Rajasthan High Court has allowed the bail application of an accused charged under Sections 420 and 406 IPC, on grounds of Section 480 BNSS, since the trial did not conclude within sixty days from the date fixed for taking evidence in the case and the accused was in custody for more than two years. Section 480 BNSS provides that in …
The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court ruled that Rule 85 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, did not prohibit the Election Tribunal from appointing a Court Commissioner for examining a witness because the discretion provided in proviso to the Rule made the provision enabling and not prohibitory. A single judge bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur in its order …
Telangana and Uttarakhand have become the first states in the country to introduce mobile court units to allow witnesses and victims, including women and children, to record evidence from remote locations under circumstances that do not permit them to appear before courts in person. "Witness or another person, including an accused, involved in court proceedings, in such circumstances where there …
