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Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED": Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Unreasoned Custodial Interrogation Order

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has cautioned the Judicial Officers deployed at Special PMLA Courts to not act as an "extended arm" of the central investigating agency Enforcement Directorate, by passing orders of remand against the suspect as a matter of course.Stating so, it set aside a Special Court's "routine order" granting ED custody for custodial interrogation of accused …

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A day after Aam Aadmi Party announced its candidate for the Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance decided to field Balwant Rajoana’s sister Kamaldeep Kaur as the candidate from the same seat. The Sangrur Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Bhagwant Mann resigned from there having won the Dhuri assembly constituency in this year’s Punjab …

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if …

The Supreme Court has observed that a long delay in lodging FIR can be a valid consideration for grant of anticipatory bail.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan observed thus while allowing the anticipatory bail plea of former Director General of Police, Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini who had sought the bail relation to the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani murder case. …

Supreme Court Allows Anticipatory Bail To Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini In Multani Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the anticipatory bail plea of former Director General of Police, Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini who had sought the bail relation to the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani murder case.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah, while setting aside the Trial Court and High Court judgments, observed that in case Saini …

Balwant Singh Multani Murder : Supreme Court Reserves Order On Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini's Anticipatory Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders in the plea by former Director General of Police, Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini seeking anticipatory bail in relation to the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani murder case.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah heard the plea where Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared for Saini.Rohatgi told the court that the …

Mohali Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini

A Mohali court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant against former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in connection with the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani disappearance case. Saini, the former Punjab director general of police, continues to remain elusive despite the special investigation team of the Punjab Police conducting raids at several places to nab him. Last month, the police had …

[3 Decade Old Multani Murder Case] 'P&H HC Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Punjab Ex DGP Sumedh Singh Saini [Read Order]

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Anticipatory bail application of Punjab's former Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini in the three-decade-old Multani kidnapping and murder case. The Single Bench of Justice Fateh Deep Singh was hearing the Anticipatory Bail Application of the Petitioner Sumedh Singh Saini, wherein the allegations against him and others came from …