HP HC | Bail refused on grounds of contraband being of commercial quantity under S. 20 of NDPS Act
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Bom HC | Accused alleged to have raped repeatedly a 17 year old victim granted bail in view of confession of “consent” by victim for the act
Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., granted bail to a person accused for alleged offence of committing rape repeatedly, which turned out
Bom HC | POCSO Act overrides S. 14-A of SC/ST Act: Court while granting bail to applicant accused of sexual assault/rape on minor victim belonging to scheduled caste
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., allowed a bail application and granted bail to the applicant who was accused of committing the
Unitech’s Sanjay Chandra gets interim bail as parents hospitalised after testing COVID-19 positive
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has granted bail to former Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra after
Ori HC | “Law makers have missed opportunity to prescribe stringent punishment; a yawning gap between law and its enforcement”: Court while feeling constrained to grant bail to accused involved in sex trafficking
“No nation, with all its boasts, and all its hopes, can ever morally be clean till all its women are really free
P&H HC | “Accused being treated as adult; possibility of tampering with minor witnesses”: Reasons for which Court rejected bail to accused in Gurugram School Murder case
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., dismissed the revision petition filed against the rejection of bail to the accused. The revision
Guj HC | Out of work, money and food, migrants workers wished to go back to their hometowns, instead were sent to jail: “More the victims, certainly not criminals”
Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., while addressing a matter with regard to granting bail to the migrant workers who were locked in
Kar HC | Rape victim falling asleep after perpetration of act is “explanation unbecoming of an Indian women”: Court while granting anticipatory bail to rape accused
Karnataka High Court: Krishna S. Dixit, J., granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner accused of committing sexual offence. Petitioner was accused for the
HP HC | Bail for offence under NDPS Act rejected where balance of convenience not in favour of accused
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. rejected bail and dismissed the petition. The facts of the case are that, the
Madras HC | Tablighi Jamaat | Foreigners who attended congregation not criminals: HC grants bail and allows return of foreigners to native country
Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., while addressing a petition with regard to release of Tablighis, stated that, Covid-19 should teach us to
Del HC | “No allegation of adverse consequences, in terms of enmity, hatred or ill-will, much less any violence or breach of peace, occurred as a consequence of webcast”; Court stays investigation against Vinod Dua
Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., stayed the investigation against the television anchor and journalist Vinod Dua, alleged for spreading rumours and
Karnataka HC lays down guidelines regarding illegal immigrants facing proceedings under the Foreigners Act, 1946
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition, wherein the petitioners have been charged with offences under Sections 14A and 14B of
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Patiala House Court | “When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark bit too far and spread the fire”; Student activist Safoora Zargar denied bail in Chand Bagh Riots case
Patiala House Court, New Delhi: While deciding the instant bail application of student activist Safoora Zargar, who was accused of giving inflammatory
Kar HC | Social divide is being brought in minds of people on basis of communal identification of group of persons through Social Media
Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J., while addressing a bail application held that, social media has created a panic situation where a social
HP HC | Gravity of offence alone is no parameter for rejection of bail under S. 439 CrPC; Object and test for grant of bail restated
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma , J., allowed the bail petition stating that object of the bail is to secure the attendance
Raj HC | Taking shield of Supreme Court’s order to take away the vested right of an accused, is nothing short of violating his right of liberty guaranteed under Art. 21; Court allows Bail to juvenile offender
Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J. allowed the revision petition filed setting aside the order dated 10-2-2020 passed by the Principal Magistrate,
Ker HC | Depositing Rs 25,000 to Corona Relief fund as a condition to grant bail — improper and unjust
Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., allowed the present petition while quashing the condition imposed by Sessions Judge for granting bail. Petitioner was
Calcutta HC grants bail to rape accused on promise to marry the victim; makes liberty conditional, tags operation of bail order with well being of the victim
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjib Banarjee and Kausik Chanda, JJ., granted bail to a rape accused taking note of
Lockdown | All HC | Period of 12 months for award to be made under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Extended
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Siddhartha Verma, J. had issued certain direction earlier in order to