Reiterating 'settled principles of law', SC held that interference with an acquittal is permissible only when the trial judge’s findings are 'perverse and impossible.
Trump was convicted last May in a hush money case, which revolves around charge he falsified business records to cover up payments to a former adult performer before 2016 election.
New York jury found that former US President had falsified records in scheme to influence his 2016 Presidential elections. Despite conviction, Trump can still contest Presidential polls.
Mukhtar Ansari was convicted under Gangster Act by a special court today along with his MP brother Afzal. The clan’s decline from heroism to crime & its three-decade journey littered with bodies.
Convicts sought clemency from Tamil Nadu governor in 2015. Last month, SC questioned governor’s decision to send Perarivalan’s plea to President when he himself could take the call.
Law ministry says convicted politicians and public servants cannot be equated for the purposes of punishment because they are governed by two different laws.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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