New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) In a significant ruling shaping bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has held that courts, while granting anticipatory bail, cannot impose conditions that amount to granting substantive relief in a pending civil dispute. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan made the observations while partly allowing appeals filed by accused persons against a Madras High Court order that had restrained them from interfering with a disputed property until the conclusio…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal basis for exempting Waqf institutions from payment of court fees in proceedings before Waqf Tribunals, orally observing that any such claim must be backed by a clear statutory provision.A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar was hearing a special leave petition (SLP) against orders of the Gujarat High Court which had affirmed decisions of the Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal rejecting suits filed by Waqf instituti…