-ThePrint.in Govt should consider enacting a bail Act, SC said Monday. Countries including US, UK, Australia & New Zealand have comprehensive laws that govern rules of granting and refusing bail. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday proposed the introduction of a comprehensive bail law in India to deal with the rising pendency of bail applications, and discussed how such laws are in force in other jurisdictions including the UK and the US. A...
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How Delhi, UP Police & Judges Violated SC Guidelines In Arresting Alt News Co-Founder Mohd Zubair -Areeb Uddin Ahmed
-Article-14.com Police of two states & four magistrates violated a series of guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court, when Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair was called for questioning in a case in which he was protected from arrest, then held in another case, then two more. Judicial and police officers are liable for punishment if they infringe these orders, called the Arnesh Kumar guidelines. Yet, they have been freely violated...
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-IndiaToday.in According to the recently released National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-2021) report, 18 per cent of women in India are not able to say no to their husbands if they do not want to engage in sexual intercourse with them. The Delhi High Court pronounced its much-awaited verdict on criminalisation of marital rape on Wednesday. The bench was not able to make up its mind on whether a sexual act performed...
More »Organisers booked for carrying out procession without permission in Jahangirpuri: Delhi Police -Aniruddha Dhar
-Hindustan Times According to the DCP, the other two processions which were carried out on Saturday morning and afternoon in the area had due permission. New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday has registered an FIR against the organisers for carrying out a procession without permission in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, where violent clashes broke out on April 16, and one accused has joined the investigation, said deputy commissioner of police (Northwest)...
More »Day after massive blaze, Delhi’s garbage dump still smouldering -Karn Pratap Singh
-The Hindustan Times Delhi Police registered a first information report in connection with the landfill fire against unknown persons on Tuesday. New Delhi: Over 30 hours after a major fire broke out at east Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill site -- Delhi’s biggest waste dump -- firefighters on Tuesday continued to put out the blaze even as they battled swampy stretches, a hostile terrain which their vehicles could not tread, challenge to reach the...
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