News Update Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation of Bail in Allahabad HC Ruling; Cites “Judicial Discipline” 28 Nov 2024 On November 28, 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) filed by four convicts challenging the cancellation of their post-conviction bail by the Allahabad High Court. The case…
News Update Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Over Prolonged Custody Without Trial in Partha Chatterjee’s Bail Case 27 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, on November 26, 2024, raised concerns over extended incarceration without trial while hearing the bail petition of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee in a money…
News Update Supreme Court Issues Notice on Bail Challenge in Udaipur Beheading Case 11 Nov 2024 On Monday, November 11, the Supreme Court issued a notice in response to a plea challenging the bail granted to Mohammed Javed, an accused in the 2022 murder of Udaipur…
News Update The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo motu notice of the death of a Dhanbad judge 2 Aug 2021 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu notice of the death of a Dhanbad district judge who'd been killed in a road accident while out for a morning walk on…
News Update ‘It’s Time We Defined Sedition Limits,’ the Supreme Court Says, Refusing to Take Coercive Action Against News Organizations 31 May 202131 May 2021 The Supreme Court on Monday barred the Andhra Pradesh police from taking any coercive action against two Telugu news channels, TV5 and ABN Andhra Jyothi, for allegedly sedition in airing…
News Update The crime cannot be reversed by the system: The Delhi High Court 14 May 2021 The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 6 lakh in interim compensation to a minor survivor of sexual harassment, citing there's nothing more that can be performed besides punishing the accused…
News Update Deep Sidhu, the Red Fort violence accused, has been granted bail by a Delhi court. 26 Apr 2021 Deep Sidhu, was granted bail in a case involving the clashes that erupted after a farmers' tractor march got violent on Republic Day. This is the second case in which…
News Update Umair v State ( GOVT NCT OF DELHI) AND ORS & ANR (CRL.M.C. 674/2021) 14 Mar 2021 Background In the present case, the FIR was registered against the accused for stabbing the complainant on the stomach. During investigation, the accused stated that when he was arguing with…
News Update Already Married woman living with some another man without divorcing her husband cannot seek legal sanctity: Allahabad HC 1 Feb 2021 If a married woman stays in a live-in relationship with another person without ending her marriage, then in the eyes of Law, this act will be termed as crime with…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…