Law & Justice

In our second piece on bail under PMLA, we focus on important developments in 2023-24

“Your rival is not your enemy” the vacation bench of Supreme Court observed while dismissing the plea filed by BJP against the Calcutta High Court order restrained BJP for publishing derogatory & MCC violative ads against TMC

Priority should be given to deport 4 persons who have spent more than 2 years in the Detention Centre – the bench directs the Central Govt

The Metropolitan Court held that Patkar's actions were deliberate and malicious, aimed at tarnishing Saxena's good name; arguments on sentence to be held on May 30

All the officers and personnel from State Police and CAPF deployed for election duties, shall be under superintendence, direction and control of the ECI till the completion of Election under section 28A of the Representation of People Act, 1951

The bench opts to keep the petition pending in the Supreme Court till after vacations; the petitioners had sought for court’s direction to the ECI to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion of polling

The Supreme Court has also sought the response from the Assam government and ECI within 3 months. In the meantime, no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner – the court directed

35 years old man was beaten to death by railway police constable, “custodial violence, brutal and unrestrained in nature” MSHRC said

Safiqul Islam was beaten to death while in custody, and houses were bulldozed by the police in May 2022. Compensation was provided by the government after Gauhati High Court intervened suo moto against the illegal actions by the police

The advertisements of BJP blatantly flouted the Modal Code Conduct: the ECI has grossly failed to address the complaints raised by the petitioner in due time, MCC prohibits criticism based on unverified allegations or distortion – the bench observed.