NEW DELHI: Granting bail to two men recently in a money laundering case, Delhi high court has ruled that the stringent twin tests for grant of bail under Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) cannot be invoked as a tool to indefinitely detain accused persons when there is a delay in…
A 59-year-old electrical engineer, posted at Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), was granted permission by a single bench of the Rajasthan HC on Wednesday to travel to Singapore to visit his son. The court said the term “personal liberty” in Article 21 of the Constitution encompasses a broader scope, which includes the right to…
NEW DELHI: “They (ED officers) should remember that there is something called Article 21 in the country (which guarantees right to life and liberty),” Supreme Court on Monday told the agency while expressing concern over the way in which PMLA was being implemented and made it clear that any high-handedness against any accused in violation…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on whether an accused is entitled to get at the pre-trial stage documents which are in possession of Enforcement Directorate but not relied upon by the agency in money laundering cases and questioned the agency on the justification for taking a “rigid approach” by denying such documents…
NEW DELHI: Observing that courts should refrain from imposing bail conditions which are difficult to fulfill, Supreme Court on Thursday said “excessive bail is no bail”.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said, “To grant bail and thereafter to impose excessive and onerous conditions, is to take away with the left…
RAIPUR: “Being small does not make a child less of a human being than a grown-up, and corporal punishment causes incalculable harm to a child,” Chhattisgarh HC said, dismissing a teacher’s plea to quash a chargesheet against her after a Class VI girl died by suicide.“It is cruel to subject a child to physical violence…
