The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted custody parole to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Tahir Hussain from January 29 to February 3, allowing him to campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls as an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate. The order was passed by the three-judge Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay…
Expressing concern over the lack of courage shown by trial courts in granting bail to the accused, the Supreme Court has advised the High Courts to exercise their discretion judiciously when deciding on such matters. Slamming the Allahabad High Court for denying bail to an accused in a case of alleged religious conversion, the Bench…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man, who has remained on death row since 2015 for raping and killing a 23-year-old techie on January 5, 2014. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice KV Viswanathan observed that it was extremely unsafe to sustain the conviction of Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap….
The Allahabad High Court has rejected bail to Devideen accused of harassing his wife for dowry as well as for enticing away her minor sister and subjecting her to aggravated penetrative sexual assault. A Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Devideen. By…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by The Peedu’s People Welfare Society, an NGO, alleging cruelty to animals in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and the rules framed thereunder. The petitioner specifically highlighted the use of oxytocin to increase milk yield…
The Allahabad High Court has rejected bail to Amit Kumar Singh who has been accused of rape and the SC/ST Act. A Single Bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava passed this order while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by Amit Kumar Singh. The criminal appeal under Section 14-A (2) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)…
The State of Uttarakhand on Monday scripted history by becoming the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). A notification issued by the Uttarakhand government said that Governor Gurmit Singh, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand,…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed highlighting the issue of vacant posts of Food Safety Officers in the State of Haryana. The petitioner alleged that 43 out of 45 sanctioned posts were lying vacant, and no recruitment or appointment process had been initiated to fill these…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed for no follow up of due process of law while allotting a medical shop within the premises of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar. The petitioner claimed that the guidelines for opening new Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) were…
The Bombay High Court recently ruled on a high-stakes Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that aimed to curb the pervasive issues of ticket scalping, black marketing, and alleged collusion in the online ticketing ecosystem for major events. The PIL, which particularly spotlighted the irregularities surrounding ticket sales for Coldplay’s January 2025 concert in India, raised significant…