings with his lawyers to discuss and plan strategies with regard to multiple litigations pending against him, saying that the Aam Aadmi Party supremo cannot be granted “special treatment”. Kejriwal had approached the high court against …

Supreme Court Questions High Court's Order Deferring Release of Accused by 6 Months Despite Granting Bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Questions High Court's Order Deferring Release of Accused by 6 Months Despite Granting Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday raised concerns over a "strange" order by the Patna High Court that granted bail to an accused in a murder case but directed his release only after six months, without providing any reason for this condition. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhyan granted interim bail to the accused, one Jitendra Paswan, …

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran
9 months, 3 weeks 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
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Justice Ramkumar Reviews India's Latest Criminal Justice Law
1 year 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
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Expeditiously Decide Bail Applications
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Postponing sentences to relieve prisons "undermines justice"
1 year, 3 months ago

Postponing sentences to relieve prisons "undermines justice"

Dutch News  

Plans to ease pressure on prisons by postponing hundreds of sentences for newly convicted criminals risk undermining the justice system, the council for the judiciary has warned. The chairman of the Raad voor de rechtspraak, Henk Naves, criticised legal protection minister Franc Weerwind for changing the guidelines in the face of staff shortages. Weerwind responded by delaying sentences for around …

Postponing sentences to relieve prisons "undermines justice"
1 year, 3 months ago

Postponing sentences to relieve prisons "undermines justice"

Dutch News  

Plans to ease pressure on prisons by postponing hundreds of sentences for newly convicted criminals risk undermining the justice system, the council for the judiciary has warned. The chairman of the Raad voor de rechtspraak, Henk Naves, criticised legal protection minister Franc Weerwind for changing the guidelines in the face of staff shortages. Weerwind responded by delaying sentences for around …

Unexplained Delay In Detention Order Execution Raises Doubt On Detaining Authority's Subjective Satisfaction: J&K High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Unexplained Delay In Detention Order Execution Raises Doubt On Detaining Authority's Subjective Satisfaction: J&K High Court

Live Law  

Upholding basic rights and safeguards against arbitrary detention, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a detention order of a detenue citing an unexplained delay in executing the order as casting doubt on the detaining authority's genuine concerns. Allowing a Habeas Corpus petition Justice Sanjay Dhar observed, “When there is an unsatisfactory and unexplained delay in executing …

Supreme Court Adjourns Senthil Balaji's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds Till Next Week
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Senthil Balaji's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds Till Next Week

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader Senthil Balaji's plea seeking bail on medical grounds until next week. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June this year in connection with a cash-for-job money laundering case.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a special leave petition …

Madras high court reserves order on Senthil Balaji's bail application in money laundering case
1 year, 5 months ago

Madras high court reserves order on Senthil Balaji's bail application in money laundering case

India TV News  

The Madras high court on Monday reserved its order on the bail application moved by the arrested Tamil Nadu minister, V Senthil Balaji. In his bail petition, Senthil Balaji contended that he had spent over 100 days in custody and had fully cooperated with the ED during his custodial questioning. The defense also noted that Senthil Balaji could access superior …

‘Inevitable’ prison spaces will run out as judges ‘delay sentencings’ to avoid overwhelming system
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Inevitable’ prison spaces will run out as judges ‘delay sentencings’ to avoid overwhelming system

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the Prison Governors Association told The Independent it believed “without a shadow of …

‘Working Out To End This’: Gujarat HC CJ Bats Discontinuing Practice In HC Of Issuing ‘Rule' & Hearing Bail Matters 2-3 Weeks Thereafter
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Working Out To End This’: Gujarat HC CJ Bats Discontinuing Practice In HC Of Issuing ‘Rule' & Hearing Bail Matters 2-3 Weeks Thereafter

Live Law  

The Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court Sunita Agarwal on Thursday orally remarked that she is working out to end the ongoing practice in HC of issuing rule nisi in bail matters and posting those cases for hearing 2-3 weeks thereafter. She added that after 24 hours and 48 hours, the Public Prosecutor must be ready to argue on bail …

