Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt, Its Authorities & Committees To Implement Witness Protection Scheme
3 years, 4 months ago

Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt, Its Authorities & Committees To Implement Witness Protection Scheme

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The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and all its concerned authorities/committees to implement the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 forthwith.This direction came from the Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Vikas Budhwar that was hearing the plea of a petitioner, Mithlesh Narayan Tiwari, who is a witness in a 2018 Murder case, and. The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and all its concerned authorities/committees to implement the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 forthwith. The Chief Standing Counsel also submitted that protection has been provided to the petitioner by order dated October 13, 2021, and he further informed the Court that the State Government had taken a decision to implement the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 and has taken several steps and it is being fully implemented. In December 2020, the Allahabad High Court had issued notice to the UP Government on a PIL seeking effective implementation of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.

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Submit details on witness protection scheme: Allahabad HC to U.P. govt
1 month, 1 week ago

Submit details on witness protection scheme: Allahabad HC to U.P. govt

Hindustan Times  

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the state government to apprise it of the implementation of the scheme related to the protection of witnesses in criminal cases. Converting a writ petition related to protection of witnesses into ‘suo moto’, a division bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi on February 11 observed: “Whether the …

Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to enable e-filing facility at e-Sewa Kendras of all the District Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Court also stated that a hybrid hearing before the High Court through a virtual set-up in the District Courts of Western UP may take place in compliance …

Allahabad High Court Weekly Roundup: February 12 - February 18, 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Roundup: February 12 - February 18, 2024

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Smt Usha Verma And Another vs. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2024 LiveLaw 96 Visible Alpha Solutions India Private Limited vs. Commissioner, CGST Appeals, Noida And Another 2024 LiveLaw 97 2024 LiveLaw 98 ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Writ Petition Has To Be Drafted Carefully, Reliefs Sought Must Be Supported By Pleadings: Allahabad High Court Rejects Claim For …

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 - August 06
1 year, 7 months ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 - August 06

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX M/S Bhawani Traders vs. State of U.P. And 2 Others 2023 LiveLaw 246 ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Goods In Transit Can’t Be Treated As Non-Traceable In Presence Of Tax Invoice, E-Way Bill And Bilty: Allahabad High Court Case Title: M/S Bhawani Traders vs. State of U.P. ‘Procedural review’ is an inherent power of every Court and Tribunal “to …

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 16 To January 21, 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 16 To January 21, 2023

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Asif Khaliq vs. State Of U.P. Absconder/Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled To Anticipatory Bail: Allahabad High Court Case title - Anand Shankar Pandey And 2 Others vs. State Of U.P And Another Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 21 The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that a person against whom a warrant has been issued and, is absconding or concealing himself …

Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: July To September 2022 [Citations 307 - 454]
2 years, 5 months ago

Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: July To September 2022 [Citations 307 - 454]

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Anwar Ali v. State Of UP And Another 2022 LiveLaw 307 Zamanat Abbas v. Union Of India Thru. v. Baij Nath And Others Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 316 The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the Court shall take utmost precaution in finding the accused guilty only on the basis of circumstantial evidence. Anticipatory Bail Plea Maintainable If …

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: August 2022 [Citations 349 - 406]
2 years, 6 months ago

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: August 2022 [Citations 349 - 406]

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Kusum Lata Yadav v. State Of U.P. Section 106 Evidence Act Doesn't Absolve Prosecution Of Discharging Duty To Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Allahabad HC Case title - Raj Kishore @ Pappu v. State of U.P Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 366 The Allahabad High Court has observed that in absence of cogent evidence that the Murder accused was in …

Hanskhali Gangrape & Murder: Calcutta HC Issues Orders For Witness Protection At State Expense
2 years, 11 months ago

Hanskhali Gangrape & Murder: Calcutta HC Issues Orders For Witness Protection At State Expense

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court vide order dated April 20 has allowed for the filing of a witness protection application before the competent authority as specified under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 to protect the family members of the victim in the Hanskhali gangrape and murder case wherein a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation had been ordered into a …

Hanskhali Gangrape & Murder: Calcutta High Court Reserves Order In Plea Seeking Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme 2018
2 years, 11 months ago

Hanskhali Gangrape & Murder: Calcutta High Court Reserves Order In Plea Seeking Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme 2018

