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Anticipatory bail application not maintainable by person who apprehends arrest after cancellation of regular bail

In the case of Manish Jain v Haryana Pollution Control Board (SLP(Crl) 5385/2020, a bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and K M Josephhas held that an anticipatory bail application cannot…

Andhra Pradesh HC: Magistrate can also be held for contempt of court along with police officers

In Jangala Sambasiva Rao v. State of A.P., the instant criminal petition was filed to quash the FIR wherein the petitioner was accused 1 was alleged to have committed the…

Production of accused or disclosure of their personal information is violative of Article 21: Madhya Pradesh HC

Court was examining as to whether the State Govt. by issuing an executive instruction, can violate the privacy rights of the accused by publishing their uncovered faces in newspaper/ media…

23 year-old law student who accused Chinmayanand of rape denies charges in court

14 Oct 202014 Oct 2020

A 23-year-old student who leveled rape allegations against the former Union Minister swami Chinmayanand repudiated her statement in a hearing at a special MP-MLA court in Lucknow on Tuesday. This…

DELHI RIOTS: Courts Holds Investigation Officer Responsible for Releasing Names of Witnesses

11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020

Taking cognizance of the release of the full names and addresses of 15 public witnesses in the Delhi riots case by the special cell of Delhi police in the chargesheet…

CBI takes Hathras case probe from UP police

A 19-year-old woman allegedly was assaulted by four men of her village on September 14. She died two weeks later after sustaining horrific injuries in a savage assault that many…

3 Delhi police constables donate blood to pregnant woman who was raped

26 Sep 202026 Sep 2020

On September 19, the woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl and was discharged from the hospital after treatment, police said, adding that both the mother and the child…

Accused granted bail under NDPS Act in “unusual times” of COVID-19 by SC

Orders for release of persons on bail to decongest jails, applicable to cases of up to seven years sentence were passed by the SC. The order was passed given the…

No bar in filling Anticipatory bail application in Triple Talaq cases: But should plead reasons for not approaching Magistrate

Kerela high court stated that Anticipatory bail application under section 438 crpc is not barred where the offence lies under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.A…

Bring Cheque to Us, we’ll give it to Victims’ Kin’ says Apex Court

The criminal proceedings against 2 Italian Marines accused of killing 2 Kerala fishermen in Feb, 2012 has been refused to be shut closed by the Apex Court. The court is…