New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) In a relief to Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order staying his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case, effectively allowing him to continue as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which had…
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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari in a case registered against him under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. Abbas Ansari is the elder son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and represents the Mau Sadar Assembly constituency.A Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant made absolute the interim bail earlier granted to Ansari, noting that there had been no allegation of mis…
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 23 (IANS) Giving conditional relief to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the life sentence awarded to him in the 2017 Unnao rape case. A Division Bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted bail to Sengar during the pendency of his appeal challenging the conviction. The Justice Prasad-led Bench ordered Sengar’s release on a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three sureties of the like amount. The De…