PMLA Accused Who Has Spent Half Of Maximum Sentence As Undertial Can Be Given Bail Under S.436A CrPC : Supreme Court

The Court added that if the trial was delayed at the instance of the accused, then bail under S.436A CrPC can be denied.

Can Legality Of Arrest Be Examined After Trial Court Has Taken Cognizance & Rejected Bail? Supreme Court Asks Hemant Soren

While hearing former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 21) asked if the validity of arrest can be examined after the trial court has taken cognizance of the ED complaint and rejected the regular bail application of Soren.After hearing arguments for about one and half hours, the...

NDPS Act | Confiscation Of Vehicle Can't Be Ordered Without Hearing Its Registered Owner : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an order passed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 (NDPS Act) for the confiscation of a vehicle will be illegal if it was passed without hearing the owner of the vehicle.Referring to Section 63 of the NDPS Act, the Court said that an order confiscation of an article cannot be passed until the expiry of one month from the date of...

Hemant Soren's Interim Bail Plea : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today JMM leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's plea for interim bail for election campaigning.He has been under custody since January 31 when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged land scam.A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the matter. The ED has filed a...

If Hemant Soren Is Granted Interim Bail For Campaigning, Then All Jailed Politicians Will Seek Similar Treatment: ED Tells Supreme Court

In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a reply before the Supreme Court, opposing the interim bail plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is in judicial custody since his arrest by the agency in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.It may be mentioned that up until May 17, a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar...

To Punish A Person For Casteist Insults Under SC/ ST Act, Comments Have To Be Made Within Public View: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, while deciding a case arising out of a complaint made for an offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act), observed that an allegation of insult has to satisfy the requirement of having been made within public view. In the present case, the appellant had alleged that an offence under the Scheduled Caste and...

Electricity Act | SEZ Developer Not Ipso Facto A 'Deemed Distribution Licensee', Must Apply For Recognition And Be Scrutinized : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that SEZ developers, though conferred the status of "deemed distribution licensee" under the Electricity Act, must apply in terms of applicable Regulations and be scrutinized. The court further distinguished between regular distribution licensees and deemed distribution licensees to set aside a pre-condition imposed on an applicant requiring infusion of...

Belonged To RSS From Childhood To Youth, Ready To Go Back: Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash Bids Farewell To Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday bid farewell to Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash in a full-court reference.Justice Dash graduated in Law from Madhu Sudan Law College, Cuttack in the year, in 1985. Obtained Degree of LL.M. as a Non-collegiate candidate in Utkal University.He enrolled as an Advocate in 1986 and joined the service in the Cadre of Orissa Superior Judicial Service (Senior Branch) as...

Bail Can Be Cancelled By Same Court Which Granted It If There Are Serious Allegations Even If Accused Hasn't Misused Bail : Supreme Court

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court observed that the same Court which granted bail to an accused can cancel the bail if there are serious allegations against him although the accused has not misused the bail.“If there are serious allegations against the accused, even if he has not misused the bail granted to him, such an order can be cancelled by the same Court that has granted the...

Lok Sabha Candidate Moves Supreme Court Saying Returning Officer Denied Him Form 17 Records Of Votes Polled

Advocate Mehmood Pracha, who contested in the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Rampur(UP) constituency, has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court saying that the Returning Officer has not furnished to him the copies of the Form 17C record of votes polled in the constituency. Pracha has sought to intervene in the application filed by the Association...

'We Want Younger Bar To Grow' : Supreme Court Judge Requests Seniors To Give Vacation Time For Younger Advocates To Argue

Today, the Supreme Court (on May 20), while hearing a civil appeal, orally stressed that the young members of the bar should be given the opportunity to argue during vacation time. The matter in which this exchange took place was placed before the bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Sanjay Karol. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was appearing for the petitioner,...

[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Restrains BJP From Running Advertisements Against TMC Which Violated Model Code Of Conduct, Slams ECI For Inaction

The Court clarified that during elections the print media shall refrain from publishing any unverified information against any candidate or political party either directly or impliedly as per guidelines issued by the Press Council of India.