The essence of this decision revolves around defining an "appropriate government" rather than broader considerations of the "power of remission" and associated guidelines.
Zee News and Aaj Tak reported the Supreme Court verdict but DD News announced it in a flash and then went to visit Vibrant Gujarat. Republic Bharat was all religious over ‘sanatan dharm’.
The Supreme Court has corrected its own egregious error from May 2022 that facilitated the release of Bilkis Bano's rapists and sent the 11 convicts back to prison.
A two-judge SC bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s August 2022 order allowing premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju said commission of heinous crime does not debar one from benefits of remission, bench asked why jails are overcrowded, particularly by undertrials.
Petitioners who have challenged remission include CPI (M) leader Subhashini Ali & TMC MP Mahua Moitra. Convicts’ lawyers say third-party interference can’t be allowed in ‘criminal matters’.
Bench said it was issuing direction for publication of notices in newspapers so that none of the convicts argue that they weren’t served or intimated about the case.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
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.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
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.
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