Prayagraj/New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has pulled up Prayagraj police officials over the arrest and delayed release of a man in an Arms Act case, observing that their conduct amounted to contempt of the apex court’s directions governing arrests in offences punishable with up to seven years. A Division Bench of Justices Siddharth and Jai Krishna Upadhyay directed the initiation of action against erring police officials while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Sachin…
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New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is under preventive detention under the National Security Act (NSA), is “fit, hale and hearty” and cannot be released on health grounds. Appearing for the Union government, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta submitted before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale that Wangchuk’s medical condition has been periodically reviewed and there was “not…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday cautioned against granting further adjournments in the habeas corpus petition filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of detained Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA). After Additional Solicitor General (ASG) K.M. Nataraj, appearing for the Union government and the Union Territory of Ladakh, sought more time on the ground of his engagement in another case and suggested that the …
Kochi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Kerala High Court was informed on Friday that a body recovered from Kalamassery recently has been identified as that of Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen who went missing after being deported from Kuwait and arriving at Kochi airport.The identification was confirmed after a DNA report established that the body, recovered from the proposed Judicial City area in Kalamassery by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), was that of Lama.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran …
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally asked the Union government to reconsider the continued preventive detention of Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA). A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Dr Gitanjali Angmo, terming his detention “illegal” and an “arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights”.During the hearing, the Justice Aravind Kumar-le…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) A US federal judge has ruled that immigration authorities violated due process by holding an Indian national without giving him a bond hearing. The court ordered the government to either hold such a hearing quickly or release him from custody.US District Judge Jane M. Beckering of the Western District of Michigan said the continued detention of Varun Varun could not continue under the mandatory detention rules cited by the government.Varun is an Indian citizen held by I…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) A federal court has ordered immigration authorities to hold a bond hearing for an Indian national detained in Michigan, ruling that his continued custody without such a hearing violates immigration law and the US Constitution.US District Judge Jane M. Beckering of the Western District of Michigan, in an order issued on January 7, conditionally granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Sumit Tulsibhai Patel, held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) A federal judge in California has directed US immigration officials to justify the detention of an Indian national after finding his legal challenge credible enough to proceed.The order was issued on December 24 by the US District Court for the Southern District of California, which asked the government to respond to a habeas corpus petition filed by Naveen Naveen, an Indian citizen contesting the legal basis of his continued immigration detention.In his order, the judg…