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JURIST
JANUARY 11, 2024
The Supreme Court of India issued notice on Wednesday to several government officials and a judicial officer from the state of Gujarat over their arrest of a businessman, Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah, in violation of an anticipatory bail order granted by the Court in December 2023. How could he have been taken into custody?
JURIST
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The mother of a teenage boy who was fatally shot by the French police held a protest on Sunday against the release of the officer who killed her son. The officer was released from custody but remains under supervision as the case is further investigated. The police are overprotected.”
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JURIST
JANUARY 10, 2024
Undertrial prisoners are accused individuals who are kept in judicial, instead of police, custody while awaiting judicial proceedings on their charges. The petitioners argued that restricting visits violates their constitutional right to legal representation. The petition was disposed of with these observations.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
AI, in their statement, argued that, in failing to publish the extension of the state of emergency in the country’s official gazette, “Federal Negarit Gazeta,” the government is directly violating the public’s right to “access to information” as well as the corresponding principle of legality.
JURIST
APRIL 9, 2023
The number of women publicly resisting Iran’s dress code has spiked following protests arising from the death of 22-year-old Mahasa Amini in the course of police custody. She will be warned and then that person will be introduced to the judicial system with the documents to deal with the issue.”
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The UK High Court began hearing on Wednesday 16 legal challenges, filed mostly by victims’ families, against the recently enacted Northern Ireland (Troubles & Reconciliation) Act. JURIST spoke to one of the victims’ legal representatives, Gavin Booth, on Wednesday.
JURIST
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The High Court of Rajasthan Monday held that an accused who is arrested and is in custody for any other criminal offence, whether it arises out of a similar or different offence, cannot be granted anticipatory bail. Hence, the bail application in the present case was dismissed by the court.
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