Today, the Supreme Court orally told Bhima Koregaon-accused Gautam Navlakha's Advocate, Shadan Farasat, that if house arrest was sought, the surveillance expenses incurred by the National Investigation Agency must be paid. The court was hearing Navlakha's plea for shifting his house arrest location in Mumbai, alongside the NIA's plea challenging a Bombay High Court order granting him bail in December …
The Supreme Court observed that some corroboration is necessary when an ocular testimony falls into category of "neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable". The bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha noted that in Vadivelu Thevar v. State of Madras SCR 981, oral testimony was classified into three categories, namely: Wholly reliable. In the said judgment, it was observed …
The Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing on the batch of petitions in connection with the Pegasus controversy.At the outset, Chief Justice N. V. Ramana inquired from all senior advocates appearing in the matter if they have perused the counter-affidavit filed by the UOI- "You must have seen the affidavit of the State, the government of India? You cannot go …
