12.5 Years Of Custody Without Trial ; HC Slams Delay : Frees Blast Accused
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Rajesh Patil, granted bail to Farooq Bagwan, one of the accused in the 2012 serial bomb blasts case in Pune, citing prolonged delay in the trial as the primary reason. The incident in question involved a series of five low intensity […]
Man Convicted Of Murder Gets Justice After 33 Years
For 33 years, Oliver Campbell lived a life that was not his own. Convicted of a murder he says he did not commit, Campbell, a man with significant learning disabilities, endured the weight of an unjust sentence for decades. On a fateful day in 1991, a young man from East London was imprisoned for life […]
Justice Gavai: Kesavananda Bharati Judgement Constantly Guides The Pursuit Of Social & Economic Justice
The National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, recently hosted the Justice S. B. Sinha Memorial Lecture, a distinguished event celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the historic Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala case of 1973. Among the eminent invitees was Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, sitting judge of the Supreme Court of […]
Delhi HC: Right To Liberty Prevails Over PMLA’s Twin Test, Grants Bail.
On September 9, 2024, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Sameer Mahandru in connection with a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Court, presided over by Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, emphasised that the constitutional right to liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution takes precedence over the "Twin Test" […]
Gauhati HC: Resignation Valid if Unambiguous, Unequivocal, and Not Conditional
The Gauhati High Court, presided over by Justice Kardak Ete, dealt with a petition regarding the acceptance of the petitioner’s resignation from the CRPF. The petitioner sought the Court’s intervention after his resignation was accepted without the constitution of a medical board to examine his health condition, as requested in his resignation letter. The Court […]
Bombay HC Condones Delay In Stamp Duty Refund Application
Recently the Bombay High Court Bench, presided by Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain, addressed an issue concerning the refund of stamp duty under the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958. The petitioner, sought the court’s intervention after his application for a refund of stamp duty was rejected by the authorities on the grounds of […]
Inadvertent Marital Status Error Not Fraud: HC Sets Aside Passport Revocation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a passport cannot be revoked or impounded merely because of an inadvertent error in disclosing marital status or including the name of an ex-husband. Justice Harsh Bunger, while deciding the petition, emphasized that such mistakes cannot be treated as fraudulent misrepresentation under the Passports Act, 1967, and […]
Bombay HC Expands Concept of Women’s Modesty U/S 509 IPC, Refuses to Quash FIR
On August 21, 2024 the Bombay High Court’s Division Bench, composed of Justice A.S. Gadkari and Justice Dr. Neela Gokhale, refused to quash an FIR registered by the Cyber Cell under Sections 354, 509, and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), along with Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act). […]
Bombay HC Quashes Detention As ‘Sand Smuggler’ Due To Inadequate Evidence
The Bombay High Court bench, comprising Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande, on August 23, 2024, addressed a criminal writ petition challenging a detention order issued by the District Magistrate of Solapur. The petitioner was detained under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers, and […]
Supreme Court Differentiates Criminal Breach of Trust and Cheating
In a recent criminal appeal before the Division Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, the Supreme Court overturned the Allahabad High Court’s decision, which had dismissed the application by the Delhi Race Club (1940) to quash the summoning order issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate. The Bench allowed the appeal and […]