New Delhi: In a significant judgment on Wednesday, a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has said that there can’t be any time limit to anticipatory bail as the rights which are cherished ‘deeply’ by citizens are ‘fundamental’, not the ‘restrictions’. The freedom movement has shown how the likelihood of arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention and the…
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‘No grounds to review 2017 verdict’: SC rejects Nirbhaya convict’s plea against death sentence
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition challenging the death penalty given to Akshay Kumar, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case.
Unnao rape case verdict: Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar found guilty by Delhi court
A Delhi court Monday pronounced Kuldeep Sengar guilty of kidnapping and raping of a minor in Unnao in 2017. District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma, who reserved the judgment last week, had been hearing the case on a day-to-day basis since August 5 after it was transferred from a court in Lucknow on the Supreme…
‘Historic verdict’: Stalin after SC holds local body polls in 9 new TN districts
Chennai: After the Supreme Court on Friday said that the local body elections in Tamil Nadu could go ahead as per the earlier schedule of December 27 and 30, but put on hold elections in nine newly formed districts, DMK chief MK Stalin hailed the top court’s decision and called it a “historic verdict”. “It’s…
Sabarimala verdict not final yet, larger bench to decide: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 05: The Supreme Court on Thursday said its 2018 verdict allowing entry of girls and women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Kerala’s Sabarimala was not the “final word” as the matter was referred to a larger bench. The top court’s observation came when senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for a…
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