Gujarat jail fails to open bail order in email, keeps back man for 3 more years
1 year, 6 months ago

Gujarat jail fails to open bail order in email, keeps back man for 3 more years

India Today  

The Gujarat High Court has ordered the state government to grant Rs 1 lakh to a convict after he served three extra years in prison as the jail authorities said they could not open his bail order attachment sent along with an email. However, he continued to remain in jail till 2023, as the prison authorities claimed they could not …

Supreme Court Imposes Cost On State of UP For Delay In Complying With Direction For Premature Release Of 4 Convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Imposes Cost On State of UP For Delay In Complying With Direction For Premature Release Of 4 Convicts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday recently the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay a cost Rs.10,000/- to all four persons whose premature release directed by the Apex Court had been delayed by the state.A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol imposed costs stating that there was no explanation from the authorities for the long delay …

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Third judge of Madras High Court rules in favour of Enforcement Directorate
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Third judge of Madras High Court rules in favour of Enforcement Directorate

The Hindu  

Arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji suffered a major setback at the Madras High Court on Friday, with Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, the third judge named by Chief Justice S.V. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here Justice C.V. Karthikeyan also held that the Directorate of Enforcement can subject …

Person Confined Under Preventive Detention Law In Jammu & Kashmir Not Released Despite High Court's Quashing Order Passed Over A Year Ago
1 year, 10 months ago

Person Confined Under Preventive Detention Law In Jammu & Kashmir Not Released Despite High Court's Quashing Order Passed Over A Year Ago

Live Law  

Terming the non-release of a detainee whose detention order under Public Safety Act was quashed by it last year as a very "disturbing scenario", the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered District Magistrate, Baramulla to be personally present before it and also produce the detainee before it next week. A bench comprising Justice Rahul Bharti observed, "Through …

SC transfers all FIRs against Munawar Faruqui to Indore, extends interim bail
1 year, 11 months ago

SC transfers all FIRs against Munawar Faruqui to Indore, extends interim bail

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday transferred all FIRs against comedian Munawar Faruqui to Indore. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sanjay Karol also extended Faruqui's interim protection for three weeks with regard to the production warrant in Delhi. The order of the apex court came on the plea of Faruqui challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court declining his bail …

Surrender in 15 days: Supreme Court to convicts freed during Covid pandemic
2 years ago

Surrender in 15 days: Supreme Court to convicts freed during Covid pandemic

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed that the prisoners released on emergency parole during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to avoid overcrowding in jails have to surrender within 15 days. With almost three years having gone up, an application was moved by the director general, Delhi seeking an order from court, directing the released prisoners to surrender back to prison. …

Supreme Court Directs All Prisoners Released On COVID-19 Parole To Surrender Within 15 Days
2 years ago

Supreme Court Directs All Prisoners Released On COVID-19 Parole To Surrender Within 15 Days

Live Law  

Allowing an application filed by Director General, New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Friday directed that all prisoners, who were released on emergency parole by the High Powered Committee during the COVID-19 period based on the orders of the Supreme Court, to surrender within 15 days. "All those undertrial prisoners and convicts who have been released on emergency parole /interim …

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Timely Release Of Prisoners After Getting Bail
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Timely Release Of Prisoners After Getting Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued the following guidelines on the issue of undertrial prisoners who continue to be in custody despite having been granted the benefit of bail on account of their inability to fulfill the conditions stipulated in the bail order or otherwise. “1)The Court which grants bail to an undertrial prisoner/convict would be required to send a soft …

Supreme Court presses need for reform on tedious bail processes
2 years, 2 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” …

Indian jails are overcrowded with pretrial and undertrial prisoners from poor and marginalised communities
2 years, 3 months 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 …

Gujarat Riots Case | High Court Extends Interim Bail Granted To Ex-DGP RB Sreekumar For 2 More Months
2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat Riots Case | High Court Extends Interim Bail Granted To Ex-DGP RB Sreekumar For 2 More Months

