No court has yet heard the case for mandatory, always-on body-worn cameras on police and RAF personnel deployed for crowd control, but a PIL in the Delhi High Court now asks for a binding regime. New Delhi: Seeking directions to the Union of India, Delhi Police and the Rapid Action Force, a public interest litigation […]
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the arrest of Raghvendra Dubey in a sand-mining dispute, holding that Chitrakoot police manipulated the time of his arrest and deliberately shut off or deleted three station CCTV feeds, that the grounds of arrest were inadequate, and that police prima facie acted as recovery agents for the complainant, awarding Rs 10,000 compensation and issuing CCTV directions.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has awarded Rs 20,000 each to three petitioners held for ten days, and Rs 5,000 to a fourth held for two days, at Gauri Bazar police station in Deoria, holding SHO Dr. Mahendra Kumar responsible, drawing an adverse inference from missing CCTV footage, and directing recovery from the salary of those responsible and a note in his service book.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an advocate’s challenge to a GST Department search of his cabin and the seizure of his computer, holding that privilege under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam attaches to the client’s communications, not to the advocate personally, and cannot operate as an absolute bar where prima facie material indicates the advocate was himself involved in the affairs under investigation. The Court preserved safeguards for genuinely privileged and third-party client material.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed three new criminal laws in Delhi, intended to replace colonial-era legislation. These laws focus on justice rather than punishment, reflecting the Prime Minister’s vision for a modern legal system. Additionally, Delhi introduced the MedLEaPR digital system to enhance medical and legal reporting efficiency within the justice process.
Today(17th Sept),The Supreme Court of India rejected PILs challenging the new criminal laws that replaced the IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act, citing deficiencies in the petitions’ drafting. Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan advised the petitioners to undertake more detailed research if they wish to address their concerns in court again.
Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit praised the new criminal laws for addressing mob lynching and welcomed changes related to hit-and-run cases. He supported the 15-day police custody rule and hailed the abolition of the colonial-era sedition law. Lalit compared the new laws to previous anti-terrorism legislation and emphasized the need for a democratic society.
Today(on 23rd August),The Government of India informed the Supreme Court that Section 479 of the BNSS-2023, which limits the detention period for undertrial prisoners, will be applied retrospectively across the country. This could significantly affect the handling of undertrials, regardless of when their cases were registered.