Supreme Court holds that Section 12 of the UP Gangsters Act does not permit an unrelated murder trial to be kept in abeyance indefinitely and stresses the victim's right to speedy justice.
Read Full ArticleJ&K and Ladakh High Court grants bail to a POCSO accused after finding the statutory presumption under Section 29 rebutted by DNA evidence and the victim's shifting testimony.
Kerala HC rules BNSS Section 479 applies retrospectively only to undertrial prisoners, denying its benefit to convicted inmates. Read key case details here.
Allahabad High Court rules that the State cannot deny medical treatment to undertrial prisoners, even during elections, emphasizing prisoners’ health rights.
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