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Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Gautam rejected the bail plea of teenager Abuzar Gaffari, who has been accused of committing offences under Sections 318 , 112 , 317 , 49 , and 3 of the BNS, along with Section 66 of the Information Technology Act. "This court is of the view that the role attributed to the applicant is not peripheral. Economic offences involving organised cyber fraud have serious ramifications on society and financial systems, and are required to be dealt with strictly," th ...Read More >
Delhi court grants bail to Sukesh Chandrasekhar in money laundering case related to the AIADMK's "two leaves" election symbol, reports PTI news agency. Chandrasekhar was accused of allegedly striking a deal of ₹50 crore to help the AIADMK faction keep the 'two leaves' poll symbol, regarding which a case was registered and the middleman arrested in 2017. The case pertained to an alleged attempt to bribe an Election Commission official by AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran for trying to get the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): A Delhi court has granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a money laundering case, holding that continued incarceration beyond a reasonable period violates the fundamental right to personal liberty and speedy trial. Emphasising constitutional safeguards, the court observed that an accused cannot be kept in custody indefinitely when trial is unlikely to conclude soon. Allowing the plea under Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): A Delhi court has granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a money laundering case, holding that continued incarceration beyond a reasonable period violates the fundamental right to personal liberty and speedy trial. Emphasising constitutional safeguards, the court observed that an accused cannot be kept in custody indefinitely when trial is unlikely to conclude soon. Allowing the plea under Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in the Rs 200 crore extortion-linked money laundering case, observing that continued incarceration beyond a reasonable period violates the fundamental right to personal liberty and speedy trial.In its order, the court directed that Chandrashekhar be released on bail upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh along with sureties of the like amount.The court also imposed several conditions, restraining him f ...Read More >
New Delhi: Disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and three-year jail sentence in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice to the prosecution on the appeal by Bharti assailing the trial court verdict in the case and listed it for hearing on April 15. On April 2, the trial court sentenced Bharti, for ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted two more weeks to Delhi Police to file its response on the bail pleas of Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi, accused in the February 2020 riots-related "larger conspiracy" case. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale gave time after counsel for Delhi Police sought more time. Also Read: Delhi HC says nothing left in 2020 plea on disclosure leak after 5 years The top court on February 11 had issued notice on a plea filed by Ahmed and Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Minor civic and regulatory violations in the Capital are set to attract steeper monetary penalties instead of criminal prosecution, following Parliament's passage of the Jan Vishwas Amendment Bill, 2026, on Thursday. Under the Delhi Police Act, two provisions will be done away with. Section 95, penalising guardians for allowing a child below seven to commit public nuisance with a fine of up to ₹100, will be omitted. Section 102(c), making it an offence to be found in any building or ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and a former bank employee to three years' imprisonment each in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh, while underlining that "restitution would serve justice better than physical incarceration", also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on Bharti and former cashier Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati. ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday gave a final opportunity to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to expunge "unwarranted" remarks made against it by the trial court while discharging them in the liquor policy case. Observing that none of the respondents, except one, filed their responses even after seeking time on the last date of hearing, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the court will hear ...Read More >
The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed the importance of a speedy trial by granting bail to an accused in an attempt-to-murder case, stating that prolonged detention without trial is a violation of fundamental rights. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: ANI Photo Key Points The top court highlighted that keeping an accused in jail for two years without the commencement of trial is equivalent to punishment. The ruling underscores ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 31: In wake of the recent outrage surrounding the painting of an elephant named Chanchal in Jaipur for a photoshoot made by Julia Buruleva, World Animal Protection has taken a grim view of the entire sequence of events that has led to this most unfortunate display of animal cruelty in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Jaipur in Rajasthan. This incident, yet again highlights the rampant abuse of captive elephants in Jaipur in Amer Fort and Haathi Gaon to cater to tourist ...Read More >
NewsVoir New Delhi [India], March 31: In wake of the recent outrage surrounding the painting of an elephant named Chanchal in Jaipur for a photoshoot made by Julia Buruleva, World Animal Protection has taken a grim view of the entire sequence of events that has led to this most unfortunate display of animal cruelty in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Jaipur in Rajasthan. This incident, yet again highlights the rampant abuse of captive elephants in Jaipur in Amer Fort and Haathi Gaon to cater t ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan. They were arrested in a multi-crore bank loan scam case. The court observed that prolonged custody without trial violates personal liberty. Bail is the rule, jail is the exception in Indian law. NEW DELHI: Observing that an undertrial prisoner should not be placed behind bars indefinitely, the Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj in a multi-crore bank ...Read More >
In a recent development, Delhi Police have challenged the request for bail from Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, and others implicated in the infamous 2020 Delhi riots. Authorities argue that these individuals have been obstructing justice and allegedly orchestrated a plot against the nation. The Supreme Court has previously admonished the police for their delays in addressing the case. Opposing the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and three others booked fo ...Read More >
