Source:-https://www.barandbench.com Jail authorities of district jail at Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh who refused to release a man for 8 months because of missing middle name “Kumar” in the bail order, attracted the ire of Allahabad High Court which berated the “reprehensible conduct” of the jail superintendent. In an order passed on December 7, the
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com A key Maoist leader, who has been in jail for six years, in Odisha was on Wednesday granted bail by the Orissa High Court, a week after the Supreme Court asked it to dispose of his bail petition expeditiously. The single judge bench of justice AK Mishra, granted bail to 47-year-old Nachika Linga’s lawyer
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment that had handed the meagre sentence of four days to four men who had caused grievous injuries to four others with axes and sticks, regretting “cavalier sentencing” by lower courts. It has enhanced the punishment to three months for three
Source: telegraphindia.com One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga have something in common: they are among hundreds of people who have been detained
Source: indianexpress.com Holding him responsible for wilful disobedience of an interim order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has convicted the principal of a government-aided polytechnic college under the Contempt of Court Act and sentenced him to six months in jail. However, the HC ordered a stay on its judgment for 30 days to allow
Source: hindustantimes.com One of the accused in the Syana violence of December last year, in which a police inspector was killed, received a hero’s welcome on his release from the Bulandshahr district jail on Saturday evening, according to a video circulated on social media. In all, six accused were released after the Allahabad high court granted
Source: telegraphindia.com The high court on Wednesday granted bail to a lifer who had been in jail for the past 20 years for allegedly shooting at a jewellery trader, snatching his belongings and killing his driver in 1999. The division bench of Chief Justice T.B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee said the appeal moved by
Source: hindustantimes.com Pradeep Yadav, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLA from Poraiyahat, surrendered before the Deoghar court on Thursday, in connection with a sexual harassment case. A former party spokesperson had accused the five-term MLA of attempt to rape, at a Deoghar hotel on April 20 this year. The court of Deoghar sub-divisional judicial magistrate Kamal
Source: sentinelassam.com SILCHAR: How fair will the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be? This question has been impinging the minds of individuals and organizations concerned with the preparation of a fault-free and foreigner-free NRC. A person declared foreigner by Foreigners’ Tribunal could get his name enlisted in NRC and when detected dared to challenge it in
Source: thehindu.com In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court on July 18 suspended the one-year jail term awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case. Justice P.D. Audikesavalu, before whom the appeal filed by Vaiko came up, suspended the sentence imposed by a special court on
