UAPA| No day-to-day hearing, 298 prosecution witnesses yet to be examined? 74-year-old gets bail after 9.5 years
Supreme Court: In a case where a 74-year-old has been behind the bars since 2012 as an undertrial prisoner, after being arrested
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Mere renumbering of case file by the NIA Mumbai does not take away power of the ATS to continue investigation; SC affirms HC’s decision in Bombay bomb blast conspiracy case
“Mere receipt and recording of such information (through an FIR) by itself does not mean that the investigation has also commenced. Rather, the investigation commences when the police takes the first step (of proceeding to the spot or collecting evidence or speaking to a witness or arresting the accused person) on the basis of such information.”
UAPA| ‘Mere association with a terrorist organisation not enough’. SC grants bail to 2 Kerala men booked over Maoist links
Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has granted bail to Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuaib, booked
Devangana & Natasha v. State | Pivotal Findings in State against Devangana Kalita & Natasha Narwal [Succinct Report]
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani, JJ., granted regular bail to activist Devangana Kalita and
Del HC | Crucial aspects of ‘Terrorist Act’ and Right to Protest | Everything about Asif Iqbal Bail Order
“Terrorist Act” cannot casually apply to conventional offences; Foundations of nation stand on surer footing that to be shaken by tribe of college students
Kar HC | ‘Default bail’ granted under S. 167 (2) CrPC in case of non-compliance of notice under S. 43-D of UAPA
Karnataka High Court: S. Vishwajith Shetty, J. quashed the extension order and granted bail under Section 167 (2) Criminal Procedure Code. The
Del HC| ‘Release imperative in this hour of grief and personal loss’; Natasha Narwal gets bail for 3 weeks after father dies of COVID-19
Delhi High Court: After jailed activist Natasha Narwal’s father Mahavir Narwal breathed his last owing to COVID-19, the bench of Siddharth Mridul
Ker HC | Gold Smuggling is not a terrorist activity, it does not qualify as ‘any other material’ under S. 15(1)(a)(iiia) of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act; HC grants bail
Kerala High Court: In an interesting case the Division Bench comprising of A. Hariprasad and M. R. Anitha, JJ., had granted bail
Najeeb KA, accused of chopping off Kerala professor’s palm over “objectionable” question, gets bail. Read why Supreme Court upheld bail despite finding charges against him “a serious threat to societal harmony”
Najeeb, who along with some other members of Popular Front of India (PFI) had chopped¬off the professor’s right palm, has been in jail for much more than five years and there are 276 witnesses left to be examined.
SC| Courts cannot adopt a rigid or formalistic approach while interpreting Section 167(2) CrPC. Read why
Supreme Court: Interpreting Section 167(2) CrPC, the 3-judge bench of UU Lalit, MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Sarah, JJ has said that the
SC| Right to default bail under the first proviso to Section 167(2) CrPC not a mere statutory right but a fundamental right
Right to default bail a fundamental right granted to an accused person to be released on bail once the conditions of the first proviso to Section 167(2) are fulfilled.