New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted relief to the 74-year-old leader, noting his prolonged period of incarceration and the delay in the completion of the trial.Shah had challenged the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his bail plea. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2019 in connection with the terror f…
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New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought a status report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the progress of the investigation into sexual violence cases arising out of the sectarian strife in Manipur and indicated that the task of day-to-day monitoring of the trials may be entrusted to the jurisdictional High Courts. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi suggested that the Chief Justices of the Manipur High Court and the …
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) three weeks’ time to file its response on the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror-funding case. The matter will now be heard on February 10.Seeking additional time, the NIA told the apex court that new facts had emerged in the case and that it would file a detailed reply to Shah’s rejoinder affidavit. The court accepted the request.Shabir Shah, 74, has sough…