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BREAKING : Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Remanded to ED's Custody Till Nov 6
A special holiday court on Tuesday remanded former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the Enforcement Directorate's custody till November 6 in a money laundering case. Deshmukh appeared before the agency on Monday as he was summoned. The senior NCP leader was arrested following more than 12 hours of questioning. Special Judge PB Jadhav passed the order after hearing...
Delay In Communication Of Bail Orders To Jail Authorities Affects Human Liberty, Must Be Addressed On War Footing: Justice DY Chandrachud
"A very serious deficiency in the criminal justice system is the delay in the communication of bail orders, which we need to address on war footing. Because this touches upon human liberty of every undertrial, or even a convict who has got suspension of sentence under section 389 of the Cr. P. C.", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has said."One of the initiatives which Chief Justice S. Muralidhar...
Firecrackers Regulation : Calcutta High Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Seeking Proper Enforcement Of SC Directions
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday specified that it would hear tomorrow a petition seeking directions for the proper implementation of prior Supreme Court orders on the regulation of firecrackers during the upcoming festivals. This comes in the wake of the Supreme Court setting aside the order of the Calcutta High Court which imposed a complete ban of use of firecrackers in the State of...
Karnataka Govt Revises 'No Plans To Deport Rohingyas' Affidavit; Files New Affidavit In Supreme Court
Revising its earlier stand that there were no plans to deport Rohingya refugees in the state, the Karnataka Government has filed a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court stating that it will adhere to any order passed by the Court in this matter.The affidavit stated that while 126 Rohingyas have been identified in the State, the Karnataka State Police has not housed Rohingyas in any camp...
Mere Apprehension Of Threat Of life Without Substantiating It Not Sufficient Ground To Transfer A Criminal Case U/Sec 406 CrPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that mere apprehension of threat of life is not a sufficient ground to transfer a case, without lodging a complaint or substantiating the said ground.In this case, the petition sought transfer of Complaint filed under Sections 420 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu to Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.One of the...
Evidence In A Trial Against An Accused Does Not Have Any Bearing Upon A Co-Accused In A Separate Trial For The Commission Of Same Offence: Supreme Court
The evidence recorded in a criminal trial against any accused is confined to the culpability of that accused only and it does not have any bearing upon a co-accused, who has been tried on the basis of evidence recorded in a separate trial, though for the commission of the same offence, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered on Friday.In other words, the culpability of any...
Taluk Land Board's Determination Has Evidentiary Value In Proceedings Under Kerala Private Forest Vesting Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that determination arrived by the Land Board about the character of lands, under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 ("KLR Act") becomes a piece of evidence for the purposes of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 ("Vesting Act").The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and S Ravindra Bhat in the present matter was dealing with a special...
PC Act - More Time Taken For Preliminary Enquiry Not A Ground To Quash Criminal Proceedings : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that whatever enquiry is conducted at the stage of Preliminary Enquiry, by no stretch of imagination, can be considered as investigation under the code of criminal procedure which can only be after registration of the FIR. The Court also observed that merely because some time is taken for conducting preliminary enquiry, that cannot be a ground to quash the...
Waqf Tribunal Has Jurisdiction Even If Subject Property Is Admitted To Be A Waqf Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a Wakf Tribunal has jurisdiction to adjudicate a dispute even if a property is admitted to be a waqf property."To say that the Tribunal will have jurisdiction only if the subject property is disputed to be a waqf property and not if it is admitted to be a waqf property, is indigestible in the teeth of Section 83(1)", the...
'Judge Bashing Has Become A Favourite Pastime For Some' : AP High Court Directs Take Down Of Abusive Social Media Content
Observing that 'judge bashing has become a favourite pastime for some people', the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to take down abusive contents against judges.The Court directed the Registrar General to forward the URLs of the derogatory posts to the social media intermediaries, who were directed to pull them down as expeditiously as possible,...
None From Cordelia Team Accused In Case , Entertainment Company Had no Control Over Cruise : Bail Granted To Directors & Employees
Granting bail to four "organizers" of the alleged "rave party" on the Cordelia cruise liner, a special NDPS court held that the company was merely in-charge of live entertainment shows, did not regulate entry on the cruise, and had no control over passengers. The court observed that prima facie allegations of conspiracy under Section 29 and financing illicit drug traffic...
Offender Who Had Not Used Deadly Weapon During Robbery Cannot Be Convicted Under Section 397 IPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that an offender who had not used any deadly weapon at the time of committing robbery/dacoity cannot be convicted under Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code.The use of deadly weapon by one offender at the time of committing robbery/dacoity cannot attract Section 397 IPC for the imposition of minimum punishment on another offender who has not used any...