The court came down heavily on two district court judges who granted interim protection to the accused despite the Supreme Court rejecting his anticipatory bail application.
Citing an AIIMS report that suggested improvement in Ismail's health, the court upheld lower court's verdict. The bench, however, advised that his regular check-ups and physiotherapy be continued.
The MP has been lodged in Tihar jail since 2019 in connection with a terror funding case. He has petitioned against March 2025 trial court order refusing him bail.
In the past, the Supreme Court has struck down bail conditions on grounds of arbitrariness, lack of fairness, & violation of the accused’s fundamental rights, among others.
HC of J&K and Ladakh last year granted bail to journalist Peerzada Shah Fahad, holding that probe agency has to justify arrest based on doctrine of ‘clear and present danger’.
Along with Sharjeel Imam’s, Khalid’s bail plea is to be heard in HC on 25 November by justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur. His petition has been rejected in court earlier.
When the Delhi CM’s application was heard Tuesday, judges had said the appropriate authority to decide his request would be the Chief Justice of India.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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