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If Accused Given Bail In Multiple Cases Is Unable To Find Sureties, Condition Of Multiple Sureties Be Balanced With Article 21 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (August 22) held that if an accused, involved in multiple cases, is enlarged on bail and is unable to find multiple sureties, the court must balance the requirement of sureties with his right to personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21. In this case, the court found that the petitioner, despite securing bail in 13 cases registered across various states, experienced...
Supreme Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Hand Over Land For New Bombay HC Building By Aug 31
Today, the Supreme Court issued new deadline of August 31 for the Maharashtra Government to handover the land in the Bandra Kurla Complex allotted for the new building of the Bombay High Court, considering the speedily dilapidating condition of the 150-year-old structure.The Court was hearing a suo moto petition after several letter petitions were sent by various Bar Associations regarding...
Byju's Insolvency| Supreme Court Declines Byju's & BCCI Plea To Stay Meeting Of Committee Of Creditors
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 22) refused to stay the meeting of the Committee of Creditors formed by the Resolution Professional in relation to the insolvency resolution of ed-tech firm Byju's.Although Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi (for Byjus) and Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta (for the BCCI) made fervent and repeated submissions to stay the CoC meeting, the Court...
Why Was SIT Probe Into Ex-RG Kar Principal Initiated Only After Death Of Resident Doctor Despite Earlier Complaints? Calcutta HC Asks State
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government on why a special investigating team (SIT) probe into former RG Kar College & Hospital principal Dr Sandip Ghosh was only initiated after the rape-murder incident of a resident doctor working at the hospital.A single bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was dealing with a plea by former RG Kar Deputy Superintendent Akhtar...
'Never Seen Such A Procedure' : Supreme Court Questions West Bengal Police On RG Kar Hospital Rape-Murder Probe
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) questioned the West Bengal police over the shortcomings in its investigation in relation to the rape and murder of a trianee doctor in the RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata on August 9.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, hearing the Suo motu case taken over the horrific...
Shambhu Border Blockade | Supreme Court To Constitute Committee To Negotiate With Protesting Farmers Within One Week
The Supreme Court today (on August 22), in a matter related to the blockade on the national highway at the Shambhu border, said that it will pass an order concerning the constitution of a Committee, to negotiate with the protesting farmers, within a week. To this effect, the Bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan suggested the States of Punjab and Haryana to...
RG Kar Hospital Case | No Adverse Action Against Doctors For Past Protests If They Return To Duties : Supreme Court
While hearing the suo motu case on the RG Kar Hospital murder-rape crime, the Supreme Court on Thursday (August 22) reiterated it appeal to the protesting doctors to return to their duties.The Court passed an order protecting the doctors from coercive actions for protesting till today if they resume duties."An apprehension has been expressed by the doctors that some of them are being...
Bhima Koregaon Bail : Supreme Court To Consider Hearing Jyoti Jagtap & Mahesh Raut Matters Together
On being apprised that challenge to the bail granted to co-accused Mahesh Raut is pending before another bench, the Supreme Court bench dealing with the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon case accused Jyoti Jagtap asked the Registry today to obtain orders for conjoint hearing of the two cases.The bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar was hearing Jagtap's challenge to the denial...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Bail Granted To Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
The Supreme Court on August 21 dismissed a special leave petition seeking cancellation of bail of Mohan Nayak N, an accused in the murder case of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh.On September 5, 2017, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her residence in south Bengaluru. The police have arrested 18 persons in the case. Nayak was arrested on July 18, 2018.The present SLP was filed by...
Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder : Live Updates From Supreme Court's Suo Motu Case On RG Kar Hospital Incident
The Supreme Court will hear today at 10.30 AM its suo motu case taken over the rape and murder of a doctor in RG Kar Hospital at Kolkata.The Court has asked a status report from the CBI on the investigation.The West Bengal police also have been asked to give a report on the probe against vandalism at the hospital.During the previous hearing, the Court had questioned the West Bengal Government...
"Mismanagement Of Dead Bodies, Reselling Biomedical Waste": Ex-RG Kar Dy Superintendent Moves Calcutta HC Against Former Principal Sandip Ghosh
Former Deputy Superintendent at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali has moved the Calcutta High Court against former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, alleging serious illegalities committed by the former principal.In his plea Ali alleges that Ghosh started serious illegalities as such mismanagement of dead bodies, reselling biowaste in the open market, misutilization of public funds...