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today ordered that its order granting interim bail, on September 29, to retired DGP RB Sreekumar, in connection with the Gujarat Riots Case, would continue for a further period of 2 months pending disposal of his regular bail plea by the High Court. Earlier, he was granted bail until November 25 pending disposal of his regular …

Bombay High Court reserves judgment on NCP leader Anil Deshmukh's bail plea
2 years, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court reserves judgment on NCP leader Anil Deshmukh's bail plea

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment on the bail plea of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. Referring to Deshmukh’s move to head to the Supreme Court every time there was a delay in the hearing of his bail plea, Justice NJ Jamadar told Deshmukh’s lawyer Vikram Chaudhari that the plea could have been mentioned in Bombay High …

Gujarat High Court Grants Interim Bail To RB Sreekumar Who Was Arrested Along With Teesta Setalvad
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat High Court Grants Interim Bail To RB Sreekumar Who Was Arrested Along With Teesta Setalvad

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to former Gujarat Director General of Police RB Sreekumar, who was arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to implicate high functionaries in Gujarat riots larger conspiracy case.A single bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora granted interim bail till November 15. The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to former Gujarat …

Magistrate Must Not Authorise Detention Casually In Offences Punishable With Imprisonment Less Than 7 Years: Gujarat HC Reiterates
2 years, 6 months ago

Magistrate Must Not Authorise Detention Casually In Offences Punishable With Imprisonment Less Than 7 Years: Gujarat HC Reiterates

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that where the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to seven years; whether with or without fine, Police officers must not arrest accused unnecessarily and Magistrate must not authorise detention casually and mechanically. The Bench comprising Justice AC Joshi refused to …

Release all life convicts after 10 years in jail unless …: Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Release all life convicts after 10 years in jail unless …: Supreme Court

India Today  

All convicts who have served 10 years of their life sentence and have appeals pending before courts must be granted bail unless there are reasons to deny it, the Supreme Court said as it looks to decongest the overcrowding in jails. A division bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was hearing a batch of petitions of …

Activist Teesta Setalvad Walks Out of Prison More Than Two Months After She Was Arrested
2 years, 6 months ago

Activist Teesta Setalvad Walks Out of Prison More Than Two Months After She Was Arrested

News 18  

Activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday walked out of jail, a day after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail in a case of allegedly fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.Setalvad, arrested on June 26, was released from the Sabarmati Central Jail here. The top court had on Thursday wanted to know the reason …

Adjust calendar to prioritize cases pertaining to those in jail for a long time, says Bombay HC
2 years, 7 months ago

Adjust calendar to prioritize cases pertaining to those in jail for a long time, says Bombay HC

India Today  

The court has to adjust its calender/schedule in such a way that the trials which are expedited and where the accused are languishing in jail for a considerable period of time, are given priority, said Justice Bharti Dangre of the Bombay High Court while looking into a communication forwarded by a judge of a sessions court, who could not finish …

SC to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad on 22 August
2 years, 7 months ago

SC to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad on 22 August

Firstpost  

The Gujarat High Court, on 3 August, issued a notice to the state government on the bail plea of Setalvad and fixed the plea for hearing on 19 September New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list on 22 August for hearing the bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad who was arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to …

2002 Gujarat Riots: Activist Setalvad, Ex-IPS Officer Sreekumar Move HC for Bail
2 years, 8 months ago

2002 Gujarat Riots: Activist Setalvad, Ex-IPS Officer Sreekumar Move HC for Bail

News 18  

Days after a sessions court here rejected their bail applications, social activist Teesta Setalvad and retired IPS officer RB Sreekumar have moved the Gujarat High Court for relief in a case where they are accused of fabricating documents to ’frame innocent people’ in the 2002 riots cases, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The accused apparently aimed to destabilize the Gujarat …

Gujarat court likely to pass order on bail pleas of Teesta Setalvad, Sreekumar today
2 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat court likely to pass order on bail pleas of Teesta Setalvad, Sreekumar today

Firstpost  

On Thursday, the court had deferred its order in the case till Friday, which it did for the second time this week. Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Ahmedabad is likely to pass its order on Friday on the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekumar arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in …

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