Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court has stayed the Congress government’s decision to withdraw prosecution in 52 criminal cases, including those arising out of the riots at the Aland Ladle Mashak Dargah in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district.The interim order came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Girish Bharadwaj, challenging the State Cabinet’s May 22 decision to withdraw the cases. Siddaramaiah was the Chief Minister then.A Division Bench…
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New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the mere failure of an investigating agency to file additional copies of a charge sheet, as required under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), would not entitle an accused to default bail if the charge sheet itself has been filed within the statutory period.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and NK Singh held that the right to default bail under Section 187(3) of the BNSS arises only when the investigating agency fails t…
Bhopal, June 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh govt will organise a one-day state-level workshop on the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) in Bhopal on June 28 to strengthen the implementation of the country’s three new criminal laws and improve coordination among agencies involved in the criminal justice system. The workshop will be held at Kushabhau Thakre Auditorium (Minto Hall) from 9.30 a.m.Senior police officers from all districts, judges, and senior officials from the prosecution, prison…