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Supreme Court Allows Default Bail in PC Act Case, Holds Detention Period of 60 Days Applies When Maximum Sentence is Not Explicitly at Least Ten Years. The Court Interprets 'Imprisonment for a Term Not Less Than Ten Years' in Section 167(2) CrPC to Grant Default Bail When Charge Sheet Not Filed Within 60 Days....

These Special Leave Petitions were preferred against the order of the Gauhati High Court dated 11.01.2017 rejecting the bail application of the petitioner, Rakesh Kumar Paul. The case stemmed from FIR...

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Supreme Court Allows Default Bail to Accused in Corruption Case Due to Expiry of 60-Day Detention Without Charge Sheet. Interpretation of 'Imprisonment for a Term Not Less Than Ten Years' Under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Clarified; Bail Right Accrues on Expiry of Maximum Detention Period, Not Defeated by Later Filing of Charge Sheet....

The Supreme Court addressed the right to default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in a case arising from a corruption investigation. The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar Paul...

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Supreme Court Directs Suspension of Mining Operations and Investigation into Illegal Mining in Odisha. Lessees Operating Without Statutory Clearances Under Environment and Forest Laws Ordered to Stop Mining, and CEC to List Violators....

These writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution brought to light a massive mining scandal in the Keonjhar, Sundergarh, and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha, where lessees were alleged to have ...

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Supreme Court Orders Central Empowered Committee to Identify Mining Leases Operating in Violation of Environmental and Forest Laws in Odisha. Court Finds Prima Facie Case of Illegal Mining and Directs Preparation of List of Defaulting Lessees for Interim Relief Under Article 32....

The writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution were filed by Common Cause and Prafulla Samantra, alleging rampant illegal mining in the Keonjhar, Sundergarh, and Mayurbhanj districts of Odish...

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Supreme Court Passes Interim Orders to Curb Illegal Mining in Odisha and Directs Central Empowered Committee to Identify Violating Lessees. Mining Operations Require Mandatory Clearances Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Non-Compliance Renders Operations Illegal and Subject to Immediate Intervention Under Article 32....

Two writ petitions were filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by Common Cause and by Prafulla Samantra and Anr. against the Union of India and others, highlighting large-scale illegal mining in t...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against High Court's Restoration of Land Acquisition Withdrawal Notification Under Section 48 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appeals raise the issue whether the State Government could validly withdraw from acquisition after possession had been taken, and whether the writ petition by land owners was barred by res judicata....

The dispute pertains to the acquisition of land for the formation of BTM Layout by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). In 1977, the State of Karnataka issued a preliminary notification under Se...

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Supreme Court Examines Validity of Notification Withdrawing Land from Acquisition Under Section 48 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 After Possession Taken. Issue Concerns Whether Withdrawal Is Permissible When Acquisition Proceedings Had Attained Finality and Possession Was Taken Years Earlier....

The dispute concerned the validity of a notification under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 withdrawing Survey No. 50 (6 acres 20 guntas) from acquisition proceedings initiated for the BTM...

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Supreme Court Directs State Governments to Implement National Food Security Act, 2013 Mandatory Bodies, Emphasizes Union's Obligation Under Article 256. Non-Compliance with Welfare Legislation Leads to Summoning of Chief Secretaries for Explanation....

The case arose from a public interest litigation filed by Swaraj Abhiyan (V) concerning the non-implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFS Act) by various State Governments and Union ...

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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012....

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FIR No. 197 of 2014 was lodged at Police Station Def...