New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a significant ruling on bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court held that courts cannot impose conditions requiring the sale of an accused’s property to settle alleged claims, observing that bail proceedings cannot be transformed into mechanisms for recovery or adjudication of civil disputes. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale made these observations while allowing an appeal filed by the accused against a Madras High Court order that ha…
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Chennai, April 13 (IANS) With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, the Election Commission and the state police have intensified security arrangements across all 234 constituencies to ensure a peaceful, incident-free polling process. In a major preventive initiative, the Tamil Nadu Police have identified and are closely monitoring nearly 20,000 history-sheeters and habitual offenders, commonly referred to as “rowdies”, across the state. These individuals have been catego…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court has expressed strong displeasure over the delay by the Gujarat government in deciding the plea for premature release of a life convict, warning that failure to adhere to the policy timelines could invite “strict penal orders”, including suo motu contempt proceedings. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan said that despite granting more than three months’ time earlier, the state government had failed to take a final decision on th…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Observing that delays in judicial proceedings cannot operate to the disadvantage of the claimant, the Delhi High Court has held that interim maintenance awarded to a wife and her children under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) should ordinarily be granted from the date of filing the application, rather than from the date of the court’s order. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma modified an order passed by a Family Court, which had…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Delhi Law and Justice Minister Kapil Mishra in connection with the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwani Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Court rejected the application filed by Yamuna Vihar resident Mohammad Ilyas, who had sought directions to the police to register an FIR against Mishra and others over alleged incidents in Kardam Puri on February 23, 2…
Gandhinagar/New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), sentencing him to one year’s simple imprisonment and imposing a fine of Rs 5,000. Pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mansa, held that Nair was guilty of the offence punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, after finding that a series of tweets and onlin…
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) In a major decision ahead of the 77th Republic Day, the Madhya Pradesh government has approved the premature release of 87 life-term convicts from prisons across the state.The Jail Department issued the order in line with guidelines under a directive dated May 27, 2025, after a detailed review of 481 cases.According to an official statement, district-level committees examined each case based on legal provisions, case background and relevant facts. Of the total reviewed, 394…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Bengal police have arrested Musa Molla, the main accused in the attack on cops in Sandeshkhali area in North 24 Parganas district last week. He was arrested on Tuesday from the Nazat police station area.He is known in the area as a Trinamool Congress worker. With Musa’s arrest, a total of 13 people have now been arrested in connection with this incident, said police.It was learnt that Musa was accused of illegally occupying land. Based on this allegation, the court imposed …