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…
NEW DELHI: Holding that speedy trial is a fundamental right of an accused, an SC bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan has said long incarceration with the improbability of the trial being completed in the near future is a good ground to grant bail, which cannot be denied just because the charges…
CUTTACK: Being an undertrial prisoner (UTP) for nine years does not infringe the fundamental right to life and liberty, Orissa high court has held on a plea by a Maoist kingpin, Sabyasachi Panda.Panda (55) faces 131 cases, of which he has been acquitted in 89, his counsel BS Rayaguru pointed out as he sought his…
