The Supreme Court clarified that once a sentence is suspended, a convicted person need not appear at every appellate hearing. Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale observed that appeals take years, making mandatory physical presence purposeless in practice.
The Supreme Court of India ruled that once a bail order is signed, it cannot be recalled or reversed due to a staff member’s typing mistake. Invoking Section 362 CrPC, the Court restored anticipatory bail, holding that changing “allowed” to “rejected” amounts to an illegal review, not a clerical correction.
The Supreme Court has ruled that criminal revision proceedings filed by an informant or complainant do not automatically abate after their death. The Court held that the revisional court may continue to examine the legality and correctness of the lower court’s order in the interest of justice.
Supreme Court rules that police must serve Section 35 BNSS notices through physical delivery, not WhatsApp. Court emphasizes that liberty cannot be compromised by digital shortcuts.
The Karnataka High Court granted relief to comedian Ratan Ranjan in the case over a video showing Rahul Gandhi’s image on a sanitary pad, directing police not to file a chargesheet against him or co-accused Arun Kumar.