The petition has also sought directions to the Centre to "reimburse reasonable travel and accommodation for one family member per month to meet under-trial (prisoners) in out-of-state prisons". People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has moved the J&K High Court, seeking a direction to the Union Home Ministry for all undertrial prisoners from the UT, who are lodged in prisons in other states, to be moved back to J&K. The petition has also sought directions to the Centre to "re ...Read More >
Srinagar: PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has filed a petition before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, seeking directions for the immediate transfer of all undertrial prisoners from the Union territory who are currently lodged in jails outside J&K. The plea urges that such prisoners be brought back to local jails unless the authorities present case-specific, written reasons showing compelling necessity to keep them outside J&K, and that such cases be subjected to quarter ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of a 28-year-old serial child rapist from Kharghar, arrested for allegedly raping his 11-year-old niece in the fourth case against him of child sexual abuse. Just Amit Borkar the accused's bail and said that granting him bail would "not only send a wrong message to society but would also jeopardize the safety and security of the victim and the fairness of the trial process". The court also noted that if released on bail, the accused, a m ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three prime accused in the 2015 murder of communist leader Govind Pansare. The single judge bench of justice Shivkumar Dige emphasised that prolonged incarceration without trial could not be justified indefinitely, and said the three arrested accused - Dr Vinrendrasinh Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale - would have to furnish new sureties for availing bail. Kalaskar, however, will not come out of jail, as he has ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Government of Canada has officially designated the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity under its Criminal Code. The announcement, made on September 29 by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree. Canada, in its statement, said it is an effort to combat organised crime and protect vulnerable communities from targeted violence. The Bishnoi gang, allegedly led by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, is accused of operating a transnational criminal network involved in murder, ...Read More >
The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to Partha Chatterjee, the former West Bengal minister, in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case. Justice Suvra Ghosh directed Chatterjee to surrender his passport and remain within the trial court's jurisdiction. As a Trinamool Congress MLA, he is barred from holding any public office while the trial is ongoing. The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the tea ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 26 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case under investigation of the CBI. Chatterjee, the prime accused in the cash-for-jobs scam in Bengal's state-run schools, which perceptively runs into several thousand crores and has rocked state politics for the past several years, was granted bail in a case on irregularities in primary school recruitment, the charge s ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Saturday organised a march to mark five years since the arrest of activist Umar Khalid, expressing solidarity with him and the others currently jailed in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. The protest came a day after the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on their bail pleas for a week. The apex court is now scheduled to hear the matter on September 19, after the Delhi High Court denied the accused relief in the ...Read More >
Mumbai: Ten years after he was acquitted by a trial court in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2006, Wahid Shaikh, a school teacher, filed a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other bodies, seeking compensation of ₹9 crore for his wrongful incarceration of nine years. Shaikh wrote in his complaint to the NHRC on Friday: "...the nine years I spent in wrongful custody, coupled with brutal custodial torture, have left me and my family devastated in ways n ...Read More >
Mumbai: Ten years after he was acquitted by a trial court in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2006, Wahid Shaikh, a school teacher, filed a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other bodies, seeking compensation of ₹9 crore for his wrongful incarceration of nine years. Shaikh wrote in his complaint to the NHRC on Friday: "...the nine years I spent in wrongful custody, coupled with brutal custodial torture, have left me and my family devastated in ways no ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 12 (PTI) Abdul Wahid Shaikh, the only accused acquitted by the trial court in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, has sought a compensation of Rs 9 crore for his "wrongful incarceration" and "custodial torture". All remaining accused in the case were acquitted by the Bombay High Court in July this year. In his applications filed before the National Human Rights Commission as well as Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission on Friday, Abdul Wahid Shaikh also requested support for reh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to immediately release prisoners who have completed their court-mandated sentences, provided they are not wanted in any other case. The order came as the court expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jails long after their terms had ended.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan issued the directive while ordering the release of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, convicted in the 2002 Niti ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, directed all states and Union Territories to immediately identify and release all convicts who are still in prison despite having completed their sentences. The Bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice K V Viswanathan was hearing a plea by Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan who has served his 20-year sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, even without considering remission. The Bench further instructed that its order be sent to the member secreta ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jail even after completing their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release any such convict if he or she is not wanted in any other case. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan passed the direction while ordering the release of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. It noted that Yadav completed his sentence of 20 y ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed the agent of an influential builder in Telangana to fork out Rs 10 lakh for misusing the process of criminal law and entangling the wife and the daughter of a late Major General in a frivolous criminal case. A division bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta quashed an FIR against the wife and the daughter of the late Major General, lodged at the behest of the builder over a dispute concerning the sale of land. The apex court said the ...Read More >
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