The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on September 30 the plea of Malayalam film actor Sidhique challenging the Kerala high court order denying him anticipatory bail in a rape case.
The Delhi police has opposed the bail plea of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the entire case and was acting at the behest of a syndicate run by gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
A Delhi court on Saturday declined to hear the bail plea of a policeman, one of the four accused arrested for illegally retrieving call details of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley, saying the case does not fall in its jurisdiction.
The five were not arrested during the probe into the case.
Observing that investigations had reached a crucial stage, a special court today rejected the bail plea of seven accused, including former Congress legislator K L Gidwani, in the multi-crore Adarsh housing society scam.
The religious leader and cleric from Godhra is the main accused in the Godhra train carnage.
The Supreme Court granted bail to Arvind Dham in a money laundering case, emphasizing that prolonged incarceration without trial violates the right to a speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has requested a response from the Manipur State Legal Authority regarding the appointment of legal aid counsel for two women allegedly paraded naked during the 2023 ethnic clashes in Manipur. This follows a plea from the CBI against the Gauhati High Court's decision to grant bail to two accused in the case.
The Supreme Court will hear on March 11 the bail plea of civil rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. Sixty-one-year-old Sen has challenged the order of the Chhattisgarh high court, which had rejected his bail plea on February 10.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti, which reserved its verdict on two separate regular bail pleas of Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases, told the ED it cannot go by the assumption of bribe having been paid, and whatever protection an accused enjoys under law needs to be granted.
The Supreme Court denied bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, citing prosecution material suggesting their involvement in planning and strategic direction. The court granted bail to other activists but emphasized the seriousness of the allegations against Khalid and Imam.
The bench also issued notice on a bail plea of co-accused Amarjeet Singh Gill alias Tony Gill, who was sentenced to 4 years' rigorous imprisonment for destruction of evidence.
The Karnataka high court has adjourned further hearing on the bail plea filed by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to Monday. Justice B Pinto who has been presiding over the marathon arguments heard the objections on Friday while adjourning hearing to Monday.
Chaitanya Baghel, son of Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, was released from jail after being granted bail in cases related to the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The release was met with celebration by Congress supporters.
A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Friday adjourned the hearing on arrested IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt's bail plea to October 10. Sessions Judge V K Vyas adjourned the hearing as the court hours ended while the argument of the government's side, opposing grant of bail, was going on.
However, Zubair's lawyer Soutik Banerjee said the court was yet to pronounce its order.
The application moved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to record the statements of Ramalinga Raju was also deferred to January 16 by the court.
A Pakistani court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition filed by Jamil Ahmad, one of the seven men charged by authorities with planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks four years ago.
After being in jail for nearly six months, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi may finally get some relief on October 17 when her bail plea would come up for hearing as the Central Bureau of Investigation has decided not to oppose it.
The apex court had on April 28 rejected Purohit's plea for urgent hearing, saying the petition will come up in regular course.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has sentenced Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, overturning a previous acquittal.
The accused challenged a trial court's order rejecting their bail plea in the December 2023 incident.
A Delhi court sought from Tihar jail authorities a report by Friday on Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh's health as his counsel pleaded for interim bail to him on the grounds of his "deteriorating" health saying unless released urgently, he might not be "here for trial".
A local court in Ahmedabad on Monday issued a notice to the Gujarat government on the bail plea of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who was arrested on Friday on the basis of an FIR lodged against him on charges of threatening and fabricating evidence.
The release of activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, could get delayed as a special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday rejected their pleas for temporary cash bail.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on the bail pleas of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case.
Justice Ajit Borthakur in his judgement said that the court is of the opinion that the case is not a fit one to grant the privilege of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner and as such it stood rejected.
On Wednesday, when Babu's plea came up before a bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and VG Bisht, the bench recused itself from hearing it without citing any reason.
The complainant in a Rs 71.6 lakh cheating case involving CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal has withdrawn his grievance after recovering his invested amount. The arrests were made following an FIR registered on March 16 at Mumbra police station against Gupta, Khandelwal and four others on charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust and fraud.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday opposed the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja's erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, saying that he is a public servant and cannot be treated on par with those granted bail in the 2G case.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Gujarat government's response on social activist Teesta Setalvad's bail plea and posted the matter for hearing on August 25.
Two judges of the Supreme Court, who were scheduled to hear on Monday the bail plea of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, on Friday recused themselves from the hearing. Instead, Justice G S Singhvi, whose bench has been monitoring the case, will hold a special hearing on Monday along with Justice B S Chauhan to decide the bail applications of Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar.
The Supreme Court has refused to quash a CBI FIR against Lalu Prasad Yadav in the land-for-jobs case, but granted him exemption from appearing before the trial court during proceedings.
Encouraged by the Supreme Court order granting bail to five corporate executives in the 2G case on Wednesday, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Kanimozhi and five other accused moved the Delhi high court for early hearing of their bail pleas. Shortly after the Supreme Court order in the morning, counsel for the accused approached the high court registry for early listing of the matter which is now scheduled to be heard on December 1 by Justice V K Shali.
A Dubai court has cancelled an Indian driver's bail plea and ordered his arrest because he was spotted laughing while denying the charge of groping a woman.The driver, referred to as N V, was accused of molesting an 18-year-old Egyptian housemaid while helping her move items to her employer's car.According to local media reports, the suspect moved his hands in an exclamatory sign and continued laughing before pleading not guilty.N V maintained that he didn't molest her.
BJP leader PC George was granted bail by a court in Kottayam, Kerala in a hate speech case. George had surrendered before the court on Monday and was remanded to police custody. The High Court had rejected his anticipatory bail plea, observing that granting bail would send the wrong message to society. George was accused of delivering a hate speech against a minority community during a TV channel discussion. He was booked under sections 196(1)(a), 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act.
The Bombay high court on Thursday rejected bail pleas of the seven convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case after observing that it was a "serious offence".
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought Karnataka government's response on the bail plea of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, with the presiding judge wondering how a wheel chair-bound person could pose a threat if released on bail.
This was her second bail application that was rejected by the Kurla metropolitan magistrate's court.
Controversial businessman Abhishek Verma, who is suspected to have used his defence contacts to procure sensitive information pertaining to Navy war room leak case, was on Wednesday denied bail by a Delhi court in connection with the case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) K S Mohi rejected Verma's bail plea on the ground that the information, which were leaked by him, could be prejudicial to the safety and security of the country.