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved its order in a petition seeking the implementation of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 in the Hanskhali gangrape and murder case wherein a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation had been ordered into a week back. Reliance was also placed on the Supreme Court judgment in Mahendra Chawla v. Union of India …

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022
3 years, 1 month ago

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022

Live Law  

Judgments/Orders of January 20221. Allahabad High Court Stays FIR Against Director & Manager Of 'OPPO Mobiles India' In Alleged Mobile Explosion Case Case title - Sanjay Goel and another v. State Of U.P. Step-Motherly Treatment Being Given To 'Sanskrit' Language In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court Case title - Badri Nath Tripathi v. State Of U.P. Officers Of State Education …

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: January 3 To January 9, 2022
3 years, 2 months ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: January 3 To January 9, 2022

Live Law  

Judgments/Orders of the Week1. 'Prayers Omnibus In Nature': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL On Alleged Corruption In Madarsas Case title - Mohammad Imran v. State Of U.P. Offence Punishable U/S 506 IPC If Committed In Uttar Pradesh Is A Cognizable Offence: Allahabad High Court Case title - Rakesh Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P. If Counsel Refuses To …

Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Regularly Update State Enactments, Amendments On Official Websites
3 years, 3 months ago

Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Regularly Update State Enactments, Amendments On Official Websites

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week called upon the Uttar Pradesh Government to regularly update the text of the state laws, along with the amendments, if made, on its official websites.The bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Piyush Agrawal, while hearing a suo moto matter. The Allahabad High Court last week called upon the Uttar Pradesh Government to …

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To 'The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan And Ismat Ara In FIR Over Report On Farm Law Protestor's Death
3 years, 4 months ago

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To 'The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan And Ismat Ara In FIR Over Report On Farm Law Protestor's Death

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently granted interim protection from arrest to The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and reporter Ismat Ara in connection with a case registered against them for tweeting a report on the death of a protester in New Delhi during the Republic Day incidents as it allegedly "mislead people".The Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice. …

Witness Protection in India
3 years, 4 months ago

Witness Protection in India

Live Law  

Witnesses have a major role to play in the criminal justice system. Reasons behind witnesses turning hostile When a witness backs out or tends to back out from his statement which was recorded by the police, he is called a "hostile witness." The Bombay High Court recently termed the hostility of witnesses as "cancerous to the justice delivery system" in …

Witness Protection- "Surprising That Despite Accepting Threat To Life, Witness' Security Was Reduced": Allahabad HC Restores Security Arrangements
3 years, 5 months ago

Witness Protection- "Surprising That Despite Accepting Threat To Life, Witness' Security Was Reduced": Allahabad HC Restores Security Arrangements

Live Law  

Expressing surprise over the decision of a committee headed by the District Judge to reduce the security provided to a witness despite accepting a threat to his life, the Allahabad High Court recently restored the security arrangements of the witness/petitioner till further orders. Essentially, the bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta was hearing the plea of …

Significant Judgments Of Allahabad High Court In 2020
4 years, 2 months ago

Significant Judgments Of Allahabad High Court In 2020

Live Law  

Same-sex couples, Inter-faith marriages & Right to choose partner 1. "Right To Choose A Partner Of Choice A Fundamental Right": Allahabad High Court Says The Judgments Which Held "Conversion For The Purpose Of Marriage Only" Not Good Law A Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal specifically observed that "Right to live with a person of his/her choice …

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Government's Response On Steps Taken For Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme 2018
4 years, 3 months ago

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Government's Response On Steps Taken For Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme 2018

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to the UP Government on a PIL seeking effective implementation of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018. The Petitioner, Rannsamar Foundation through Advocate Abha Singh has approached the Lucknow Bench of the High Court, seeking effective implementation of the decision in Mahendra Chawla v. Union of India, 4 SCC 615, whereby the Supreme …

Cases Against MPs/MLAs : Karnataka High Court Directs Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme
4 years, 3 months ago

Cases Against MPs/MLAs : Karnataka High Court Directs Implementation Of Witness Protection Scheme

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to within two weeks issue an order constituting a competent authority as prescribed in the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which has been approved by the Supreme Court. We are therefore of the view that it is all the more necessary to implement the witness protection scheme, in relation to the …

