New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to February 10 the hearing on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul M. Pancholi deferred the matter after Soli…
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New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court will pronounce its decision on the bail pleas of seven accused, including student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, in the alleged “larger conspiracy” case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots on Monday.The bail pleas have been filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, and Mohd.As per the causelist published on the website of the Apex Court, a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varal…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance its earlier directions prescribing a revised definition of the Aravalli Hills.Observing that the expert committee’s report as well as the top court’s observations were being misconstrued, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said that further clarification was required before the recommendations or judicial directions could be implemented. The Bench, also comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to stay 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, stating that the intervention sends a strong message that crimes against women and children will not be treated lightly. Taking to social media platform X, Maliwal said: “Welcome the decision of the Hon’ble …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday hinted that it may stay the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.”We are inclined to stay the (Delhi HC) order. Generally, the principle is that if a person has been released on bail, the court does not set aside the order ex parte. However, the situation here is peculiar, since he continues to be in custody in connect…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. “We are conscious of the fact that when a convict or an undertrial has been released, such orders are not ordinarily stayed by this court without hearing such persons. But in view of peculiar facts, where the convict is also convicted for a separate …