'Frivolous Litigation By State': Supreme Court Dismisses Uttarakhand Govt's SLP Against Reduction Of Sentence To Accused Without Opposing It Before HC

Frivolous litigation by the State, the Supreme Court remarked while dismissing a special leave petition filed by the State of Uttarakhand.The State had filed an SLP against a High Court order in a criminal appeal that reduced the sentence pf an accused in relation to the offence under Sections 307/34 IPC to rigorous imprisonment of four years and five months instead of seven years and...