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Supreme Court Directs Matters to Final Hearing on Whether Pre-execution Challenge to COFEPOSA Detention Orders Can Be on Grounds Beyond Alka Subhash Gadia Exceptions. The Court Examined if New Grounds Such as Absence of Live Link and Delay Could Be Used to Challenge Detention Orders Before Execution.

The Supreme Court dealt with a batch of matters challenging detention orders passed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smugg...

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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence in Forgery Case Due to Long Pendency and No Criminal Antecedents. Appellant's sentence reduced to period already undergone for producing forged land document to secure bail under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC.

The appellant, was convicted by the Fifth Additional Sessions Judge, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh on 06.01.2024 for offences under Sections 420, 467, 468 and ...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Bail Appeal in 2012 Pune Bomb Blasts Case Due to Inordinate Delay in Trial. Right to Speedy Trial Under Article 21 of the Constitution Overrides Statutory Restrictions Under Section 43-D(5) of UAPA.

The appellant, Munib Iqbal Memon, was arrested on 26 December 2012 in connection with five bomb blasts that occurred in Pune on 1 August 2012. The bla...

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Supreme Court Modifies Conviction from Section 364A IPC to Section 363 IPC in Kidnapping for Ransom Case Due to Insufficient Proof of Threat to Cause Death or Grievous Hurt. Long Incarceration Considered as Mitigating Factor for Sentence Reduction.

The case pertains to the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy, Harsh Sobti (PW-21), son of Dr. H.K. Sobti (PW-20), on 15.02.2000. The appellants were convi...

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Supreme Court Directs Clarification on Unnatural Deaths in Prisons in PIL on Prison Conditions; Custodial Violence and Dignity Under Article 21 Reiterated. Classification of Prison Deaths by NCRB as Natural or Unnatural Found Ambiguous and Requires Explanation.

The Supreme Court, in a public interest litigation regarding inhuman conditions in 1382 prisons, addressed the issue of unnatural deaths of prisoners....