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"Shocking": Top Court On Trial Courts Denying Bail In "Not Very Serious Cases"
The Supreme Court said a democratic country must not function like a police state, where law enforcement agencies exercise arbitrary powers to detain individuals without genuine necessity.
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Accused In Elgar Parishad Case Gets Interim Bail To Appear For Law Exam
More than four years after his arrest, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Friday granted interim bail to Sagar Gorkhe, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, to appear for his law degree exam.
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Sick Can Get Bail Under Stringent Anti-Money Laundering Law: Chief Justice
The maxim that bail is norm and jail exception and even stringent laws have a humane face, was reinforced again today by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who allowed bail for an ailing man arrested under the rigorous anti-money laundering law.
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Delhi High Court Refuses Early Hearing To Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an "early hearing" to student activist Sharjeel Imam on his plea seeking bail in a case registered against him under anti-terror law UAPA.
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"Future Can't Be Ignored": Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Rape Of Girl Gets Bail
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a young man accused of raping a girl with whom he was having a "love affair", while taking note of the "misapplication" of law in cases involving boys who are in love with girls on the cusp of adulthood.
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Manipur High Court Cancels 'Default Bail' Granted To Man Charged Under UAPA In "Republic Of Kukiland" Case
A special court's order granting 'default bail' to an accused charged under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA has been set aside by the Manipur High Court. Mark Thangmang Haokip was arrested on May 30, 2022 on charges of waging war against India.
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'Bail Is Rule, Jail Exception': Supreme Court's Reminder For Anti-Terror Cases
The Supreme Court has re-emphasised the 'bail is rule, jail is exception' principle that courts must follow, even when charges are filed under special statutes like anti-terror law UAPA.
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Restrictive Statutory Provisions Don't Prevent Bail: Supreme Court
Restrictive statutory provisions in law do not prevent courts from granting bail to an accused, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while granting bail to a man arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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Opinion | Pune Porsche Crash And India's Shoddy Juvenile Justice System
In the Pune incident, the act of granting bail to the juvenile on trivial conditions, such as writing an essay on traffic safety and assisting the traffic police, was not only naive but also patently illegal.
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"Sextortion A Significant Social Menace": Delhi Court Denies Bail To 3 Accused
Sextortion is a significant social menace and such cases pose a serious challenge to law enforcement due to their cross-jurisdictional nature, the Delhi High Court has said while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to three accused.
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Petition Seeking "Extraordinary Interim Bail" For Arvind Kejriwal Scrapped
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed with Rs 75,000 costs a public interest litigation by a law student seeking "extraordinary interim bail" for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody.
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P Chidambaram's Big Poll Promise: Law To Enforce 'Bail Is Rule' Principle
Congress leader P Chidambaram said today that if the INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre, it would enact a special law to bring into effect the legal principle established by Supreme Court that "bail is the rule, and jail is the exception"
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Ex Nagpur University Professor Shoma Sen Gets Bail In Elgar Parishad Case
Former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, in jail since her arrest in 2018 under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today.
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Umar Khalid Withdraws Bail Plea From Supreme Court In Anti-Terror Law Case
Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA.
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Those Damaging Public Property Should Pay To Get Bail: Law Panel
Compelling offenders to deposit the estimated value of the public property damaged by them as a condition for granting bail would definitely work as a deterrent against such acts, the Law Commission has said.
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"Shocking": Top Court On Trial Courts Denying Bail In "Not Very Serious Cases"
The Supreme Court said a democratic country must not function like a police state, where law enforcement agencies exercise arbitrary powers to detain individuals without genuine necessity.
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Accused In Elgar Parishad Case Gets Interim Bail To Appear For Law Exam
More than four years after his arrest, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Friday granted interim bail to Sagar Gorkhe, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, to appear for his law degree exam.
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Sick Can Get Bail Under Stringent Anti-Money Laundering Law: Chief Justice
The maxim that bail is norm and jail exception and even stringent laws have a humane face, was reinforced again today by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who allowed bail for an ailing man arrested under the rigorous anti-money laundering law.
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Delhi High Court Refuses Early Hearing To Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an "early hearing" to student activist Sharjeel Imam on his plea seeking bail in a case registered against him under anti-terror law UAPA.
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"Future Can't Be Ignored": Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Rape Of Girl Gets Bail
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a young man accused of raping a girl with whom he was having a "love affair", while taking note of the "misapplication" of law in cases involving boys who are in love with girls on the cusp of adulthood.
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Manipur High Court Cancels 'Default Bail' Granted To Man Charged Under UAPA In "Republic Of Kukiland" Case
A special court's order granting 'default bail' to an accused charged under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA has been set aside by the Manipur High Court. Mark Thangmang Haokip was arrested on May 30, 2022 on charges of waging war against India.
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'Bail Is Rule, Jail Exception': Supreme Court's Reminder For Anti-Terror Cases
The Supreme Court has re-emphasised the 'bail is rule, jail is exception' principle that courts must follow, even when charges are filed under special statutes like anti-terror law UAPA.
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Restrictive Statutory Provisions Don't Prevent Bail: Supreme Court
Restrictive statutory provisions in law do not prevent courts from granting bail to an accused, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while granting bail to a man arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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Opinion | Pune Porsche Crash And India's Shoddy Juvenile Justice System
In the Pune incident, the act of granting bail to the juvenile on trivial conditions, such as writing an essay on traffic safety and assisting the traffic police, was not only naive but also patently illegal.
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"Sextortion A Significant Social Menace": Delhi Court Denies Bail To 3 Accused
Sextortion is a significant social menace and such cases pose a serious challenge to law enforcement due to their cross-jurisdictional nature, the Delhi High Court has said while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to three accused.
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Petition Seeking "Extraordinary Interim Bail" For Arvind Kejriwal Scrapped
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed with Rs 75,000 costs a public interest litigation by a law student seeking "extraordinary interim bail" for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody.
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P Chidambaram's Big Poll Promise: Law To Enforce 'Bail Is Rule' Principle
Congress leader P Chidambaram said today that if the INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre, it would enact a special law to bring into effect the legal principle established by Supreme Court that "bail is the rule, and jail is the exception"
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Ex Nagpur University Professor Shoma Sen Gets Bail In Elgar Parishad Case
Former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, in jail since her arrest in 2018 under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today.
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Umar Khalid Withdraws Bail Plea From Supreme Court In Anti-Terror Law Case
Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA.
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Those Damaging Public Property Should Pay To Get Bail: Law Panel
Compelling offenders to deposit the estimated value of the public property damaged by them as a condition for granting bail would definitely work as a deterrent against such acts, the Law Commission has said.
