"State of Uttar Pradesh doesn't accept the directions given by courts:" Former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Govind Mathur [Watch video interview]
“If one crore people are taking bath at Haridwar, then all the cities are getting contaminated water. What prevented the State government, not to hold the Bath?”
#SupremeCourt to shortly hear plea by an undertrial prisoner from Uttarakhand stating that undertrials cannot be equated with convicts for the purpose of grant of parole to prevent over-crowding in jails amid the #COVID pandemic. Plea seeks parole in line with recent SC order
The petitioner stated that the decision of the State High Powered Committee (HPC) to deny the benefit of parole to undertrial prisoners charged with offences punishable with more than 7 years' imprisonment, would be violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.
Adv Rishi Malhotra: Supreme Court had directed to formed high powered committees so that decision can be taken to release prisoners owing to over crowding of jails. Recently CJI NV Ramana led bench asked HPC to issued orders to consider the undertrial cases afresh
Calcutta High Court to resume hearing today in the case relating to arrest of four @AITCofficial leaders, Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case.
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Breaking: Narada matter to be heard by larger Bench, order Calcutt High Court
Court also order the TMC leaders be kept in house arrest instead of custody in jail in tune with recent judgment of Supreme Court in Gautam Navlakha case
#SupremeCourt vacation bench led by Justice Vineet Saran to hear @YSRCParty MP Krishnam Raju's challenge to the Andhra Pradesh HC order denying him interim bail. Raju contends he was tortured in custody by CID and face cases as he seeks to set aside the bail granted to @ysjagan
Andhra Pradesh has informed the Supreme Court that @RaghuRaju_MP had made consistent and deliberate attempts to incite disaffection towards the State government by creating wedge between various classes and groups of citizens #SupremeCourt @ysjagan
Vacation Court Bench led by Justice SJ Kathawalla of #BombayHighCourt to hear the application of Father Stan Swamy seeking bail on medical grounds in connection to the #ElgarParishadcase of 2018.