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The bail was opposed on the ground that the petitioners were involved in a grave financial offence and the investigation was still in progress to unearth the magnitude of fraud and granting bail to them would hamper the investigation as some of the associates were still at large.
“Where there are two views, one giving rise to mere suspicion and the other to grave suspicion, the Judge would be justified in refusing discharge if satisfied that strong suspicion exists. The existence of some essential material giving rise to strong suspicion necessary for drawing a charge and refusing discharge is required.”
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Supreme Court Judges emphasized on bar-bench unity and women-led legal transformation at NALSA’s North Zone Conference, Srinagar.
“The fundamental right guaranteed to a citizen cannot be said to have been waived by a citizen for remaining silent for long time more particularly when the State has failed in its constitutional obligation to follow the process of land acquisition before taking over the private property of a citizen.”
Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal began his career in law in the 1980s and subsequently went on to become Chief Justice of High Courts of J&K and Ladakh and Rajasthan.
This was a case where the act of defamation took place in Jaipur, where certain allegations regarding the respondent’s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.
Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal is a third- generation lawyer, a second-generation Judge and is also a writer of note.
Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was serving as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, prior to being appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.