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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging Sanction and Cognizance in UAPA Case — No Infirmity Found in Sanction Order or Cognizance Order. Court upholds validity of suo-motu sanction under Section 45(2) of UAPA and cognizance order under Section 120B IPC read with UAPA and CLA Act.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Fuleshwar Gope challenging the judgment of the Jharkhand High Court which refused to quash the sanctio...

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Bombay High Court Holds Appeals Against Special Court Orders Outside Bench's Territorial Limits Lie Only to Principal Seat. Territorial Jurisdiction Determined by Location of Court, Not Place of Offence Under Chapter XXXI of Bombay High Court Appellate Side Rules, 1960.

The case involved a reference to a Larger Bench of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad to determine the territorial jurisdiction for appeals against o...

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Bombay High Court Allows Set-off of Pre-conviction Detention Under Section 428 Cr.P.C. in Rape Conviction Case. Court Directs Jail Authorities to Recalculate Sentence by Setting Off Period of Incarceration Prior to Conviction Against Substantive Sentence of Imprisonment.

The petitioner, Tenzin @ Elin Dorje, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji, in Sessions Case No. 23/2016 for offences under Sections ...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder Case — Review Petition Allowed in Open Court. Court Holds That Life Imprisonment Is the Rule and Death Sentence an Exception, and Mitigating Circumstances Must Be Considered Even in Heinous Crimes.

The Supreme Court of India heard a review petition filed by Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan, who had been convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year...

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High Court of Bombay Quashes Rejection of Parole Application by Convict Due to Pendency of Appeal. Court Holds That Pendency of Criminal Appeal Does Not Constitute a Valid Ground to Deny Furlough, Following Earlier Division Bench Rulings.

The case involved a criminal writ petition filed by a convict serving sentence in Central Prison, Nashik, challenging the orders rejecting his applica...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Life Convict Seeking Premature Release — State's Order Requiring 26 Years Imprisonment Set Aside. Court holds that Government Resolution dated 15th March 2010 requires specific finding of exceptional violence to deny premature release after 14 years.

The petitioner, Santosh @ Sonu Balram Jadhav, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment on 21st July...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition of Convicted Drug Trafficker Seeking Transfer to India Under Repatriation Act — Petitioner Failed to Show Compliance with Section 3(1) of Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003

The petitioner, Prem Kishore Raj, was convicted by the Supreme Court of Mauritius on 18th December 1997 for drug trafficking and sentenced to penal se...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban on Gutka and Pan Masala in Navi Mumbai - No Statutory Prohibition Found. Court Refuses to Direct Police to Ban Sale of Gutka and Pan Masala in Absence of Any Law Prohibiting Such Sale.

The petitioner, Rahul S. Thakur, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Commissioner of Police, Na...