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'When No Minimum Sentence Is Prescribed, Accused is Entitled To Default Bail If Charge-Sheet Not Filed In 60 Days': Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Journalist Rajeev Sharma
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to journalist Rajeev Sharma, who was arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Chinese intelligence.The court observed that an accused is entitled to default bail if chargesheet is not filed in 60 days, if no minimum sentences is prescribed under the statute for the offences alleged against him.Sharma had earlier moved a petition seeking...
Delhi High Court Directs SpiceJet To Up Their Offer To AAI On Rs.158 Cr-Worth Air Traffic Dues
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed commercial airline SpiceJet to give a better offer to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) with respect to its payment plans of dues worth Rs. 158 crores on Air Traffic invoices due since 2015 and Rs. 82 crore worth interest accrued on the due amount. Sr. Adv. Nayyar on behalf of SpiceJet agreed, and said, "We will give them a better...
Delhi High Court Grants Conditional Custody Parole To Ex Bihar MP Mohd. Shahabuddin To Meet Relatives
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted custody parole for three days to former MP Mohd. Shahabuddin (a convict and an under trial in custody), who is presently lodged in Tihar jail and serving life-term in a murder case. The Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani was hearing the plea of Shahabuddin who submitted (through his Counsel, Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid) that his...
Allahabad High Court Imposes Rs 10K Cost On Plea For Speedy Disposal Of Bail Application Which Was Not Filed
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Criminal Writ plea with a cost of Rs. 10,000/- which was filed seeking a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application which was not filed. The Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta dismissed the plea while noting, "(The plea) is praying for a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application when...
'Go For Counselling' : MP High Court Puts Bail Condition For Person Arrested Over Anti-CAA Whatsapp Status
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (26 November) granted bail to a petitioner (named Anwar) accused of posting a WhatsApp status opposing the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA). Notably, the Bench of Justice Virender Singh granted him bail on the condition that he will have to present himself before Advocate and Social Worker Mrs. Rashmi Pandey in the first...
Custodial Deaths : Madras High Court Issues Inquiry Guidelines - Allow Family To Take Photos Of Body, Videograph Autopsy Etc
The Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions for the conduct of inquiry under Section 176(1)(A) CrPC in cases of unnatural deaths in custody."Every time a custodial death occurs, the legitimacy of the State suffers a big dent. That can be set right only by ensuring transparent investigation. A dead person is equally entitled to justice. I would call it posthumous justice....
Delhi Court Rejects Zee Media's Plea Against Non-Summoning Of Mahua Moitra In Criminal Defamation Case As Time Barred
A Sessions Court in Delhi today dismissed Zee Media's plea challenging a Magistrate's order dated September 25, 2019, refusing to summon MP Mahua Moitra in a criminal defamation case, as time barred. The Additional Sessions Judge at the Rouse Avenue Court, Geetanjali Goel refused to allow the channel's application for coronation of delay of 81 days in filing the review petition. The...
Bar Council Of India Misusing Its Dominant Position: Plea in CCI Against Maximum Age Limit For LLB Course
"The Bar Council of India, misusing its dominant position in controlling the legal education in India, through Clause No. 28 of the Rules of Legal Education, 2008 is creating indirect entry barriers to the new entrants into the profession of legal service by imposing maximum age restrictions to enter into the legal education," a complaint filed before the Competition Commission of...
NEET 2020: Supreme Court Directs NTA To Consider Requests Of Candidates To Furnish Original OMR Sheets
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, while refusing to entertain a writ petition filed by some aspirants for admission for undergraduate medical courses seeking quashing of the NEET 2020 results, directed the National Testing Agency to consider representation preferred by them for furnishing the original OMR sheets.Nineteen candidates had approached the Court by filing a writ petition under Article...