New Delhi: On Friday, the Supreme Court observed that criminal law cannot become a “weapon for the targeted harassment of citizens,” while providing reasons for granting a provisional bond to journalist Arnab Goswami on November 11 in connection with a case of complicity in 2018 for suicide. After underlining that …
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The freedom of a citizen cannot be taken away in this way, the Supreme Court has said in annulling the order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana that had rejected a guilty plea filed by a man on the grounds that his lawyer had been absent four times …
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Mumbai lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee has written to the attorney general calling for contempt of court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra. After the Supreme Court granted Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami provisional bail on Wednesday, comedian Kunal Kamra made a series of tweets in which he lashed out at the Supreme …
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Siddique Kappan has been in jail for more than a month and his wife and their lawyers say they have not been given permission to meet with him. Senior defender Kapil Sibal cited the case of Delhi-based journalist Siddique Kappan on Wednesday to point to the disparity in relief given …
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One defender appeared shirtless for a video conference hearing on the Sudarshan TV case on Monday, sending several Supreme Court justices into a state of utter shock. Reports said Judge DY Chandrachud, who was presiding over the court, asked who the judge was during the hearing, but there was no …
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[ad_1] The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic forced the Supreme Court to resort to the virtual court hearings to ensure the safety of attorneys, litigants and staff of the media, judge of the Supreme Court of justice DY Chandrachud said Sunday. But the virtual court hearings will not replace or …
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