New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking enhancement of the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other convicts in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja granted additional time to the convicts to file their responses and posted the matter for further hearing on March 28. Earlier, in February, the Delhi High Court ha…
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New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the non-availability of Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi deferred the hearing and said that the matter would be taken up after two weeks.At the same time…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking enhancement of sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of her father. A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Sengar and other convicts and posted the matter for further hearing on March 2. The plea filed by the survivor challenges the quantum of…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s refusal to suspend the sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. Taking note that Sengar’s criminal appeal against his conviction and 10-year sentence is already listed before the Delhi High Court on February 11, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the High Court may be requested…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to take up the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s bail application on February 9, in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father, a lawyer said on Saturday. Sengar is currently serving a 10-year jail sentence in the case.The former Legislator’s application in the apex court challenges an earlier decision of the Delhi High Court to reject his application for suspension of the jail sentence in the…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar seeking suspension of his 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. A single-judge Bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed Sengar’s second application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail, citing the gravity of the offence, his criminal antecedents and the absence of any new subsequent development…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) From protecting personality rights in the digital age to reaffirming access to electricity as a basic human necessity, the Delhi High Court delivered a series of landmark judgments throughout the year. Here is a year-end wrap of some of the most significant High Court rulings.Protecting Personality Rights:The Delhi High Court has taken the lead in protecting personality and publicity rights amid the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and online commercial exploitation….
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In an open letter posted on social media platform X, Dr Ishita Sengar, daughter of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar — convicted in the 2017 Unnao rape case — expressed deep anguish, fear, and waning faith in the justice system. The letter, addressed to the “Hon’ble Authorities of the Republic of India,” comes hours after the Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order that had suspended her father’s life sentence and granted him conditional bail.Sengar, expell…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As the Supreme Court stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case, former IPS officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, on Monday said that the verdict amounted to “major justice” for the victim. Speaking to IANS, Kiran Bedi said the Supreme Court’s decision was not a setback for the convict but a reaffirmation …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With the Supreme Court staying the bail granted to Unnao rape convict and former UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the survivor on Monday demanded the death sentence for him, saying that only then would her father receive justice. Speaking to IANS, the survivor said she has not performed the ‘terahvin’ (funeral rituals) of her father to date.”My father was killed in 2018, and since then, his soul has not been at peace. My father will get peace only when the killers and the ra…