Bail Law

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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"

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.

Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA.

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.

Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has become the most powerful cryptocurrency figure to fall in a two-year period chaotic even by the standards of the notoriously volatile industry.

A Delhi court on Saturday granted the city police time till November 17 to respond to the bail application of NewsClick human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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"

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.

Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA.

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.

Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has become the most powerful cryptocurrency figure to fall in a two-year period chaotic even by the standards of the notoriously volatile industry.

A Delhi court on Saturday granted the city police time till November 17 to respond to the bail application of NewsClick human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal