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Yasin Malik May Have Given Up Guns In '94, But Did Not Desist From Violence; Can't Claim To Be Gandhian: Delhi Court
While awarding life sentence to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in connection with Jammu & Kashmir terror funding case, a Delhi Court today observed that the crime in question fails the test of rarest of rare case as held by the Apex Court. Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh of Patiala House Courts also rejected Malik's submission that he had followed Gandhian principle of non...
"Barbaric & Inhuman Killing": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To 34 Cops Accused Of Killing 10 Sikhs In 'Fake' Encounter Treating Them As 'Terrorists'
In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) last week denied bail to 34 Cops, Constables in Pradeshik Armed Constabulary (PAC) who have been accused of killing 10 Sikh men in an alleged fake encounter in the year 1991 treating them as terrorists.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Brij Raj Singh observed that the accused cops had indulged in a barbaric and...
When the Supreme Court Sat Outside New Delhi
The Supreme Court of India recently upheld the constitutionality of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (Madhya Pradesh High Court Advocates Bar Association v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 433 of 2012). The petition had challenged the constitutionality of Section 14 read with Section 22 of the Act, which provided that any person aggrieved by the decision of the tribunal must approach the Supreme Court directly. They argued that a direct appeal to the Supreme Court as against a challenge before the...
Supreme Court Deprecates Judicial Officer For Not Releasing Accused Despite Order Granting Bail
The Supreme Court recently deprecated the act of a judicial officer who refused to release an accused against whom FIR was registered u/s 498A, 304B of IPC and section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act despite Court's order of directing his release.The Judicial Officer refused to release the accused on the pretext that while the order mentions the charges under Sections 304B and 498A, IPC it...
Justice L. Nageswara Rao's Six Years At The Bench - An Extensive Tenure Marked By Notable Interventions
As Justice L. Nageswara Rao is set to retire on 7th June, after 6 years of tenure as a Judge of the Supreme Court, we look back at some of his crucial interventions during his stint at the Apex Court. Before assuming office on 13th May, 2016, he was a Senior Advocate of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. He was designated as a Senior in 2000, prior to which he practiced in the Andhra...
"Selective Leaks Of Commission Report Must Stop; Don't Leak Things To Press" : Supreme Court In Gyanvapi Mosque Case
The Supreme Court on Friday said that the selective leaks of the commission report in the Gyanvapi mosque case must be stopped."The selective leaks of Commission report must stop", Justice DY Chandrachud, the presiding judge of the 3-judge bench, orally remarked."We must tell the other side that the selective leaks must stop. Once there is a commission report, it should be submitted to the...