23 December, 2022: The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in the money laundering case slapped on him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He was accused of allegedly obtaining money from a foreign country illegally. Uttar Pradesh police had arrested Siddique Kappan on October 6, 2020, while he along […]
We do not have a pan India common procedure for releasing prisoners after securing bail. There are numerous cases where the release of a prisoner from jail is delayed even after he has secured bail from the court. Shri Bhagwan, a practicing young lawyer, questions whether this is not a breach of fundamental right to […]
The Delhi HC grants bail to student activists Devangana, Natasha and Asif in the UAPA case pertaining to the Delhi riots in February 2020. The Court observed that in the mind of the State, the “line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity seems to be getting somewhat blurred.” The Delhi […]