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Judgement Summary: Supreme Court grants bail to Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji in PMLA case
The SC found Balaji’s incarceration for 15 months without trial to be ‘unreasonable’, given the length of sentence for the alleged offence
30th Sep 2024
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In Prem Prakash, the Supreme Court takes another step away from Vijay Madanlal
By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation
20th Sep 2024
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Supreme Court grants bail to Arvind Kejriwal in CBI case; bench splits over the validity of arrest
Even as Justice Kant held that CBI complied with the conditions of arrest, Justice Bhuyan doubted the intent behind the timing of arrest
13th Sep 2024
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“A game of snake and ladder”: Tracing Manish Sisodia’s 17-month journey to bail
We map out the CBI and ED investigations against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's alleged involvement in the Liquor Policy case
12th Aug 2024
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Special Benches and suo moto hearings
The sub-classification decision has dominated Supreme Court coverage but here’s a recap of other noteworthy developments in August so far
11th Aug 2024
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Supreme Court says Sisodia deprived of right to speedy trial; grants bail
The Court took note of the 69,000 pages of evidence and 493 witnesses yet to be examined, and the inordinate delay in beginning trial
9th Aug 2024
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Supreme Court directs state governments to address concerns surrounding the premature release of prisoners
In the hearing on bail policy reform, the Court also asked states to update information on the e-Prison module
8th Aug 2024
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Arvind Kejriwal withdraws plea challenging Delhi High Court’s interim stay order from Supreme Court
A Vacation Bench permitted the Delhi CM to file a fresh petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s stay
26th Jun 2024
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Won’t repeat High Court’s mistake, if any, Supreme Court says in Arvind Kejriwal’s Bail plea
The Supreme Court heard a challenge to the Delhi High Court’s interim stay on Arvind Kejriwal’s bail order by the trial court
24th Jun 2024
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Case against former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren “fabricated”, petitioners argue
The Enforcement Directorate argued that CM Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail was granted on different circumstances that do not apply to Soren
21st May 2024
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Sufficient material to implicate Arvind Kejriwal, Enforcement Directorate argues
The ED argued that Arvind Kejriwal bypassed procedures by directly approaching the High Court to challenge his arrest
16th May 2024
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Kejriwal’s interim bail lays the ground for a ‘public interest’ argument in personal liberty cases
The Delhi CM’s release to participate in campaigning suggests that the operation of special laws must meet constitutional parameters.
11th May 2024
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Mukesh v State of Tripura
The petitioners withdrew the petition from the Supreme Court to approach the Tripura High Court in the case.
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