Preventive Detention Can't Be Solely Based On Custodial Confession: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today(September 29) held that authorities can't pass a preventive detention order solely relying on the confessional statement of the accused. It thereby quashed the detention of Mulla Afroz, who was accused of being the mastermind behind the 2024 Sambhal violence, under the National Security Act, 1980."Therefore, we are of the considered opinion that a confessional...

Supreme Court Questions Registry For Deleting CAPF Contempt Matter From List

The Court asked how the matter could be deleted when there is a judicial direction to list it.

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Making Objectionable Posts Against Jharkhand CM's Wife Kalpana Soren

The Supreme Court today granted bail to a 30-year-old security guard challenging the Jharkhand High Court's refusal to grant him bail in a case arising from allegedly obscene and derogatory Facebook posts against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife, Kalpana Soren, who is a sitting MLA from Gandey.A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale observed that he has...

CM Marriage Remark, Messi Row: Kerala Court Dismisses Anto Augustine's Pre-Arrest Bail Pleas After Police Says No Arrest Now

A Kerala Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas preferred by Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine in the two separate crimes registered against him.One of the FIRs was for his alleged remark about Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan having contracted a second marriage. The other crime was registered for allegedly defrauding the government in a failed attempt to bring the...

'Who Heads NCPCR? How Can They Be So Indifferent?' Supreme Court Rebukes NCPCR Over 25% RTE Quota Implementation

The Court directed the NCPCR Chairperson to appear.

S. 53 Patents Act | Should Patent Term Be Counted From Date Of Grant If There Was Delay In Deciding Application? Supreme Court To Decide

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea seeking consideration of a mechanism for Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in India, raising the question whether a patentee should receive additional patent protection where a substantial portion of the statutory 20-year term is lost because of delay in granting the patent. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued...

Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Sachin Waze In Antilia Bomb Scare Case

A special NIA court has granted bail to Sachin Waze, who has been booked in the infamous Antilia Bomb Scare Case - Mansukh Hiren murder case. The dismissed Assistant Police Inspector (API) Waze has been granted bail on grounds of long incarceration among other grounds argued by his legal team led by advocates Sajal Yadav and Shalabh Saxena. A detailed copy of the order is yet to be...

'Prima Facie Case Made Out': Bengaluru Court Denies Bail To IAS Officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar In KPSC Recruitment Scam

A Bengaluru Sessions Court on Friday (September 25) denied bail to IAS officer Gyanedra Kumar Gangwar booked for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 400 veterinary officers in the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). Gangwar who was the former controller of examination KPSC argued that there was no direct nexus...

Hookah Bars Can't Operate In UP Even In Designated Smoking Areas: Allahabad High Court Says 'Right To Clean Air' Overrides Right To Trade

The Allahabad High Court has held that hookah bars cannot operate in Uttar Pradesh and hookah services can not be provided even in "Designated Smoking Areas". The Court stressed that the right of non-smokers to breathe clean air in a public place cannot be abridged by the commercial interests of an establishment claiming a right to trade.A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice...

Why Not Cap Medicines' MRPs At 16% Above Retailer Prices? Supreme Court Asks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre over the massive markups on cancer drugs and other medicines, asking why there should not be a uniform rule limiting the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) to no more than 16% above the price to the retailer (PTR).A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing petitions concerning regulation of medicine prices,...

Punjab Municipal Elections: Supreme Court Says All Wards Where Violence Took Place Must Go For Re-Election

The Supreme Court yesterday said that all wards in Punjab, where a Fact-Finding Commission found that violence took place during Municipal Elections, must go for re-election. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana made the observation while dealing with petitions filed by members of different political parties raising disputes qua the conduct of elections to...

Supreme Court Stays Declaration Of Rajasthan Cricket Association Election Results

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections scheduled for 11:30 a.m. but directed that the results be kept in a sealed cover pending further adjudication. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order hearing a plea by Megha Gaur alleging the complete exclusion of women...