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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to grant bail to self-styled cabinet minister of the Naga insurgent outfit NSCN-IM, Alemla Jamir, in an alleged case of terror funding. The matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma. The bench said that at the stage when the trial is in progress, it is not willing to grant bail, saying "the allegations are very serious, shocks our conscience...". The bench directed Jamir to cooperate in t ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a rare order, the Supreme Court has directed two judicial officers to undergo mandatory training for seven days at the Delhi Judicial Academy after outlining "serious lapses" in bail orders in an alleged fraud case of Rs 1.9 crore. The order asking an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM) and a sessions judge to undergo training at the academy was passed in a verdict by the top court by which it allowed the appeal of M/S Netsity Systems Pvt Ltd against a series of bail o ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court has directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return actor Rhea Chakraborty's passport permanently, granting her plea to relax a bail condition imposed in the 2020 drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Chakraborty, who was arrested in September 2020 and granted bail the following month, had been required to deposit her passport with the NCB and seek the trial court's permission every time she needed to travel abroad. In her fresh application, filed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) In a rare order, the Supreme Court has directed two judicial officers to undergo mandatory training for seven days at the Delhi Judicial Academy after outlining "serious lapses" in bail orders in an alleged fraud case of Rs 1.9 crore. The order asking an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM) and a sessions judge to undergo training at the academy was passed in a verdict by the top court by which it allowed the appeal of M/S Netsity Systems Pvt Ltd against a ser ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions imposed on MLA Abbas Ansari in a UP Gangsters Act case and allowed him to travel outside the state with prior intimation to the investigation officers. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked Ansari to ensure trials in cases against him weren't delayed and directed him to cooperate in expeditious disposal of the cases. "...The petitioner is allowed to travel outside the state of UP, provided that he shall furnish the part ...Read More >
Mumbai: Alleging it was driven by a "calculated intent" to minimise his and his entities' digital footprints, and a "sinister motive" to avoid court proceedings, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) opposed former stockbroker Ketan Parekh's plea to travel abroad, his sixth such request. The trial court, before which Sebi submitted its reply to Parekh's application, is likely to decide the matter on Tuesday.The Sebi case against Parekh is for alleged offences related to securities ma ...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: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, in custody for over three years, in a case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers for govt-aided primary schools.A month ago, the SC had granted him bail in all other cash-for-school jobs cases being investigated by the CBI and the ED.Chatterjee, however, will be released from custody only after the trial court records the statements of the last seven witnesses ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has asked high courts to ensure day-to-day trial in criminal cases, especially important and sensitive cases, saying it has become imperative in the prevailing social, political and administrative scenario, including the style of functioning of police.Expressing disappointment over discontinuance of day-to-day trial, which was the norm three decades ago, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said once the examination of witnesses commences in a trial, the ...Read More >
A Delhi court has transferred journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's appeal in a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to the district court, with a hearing scheduled for September 23. This follows the same court's decision on September 18 to overturn an earlier order that had directed journalists to remove allegedly defamatory content against AEL. A Delhi court on Monday transferred the appeal of journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the district court which on September 23 hear ...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 >
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: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea against conviction and life-term imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case post Diwali break. The apex court's break begins October 20 following which it will resume work on October 27. Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi, while hearing the matter, asked the counsel for the parties to specify about the allegations, testimony of witnesses and findings by the trial court and the high cou ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 25, stayed the execution of Asadullah Akhtar, a convict in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts case in Hyderabad. The blasts had killed 18 people and left 131 injured. Akhtar, who was sentenced to death by a special NIA court in 2016, had his punishment confirmed by the Telangana High Court on April 8 this year. He filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court on September 20, challenging the High Court order. A three-judge be ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative who was sentenced to death in connection with the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts that left 18 dead and 131 injured. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India. Photograph: ANI Photo The plea filed by convict Asadullah Akhtar was heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria. "There shall be stay of execution of the death sentence of the appellant," the bench said. Two powerful ex ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative, who was sentenced to death in connection with the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts that left 18 dead and 131 injured.The plea filed by convict Asadullah Akhtar was heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria. "There shall be stay of execution of the death sentence of the appellant," the bench said.Two powerful explosions rocked Dilsukhnagar on the eve of Feb 21, 2013 -- the ...Read More >
New Delhi: After more than 70 years of independence, the Supreme Court of India brought closure to a Portuguese-era land dispute in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The court upheld an April 30, 1974, order by the Collector of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which rescinded possession rights over land granted to Indians by the former Portuguese government for cultivation. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and N K Singh highlighted the striking reality that even after 78 years, courts are st ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court has rejected former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's bail plea in the Ankit Sharma murder case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots. The court's decision comes after the prosecution presented evidence of Sharma's brutal murder, alleging he was stabbed multiple times while attempting to quell the violence. The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 ri ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 16: Hearing a plea challenging the acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed surprise over a victim's father not becoming a witness during the trial and hinted that an "open gate" is not available to everyone for filing an appeal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar put off the hearing to Wednesday, saying that it needs more information on who among the six appellants were witnesses in the trial. "Give us details. Thi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hearing a plea challenging the acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed surprise over a victim's father not becoming a witness during the trial and hinted that an "open gate" is not available to everyone for filing an appeal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar put off the hearing to Wednesday, saying that it needs more information on who among the six appellants were witnesses in the trial. "Give us ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court remarked on Tuesday that it was "not an open gate for everyone" to file an appeal against acquittal, and sought details whether the family members of the victims of the Malegaon 2008 blasts victims were examined as witnesses during the trial. About The Observation A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad made the observation while hearing an appeal filed by the family members of the six persons who lost their lives in the blast again ...Read More >
New Delhi: Umar Khalid described the FIR in the UAPA case related to the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy as "a joke" on Thursday.Senior advocate Trideep Pais, representing Khalid, made the submissions before the court of additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai, while opposing the framing of charges.Pais said that the FIR, in which the prosecution has claimed deaths of 51 people, is unnecessary as these deaths are being addressed in other FIRs. He said that the FIR lacked the sanctity of law a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain BJP MPKangana Ranaut's plea to quash the defamation case lodged against her for a tweet related to the 2020-21 farmers protest and asked her to fight the case in trial court.Though Ranaut's lawyer tried to impress upon the court that it was a simple retweet that was done by many others who were not facing any prosecution, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and San-deep Mehta said, "It is not a simple retweet as you say. You had added something ...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 >
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed a smiliar petition last month. New Delhi: Denied relief by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has approached the Supreme Court for cancelling a case against her in connection with alleged defamatory remarks made during the 2020-21 protests against three farm laws. A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta will hear her petition on Friday. Ms Ranaut, who is the Member of Parliament from Mandi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 12: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by actor and Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut seeking to quash a defamation case linked to her 2021 tweet about an elderly woman protester at the farmers' agitation, Bar and Bench reported. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed that Ranaut's remarks could not be brushed aside in a quashing petition. "You added spice. It was not a simple retweet . The interpretation of this tweet can't be co ...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, Sep 3 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought TMC MP Mahua Moitra's response to a plea filed by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai against an order restraining him from publicising the issue related to custody battle over a pet dog. Justice Manoj Jain issued notice to Moitra on the appeal and asked the parties why don't they sit together and sort out the issue out of court. The two were reportedly in a relationship but parted ways later. The court was informed that the suit filed bef ...Read More >
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