SC Asks Trial Courts to Consider Granting Witness Protection in Cases Against Lawmakers
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Asks Trial Courts to Consider Granting Witness Protection in Cases Against Lawmakers

News 18  

The Supreme Court has directed the trial courts to consider granting protection to witnesses in cases against sitting and former lawmakers under Witness Protection Scheme without their making any specific application in this regard. A three-judge bench of Justices N V Ramana, Surya Kant and Anirudhha Bose, said the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, approved by it should be strictly enforced …

Madras HC Directs State To Implement Audio-Video Recording Of Witness Statements [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months ago

Madras HC Directs State To Implement Audio-Video Recording Of Witness Statements [Read Order]

Live Law  

"When the entire world is moving towards electronic means, it is high time that the criminal prosecution must also take advantage of this development and it will strike a balance between the rights of the accused and the rights of the victim." The court directed, In all crimes, particularly, offences affecting the human body covered under Chapter XVI of IPC …

A law for those who testify
5 years, 7 months ago

A law for those who testify

The Hindu  

The recent accident in Rae Bareli in which a rape survivor’s two aunts died, and which left her and her lawyer in a critical condition, has drawn much media attention. The rape accused, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, was arrested in April last year after the survivor attempted to immolate herself in front of the Uttar Pradesh Chief …

SC approval of Witness Protection Scheme could be turning point in India's criminal justice system, but implementation is key
6 years, 3 months ago

SC approval of Witness Protection Scheme could be turning point in India's criminal justice system, but implementation is key

Firstpost  

The Witness Protection Scheme is a very comprehensive policy that is bound to change the dynamics of criminal law in India for good, but the real test is its implementation and enactment. In the case of Mahendra Chawla and Others versus the Union of India, the Supreme Court has given effect to the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which aims to …

Witness Protection Scheme: SC directs Centre to implement law ‘in letter, spirit’; says majority of acquittals due to witness hostility
6 years, 3 months ago

Witness Protection Scheme: SC directs Centre to implement law ‘in letter, spirit’; says majority of acquittals due to witness hostility

Firstpost  

The top court said that Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 shall be the ’law’ under Article 141 and 142 of the Constitution, till the enactment of suitable parliamentary or state legislations on the subject. The important features of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 include identifying categories of threat perceptions, preparation of a ‘Threat Analysis Report’ by the head of the police, …

SC Approves Witness Protection Scheme, 2018; Directs Centre, States, UTs To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Complexes In Every District Within A Year [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

SC Approves Witness Protection Scheme, 2018; Directs Centre, States, UTs To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Complexes In Every District Within A Year [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

‘The Union of India, as well as States and Union Territories, shall enforce the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 in letter and spirit.’The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, prepared by Union of India and has directed it and all states and union territories to enforce the same in letter and spirit.The bench comprising Justice AK Sikri …

SC Approves Witness Protection Scheme, 2018; Directs Centre, States, UTs To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Complexes In Every District Within A Year [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

SC Approves Witness Protection Scheme, 2018; Directs Centre, States, UTs To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Complexes In Every District Within A Year [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

‘The Union of India, as well as States and Union Territories, shall enforce the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 in letter and spirit.’The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, prepared by Union of India and has directed it and all states and union territories to enforce the same in letter and spirit.The bench comprising Justice AK Sikri …

Supreme Court approves Centre's draft witness protection scheme, asks all states to implement it till legislation is passed
6 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court approves Centre's draft witness protection scheme, asks all states to implement it till legislation is passed

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre’s draft witness protection scheme and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre’s draft witness protection scheme and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation. The issue …

India gets first witness protection scheme
6 years, 3 months ago

India gets first witness protection scheme

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday brought in place a witness protection regime in the country noting that one of the main reasons for witnesses turning hostile is that they are not given security by the State. Sikri and S. Abdul Nazeer said Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 will come into effect immediately across all States. Under it, witness protection may be …

Supreme Court says it will direct states to implement draft witness protection scheme framed by Centre
6 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court says it will direct states to implement draft witness protection scheme framed by Centre

Firstpost  

The issue of witness protection scheme had cropped up earlier when the top court was hearing a public interest litigation seeking protection for witnesses in rape cases involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would direct all the states to implement the draft witness protection scheme framed by the Centre in consultation …

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