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Bail is rule, jail exception even in cases under PMLA, says Supreme Court

The conditions for bail in the Act do not rewrite the basic principle of the Constitution which guarantees personal liberty, the bench said.

Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2024 · 12:49 pm
SC ruling on providing grounds for arrest in writing isn’t applicable to UAPA cases, says Delhi HC

NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty had argued that by not providing grounds of arrest in writing, the police violated the top court’s judgement

Scroll Staff
· Oct 14, 2023 · 12:39 pm
Hijab ban: How courts have weaponised the Essential Religious Practices doctrine

The purpose of the doctrine was to grant agency and autonomy to religion – not to curtail religious life.

Deepa Das Acevedo
· Feb 28, 2022 · 06:30 am

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