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Topic: bail

‘Bail is rule, jail exception’ even under UAPA: In SC ruling, message to lower courts on ‘right to life’

Reinforcing earlier SC judgments acknowledging personal liberty as supreme, the court issued the diktat in a bail order releasing a Bihar man accused of having PFI links.

SC affirms ‘bail is rule’ even under special statutes, calls denial of bail a ‘violation of rights’

The verdict came while granting bail to Jalaluddin Khan, booked under UAPA for renting out upper floor of his house to alleged members of banned organisation Popular Front of India.

Delhi court rejects bail for SUV driver arrested in UPSC aspirants deaths case — ‘allegations serious’

In the court order, judge noted that Manoj Kathuria, arrested Monday, caused displacement of water at large scale with his speeding SUV & didn't heed warnings by passersby on the road.

‘Bail restores liberty, can’t be curtailed casually’ – SC on why stay must be in rare circumstances

The top court order came in a money-laundering case in which accused’s bail was stayed by Delhi HC a year ago; after multiple hearings, all judges recused themselves from the case.

What SC said while ruling that ‘dropping Google Maps PIN’ can’t be a bail condition

Supreme Court asserted that the object of the bail condition cannot be to keep a constant vigil on the movements of the accused granted bail.

Setback for Kejriwal, Delhi HC pauses bail till it decides ED’s plea for stay of trial court order

Prosecution argued it was not given fair opportunity to present its side, and that the trial court’s order had taken 'irrelevant' aspects into consideration to grant bail to Delhi CM.

SC questions Kejriwal’s delay in seeking more time to surrender, refers application to CJI

Arvind Kejriwal has asked SC to push his surrender date by 7 days. SC asks why he didn't file his plea earlier when a judge of bench which heard his case was holding court till Friday.

Arvind Kejriwal moves Supreme Court for 7-day extension of interim bail

Delhi CM was released from Tihar Jail on 10 May after the Supreme Court granted him bail until 1 June, 50 days after he was jailed on corruption charges linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.

Juvenile Board remands 17-yr-old accused in Pune Porsche case to observation home till 5 June

Earlier, Juvenile Justice Board had granted bail to the minor. The Pune Police have also appealed that the minor be tried as an adult in the case.

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal till 1 June

ED vehemently opposed interim bail for AAP chief, arguing that right to campaign in elections is neither fundamental nor constitutional.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.