The Orissa High Court, on Thursday, reiterated that there is no absolute bar against grant of anticipatory bail to an accused under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act, 1989, if no prima facie offence is made out. While clarifying the implications of Section 18 and Section 18A of the Act, the Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra held – …
There is no absolute bar on religious assembly, said the Kerala High Court while dismissing a Public Interest Petition filed by two lawyers who had challenged the Government orders permitting social or religious gathering with a participation of upto 100 persons. Advocates Jayakumar TV and Mansoor BH, had approached the High Court seeking a declaration that public gathering/assemblies or mass …