"The academic records of the accused manifests that he has been a bright student. He has written many articles which are also available on records", the Court noted while granting Sharjeel Usmani bail.
"Keeping the accused further in jail will definitely serve no purpose at all... in consideration of the undergone period in jail by the accused and his academic records, inter alia, the case is fit and proper to grant bail to the accused", the Court held.
Supreme Court hears the plea by son of former parliamentarian Mohan Delkar and a complainant in the abetment to suicide case of his father, Abhinav Delkar assailing the Bombay High Court ruling to quash the FIR against nine accused including Praful Patel, administrator of Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Diu and Daman, and Lakshadweep 'to prevent abuse of law'
Sr Adv Meenakshi Arora appears for the petitioner
Arora: He says the deputy collector and the administrator misbehaved..
CJI: show us who.. where is it mentioned
Arora: I will show.. this is the humiliation.. it's there in his suicide note also
CJI: but can this humiliation be said to compel leading to suicide. If a lawyer is humiliated by judge saying your client has chosen an idiot person to represent him or that the lawyer is stupid and does not know anything..then after 3 days he commits suicide. Will the judge be held responsible under section 306 IPC. In Bombay HC I have quashed so many such cases.
#Breaking Terrosim has no religion but conviction cannot be based on moral grounds, NIA Court acquitts all seven accused including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
An explosion that occured on September 29, 2009 at Malegaon, Nashik had killed six people and injured over 100.
Special Judge AK Lahoti while acquitting all 7 observed that the prosecution failed to bring any 'cogent evidence' and therfore requires court to extend the benefit of doubt to all accused.
Regarding charges against Sadhvi Pragya, the court observed that the prosecution failed to prove that the bike on which the bomb was allegedly strapped belonged to her.
Serial number of the chasis was not completely recovered by the forensic experts and therefore the prosecution failed to prove that the bike Infact belonged to her.
Moreover, Thakur had become a sanyasi and had left all material things two years before the blast.
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai to shortly address the felicitation function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
#SupremeCourt #CJI #felicitationceremony
SCBA President Vikas Singh addresses the ceremony
Vikas Singh: it’s a matter of privilege for me to do this for CJI Gavai. He was very reluctant to accept this function since he felt that a better occasion will be when he demits office and I speak about what he has done for the bar and for the institution rather than speak when he’s entering office.
Delhi High Court is hearing the petition filed by accused Mohd Javed challenging the release of the movie Udaipur Files.
The matter is being heard by Chief Justice Devendra kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela
Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy for petitioner Javed- 160 witnesses remain to be examined. I am entitled to fair trial under Art 21. First proposition is my right to fair trial is jeopardised by the relase of this movie.
[ Justice Yashwant Varma case to resume in Supreme Court today ]
Supreme Court will shortly hear petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house committee report indicting him over the recovery of a large sum of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi
#YashwantVarma #SupremeCourtofIndia
Supreme Court had earlier questioned Justice Varma on his decision to challenge the legality of the three-member judicial committee after participating in its proceedings #YashwantVarma #SupremeCourt
Karnataka HC hears suo motu PIL case registered in connection with June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede which left 11 people dead and injured over 50 people. Track thread for updates. Matter before Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi.
Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty says judicial commission has now submitted its report covering most of the issues raised, which has to be placed before legislature which is slated to sit in August.
DNA's counsel tells Court that it has challenged judicial commission's report on ground that commission did not follow natural justice principles and DNA's reputation is being affected meanwhile.