The Supreme Court has disposed of Chhattisgarh’s appeal against bail granted to former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, giving the State liberty to seek cancellation before the High Court if bail is misused.
Supreme Court Questions FIR registered over a social media post in Chhattisgarh and extends interim protection from coercive steps to the accused, Rupnarayan Ekka, till the next hearing on December 4. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) questioned the registration of an FIR against Rupnarayan Ekka over a social media post, with […]
Both witnesses disowned the message in court, and the Supreme Court has held that a Disputed WhatsApp Message Cannot Sustain Murder Conviction in a case that rested wholly on circumstantial evidence. New Delhi: Setting aside a Chhattisgarh man’s conviction for murder and causing disappearance of evidence, the Supreme Court has acquitted him, observing that a […]
Disputed WhatsApp Message Cannot Sustain Conviction, the Supreme Court has held, acquitting a Chhattisgarh man of murder in a case resting wholly on circumstantial evidence. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the murder conviction of a Chhattisgarh man, holding that a WhatsApp message whose author and basis were never established by evidence could […]
The Supreme Court has quashed a Chhattisgarh rural roads agency’s order deducting Rs 84.17 lakh from a contractor’s three ongoing PMGSY contracts to recover alleged overpayments on earlier works, holding that no contractual clause authorised the deduction and that it was made without notice, and directed refund with 6 per cent interest.
A special NIA court in Jagdalpur has sentenced all ten convicts to death in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack that killed 29 people, including senior Congress leaders, in Bastar. The convictions, recorded on September 5 under the IPC, the UAPA, the Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act, followed a 13-year trial. The defence has said it will appeal, and a death sentence requires High Court confirmation.
