Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad relies on digital technology used by Delhi police to demonstrate the role of some accused persons as a part of the mob during #DelhiRiots to contest bail before Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court on seeing one of the photos, where a crowd is seen, relied upon by the prosecution to identify the accused person, remarks "It is impossible to identify a person from this." #DelhiRiots
SPP: Identification can't be done through naked eyes. It has to be done through software.
Delhi HC: At the moment, at the stage of grant of bail, at the scene of crime, if there is a problem of identifying the accused, then the pendulum tilts towards grant of bail, rather than against the grant of bail, please bear in mind. #DelhiRiots
Delhi HC: Counsels for accused had raised an objection yesterday that the reference to the software was coming for the first time during the bail hearing.
SPP: The order of the trial court has recorded this point while rejecting bail. #DelhiRiots
SPP says he would take 45 minutes more to conclude. ASG S V Raju says he may take an hour, hour-and-a-half for addressing arguments on the legal aspect. #DelhiRiots
Senior counsel Salman Khurshid wants to bring on record a report prepared on #DelhiRiots2020. The report is prepared by Senior Advocate Chander Uday Singh.
Sr Adv anil Sakhare informs the Court that #BMC has started the drive as pre-decided.
Sakhare: Till date about 4750 people have been registered and vaccination done is of 602 people.
"Has anyone given a complaint regarding their phone has been tapped. No prima facie evidence, just before onset of parliamentary session an orchestrated complaint comes up." @rsprasad@sambitswaraj
"They also said a Supreme Court judge's name also came up. But he has surrendered his phone in 2014"
CJI NV Ramana led bench to shortly hear a batch of petitions by journalists, alleged victims of the scandal and Editors Guild of India seeking an independent probe into the #PegasusSpyware issue
1) ML Sharma 2) CPI MP John Brittas @JohnBrittas 3) N Ram @nramind 4) Jagdeep Chokkar @JagdeepChhokar 5) Narendra Mishra 6) Rupesh Kumar Singh 7) Paranjoy Guha Thakurta @paranjoygt 8) SNM Abdi 9) Editors Guild of India
Five journalists, who as per media reports were targets of Pegasus spyware, had moved the Supreme Court stating that the unauthorized use of surveillance by government agencies have violated their fundamental rights #PegasusProject #SupremeCourt
Supreme Court Registrars, Lawyers of Key Clients and Old Number of an SC Judge on Pegasus Radar reports The Wire @thewire_in
N.K. Gandhi and T.I. Rajput reportedly worked in the writ section of the Supreme Court’s registry when their numbers were added.
Also added in Pegasus list was Justice Arun Mishra's old number
Having now spoken to him, we can confirm that a Rajasthan mobile number formerly registered in the name of Arun Mishra J, who retired from SC in Sept 2020, was added to the database in 2019.
Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana to shortly release a Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) Coffee Table Book.
Other dignitaries slated to attend include Attorney General KK Venugopal and Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman.
The event is scheduled to start at 5.30 pm.
The event will be live-streamed on YouTube:
Lalit Bhasin, President of SILF gives introductory remarks:
"SILF is India's only association of Law Firms. SILF and its members through consistent endeavours have upheld social commitment, promoted cultural, legal and ethical values with a view to strengthen rule of law."
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju opposes bail of the accused persons in a #DelhiRiots case: Herculean task to identify people through videography. If a person is identified it's a bonus but if he isn’t, that doesn’t mean he is not part of the mob.
Given the nature of offence, number of people running heater-skelter, videography may not have captured him. Just because they haven’t been identified, they can’t be exonerated: ASG
HC: People are not asking for exoneration people asking for bail.
ASG: Case has offence under S302 (murder). Ordinarily in a 302 offence bail is not to be granted. It's not a simple case. It is 302. Not a simple but grave offence. #DelhiRiots