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Are SFIO Officers Police Officers Under Code Of Criminal Procedure? Supreme Court Leaves Question Of Law Open
The Supreme Court, while dismissing a petitiion for quashing a complaint filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), has left a crucial question of law open i.e., whether SFIO are police officer(s) under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The matter was placed before Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. The High Court, in its impugned order, had concluded...
Gujarat Encounters | Police Officers Identified In Justice HS Bedi's Enquiry Report Must Be Prosecuted: Petitioners To Supreme Court
In pleas relating to fake encounter killings allegedly carried out by the Gujarat Police during 2002-2007, the Supreme Court today (January 18) was informed by petitioners that the Report of Justice HS Bedi-led Monitoring Committee has found foul play in 3 cases out of a total of 17, and as such, the police officers identified in the Report must be prosecuted.After a brief hearing of...
Supreme Court Directs High Courts To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centres By April 30
In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court directed all the High Courts to take necessary steps to set up Vulnerable Witnesses Deposition Centres (VWDCs) in all districts. The Court said this exercise must be completed on or before 30 April 2024. The bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a...
Supreme Court Dismisses State Of Punjab's Plea Against Bail Granted To Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira In Drug Trade Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 18) dismissed the petition filed by the State of Punjab against the bail granted to Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and KV Viswanathan was hearing a special leave petition filed by the State of...
Supreme Court Asks Registry To Obtain Instructions From CJI For Listing Bilkis Bano Case Convicts' Application To Extend Time To Surrender
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 18) agreed to hear applications filed by three of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities.Senior Advocate V Chitambaresh, appearing for the three convicts, mentioned the matter before a bench led by Justice BV Nagarathna seeking urgent listing tomorrow since the time to surrender is expiring...
S.197 CrPC Applies Only To Acts In Discharge Of Public Servant's Official Duties; Fabrication Of Documents Not Part Of Official Duty: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17), while deciding a criminal appeal, held that the prior sanction for prosecution as per Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not required to prosecute a public servant for the act of creating fake documents as the alleged acts do not form a part of his official duty.In this case, the High Court had quashed the criminal proceedings against...
Ram Mandir Inauguration: BCI Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra Requests CJI DY Chandrachud To Declare Holiday For All Courts On January 22
The Bar Council of India Chairpeson Manan Kumar Mishra has written to the Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, for granting holiday for all courts across the country on the occasion of inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, acknowledging its “cultural and national significance.”The letter written on January 17 by BCI Chairman, Senior Advocate Manan Kumar...
Bilkis Bano Case Convict Moves Supreme Court Seeking 4 Weeks Extension Of Time To Surrender In Jail
A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time by four weeks to surrender before the jail authorities.The application is filed by Govindbhai Nai, one among the eleven persons who were convicted for gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murders of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. On January 8, the Supreme Court had set aside...
'When Question Of A Person's Liberty Is Involved, Even A Day's Delay Counts' : Supreme Court Criticises HC For Dragging Habeas Corpus Plea
Setting at liberty a 25-year old woman detained by her parents, the Supreme Court today (January 17) expressed anguish at the callous approach shown by the Karnataka High Court in the matter. Despite the woman stating that she wished to return to Dubai from where she had been taken by her parents, the High Court did not set her at liberty with immediate effect and rather postponed the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Elections Of SCBA Multi-State Cooperative Housing Society, Results Subject To Court Orders
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) refused to stay the elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Multi-State Cooperative Group-Housing Society Ltd, scheduled to take place tomorrow, i.e. January 18, 2024.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the matter today urgently after the petition was orally mentioned by...