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Topic: bail plea

‘They fled the country’: Behind Goa court’s dismissal of nightclub owners’ bail plea

Court noted the businessmen brothers chose to travel to Phuket rather than come to Goa’s Arpora when news broke of the fire at their club that ultimately claimed 25 lives last December.

SC expresses ‘pain’ at trend of benches overturning own verdicts, says it undermines court’s authority

Top court said revering past judgments defeats Article 141 of Constitution, which says that a Supreme Court verdict is 'law of the land', meaning a bench’s pronouncement is final.

Rejecting bail plea in forgery case, why Delhi HC slammed district court judges for ‘insubordination’

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. 

Chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ to sharing Google Maps location, bizarre bail conditions struck down by SC

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.

What SC said as it ruled that HC’s bail to Kashmiri journalist Shah Fahad can’t be treated as precedent

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’.

Umar Khalid’s bail plea back before Delhi HC after 12 adjournments in SC. A look at case’s trajectory

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.

‘No reasonable cause’ — SC registry refuses to list Kejriwal’s plea for interim bail extension

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.

‘No impact of delayed FIR, injuries apparent’ — why a Delhi court rejected Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea

Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP MP Swati Maliwal. Judge also said influencing witnesses & tampering with evidence cannot be ruled out considering the 'nascent' stage of investigation.

PMLA conditions not a ‘fetter’ preventing courts from granting bail, says SC

SC observation came on bail plea filed by Prem Prakash, in jail for 18 months in illegal mining case. SC termed it a ‘clear case of bail’ despite strict bail conditions under PMLA.

Bail no longer the ‘exception’ in UAPA cases, says SC — ‘delay in trial no grounds in grave offences’

SC's decision came on an appeal filed by Gurwinder Singh, alleged to be part of proscribed terrorist group that included Canada-based Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.