Why Supreme Court suspended Bombay High Court’s order discharging UAPA accused Prof GN Saibaba & others
Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah and bela M. Trivedi, JJ assembled on Saturday to hear the appeal against the Bombay
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Supreme Court September 2022| Abortion Rights to all ‘women’; Marital Rape; Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Collegium Recommendation; and more
This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on Unmarried persons’ right to safe abortion, Inclusion of ‘marital rape’ under Abortion laws, Journalist Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Constitution Bench’s opinion on Doctrine of Precedents; Reference of question relating to Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Explainers on important law points; Collegium Recommendation; and more
2008 Assam Serial Blasts Case | Gauhati HC refuses to interfere with the conviction and sentencing of NDFB Founder Ranjan Daimari and 9 others
Gauhati High Court: While deciding the instant appeal preferred by Ranjan Daimari and 9 others regarding their conviction and sentence
Delhi High Court | Disclosure of information regarding issuance of notification under S 45 UAPA can be rightfully exempted under RTI Act
Delhi High Court: In a petition filed by Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui (‘petitioner’), who is a death row convict in 7/11 Mumbai train
Can offering funeral prayers for a slain militant be termed as an anti-national activity so as to deprive an individual of their personal liberty? J&K and Ladakh HC deliberates
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant applications seeking to set aside the orders passed by the Special
Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail after 23 months in prison; cannot leave Delhi for 6 weeks: Supreme Court
The Kerala journalist was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on his way to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman, who later died in the Hospital.
J&K and Ladakh HC refuses to quash FIR against College Professor allegedly promoting separatism through YouTube videos
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjay Dhar, J. dismissed a petition which was filed challenging FIR registered under Sections 153,
Bhima Koregaon| Here’s why Supreme Court granted permanent bail to Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds
Supreme Court: Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judges Bench comprising Uday Umesh Lalit, Aniruddha Bose, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., had granted permanent
Charge-sheet and documents adduced prima facie point towards guilt; Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan [Hathras gang-rape row]
Allahabad High Court: Krishan Pahal, J. dismissed the bail application of Siddique Kappan, the journalist who was arrested along with three others
[UAPA] Gauhati High Court | Facebook post “only an expression of her feelings”, does not mention ULFA-I; College Student gets bail
Gauhati High Court: The single Bench of Ajit Borthakur, J., has under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, granted bail
Can insurer rely on statutory interpretation of “acts of terrorism” to repudiate insurance claim where the policy itself defines the term? Supreme Court decides
Supreme Court: In an insurance repudiation case the Division Bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ., held that where the insurance policy expressly
Long custody is an essential factor for granting bail under UAPA; HC grants bail to woman lodged in jail along with her infant in connection with a Facebook post
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Anupinder Singh Grewal, J., granted bail to the woman who was in custody along with her barely
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967: Interpretation on Rigours of Grant of Bail
by Kapil Madan † and Pulkit Pandey††
[Elgar Parishad Case] Bombay High Court grants default bail to activist Sudha Bhardwaj
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and N. J. Jamadar, JJ., granted bail to activist Sudha Bhardwaj after three
‘Only one Special Court trying cases under NIA Act frustrates the purpose’; SC directs West Bengal to designate more courts
Supreme Court: After granting bail to a 74-year-old arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, as after the charge-sheets came to
UAPA| No day-to-day hearing, 298 prosecution witnesses yet to be examined? 74-year-old gets bail after 9.5 years
Supreme Court: In a case where a 74-year-old has been behind the bars since 2012 as an undertrial prisoner, after being arrested
Mere renumbering of case file by the NIA Mumbai does not take away power of the ATS to continue investigation; SC affirms HC’s decision in Bombay bomb blast conspiracy case
“Mere receipt and recording of such information (through an FIR) by itself does not mean that the investigation has also commenced. Rather, the investigation commences when the police takes the first step (of proceeding to the spot or collecting evidence or speaking to a witness or arresting the accused person) on the basis of such information.”
UAPA| ‘Mere association with a terrorist organisation not enough’. SC grants bail to 2 Kerala men booked over Maoist links
Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has granted bail to Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuaib, booked
Devangana & Natasha v. State | Pivotal Findings in State against Devangana Kalita & Natasha Narwal [Succinct Report]
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani, JJ., granted regular bail to activist Devangana Kalita and
Del HC | Crucial aspects of ‘Terrorist Act’ and Right to Protest | Everything about Asif Iqbal Bail Order
“Terrorist Act” cannot casually apply to conventional offences; Foundations of nation stand on surer footing that to be shaken by tribe of college students