The Court ordered that till the next date of hearing Shiv Prasad and Ramdhari in the case, will be released forthwith by the Station House Officer of the police station concerned, on their furnishing personal bond of Rs 50,000 with few conditions.
Earlier in another case, Rajasthan High Court directed the police to ensure petitioners’ safety and reiterated their duty towards protection of rights enshrined under the Constitution.
A Special NIA Court in Delhi has asked Tihar Jail to submit a report on the allegation made by Rashid Zafar, an undertrial prisoner, who told his father on phone that he was brutally beaten up by fellow inmates and forced to say Jai Shri Ram.
The Central government sought time from Supreme Court to file a suitable reply in the plea seeking Rs 4 lakh relief or other amount. The Solicitor General said the proposal was being considered for Covid-19 deceased. Most death certificates don't specify Covid-19 as cause for death, the plea had said.
Asaram Bapu had moved the Supreme Court for bail saying he wanted to undergo Ayurvedic treatment in Uttarakhand. Rajasthan government affidavit says this is his third attempt to get his sentence reduced. The father of the rape victim has also expressed fear that he and his daughter will be killed.
The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal filed by the Ahmedabad Medical Association, which has over 11,000 members, seeking directions against the order of the Gujarat High Court
The Supreme Court was told that the Central government had not come up with a solution on providing rations to migrant workers who did not have ration cards. The case is from 2020 when migrant labourers were forced to walk to their villages after the nationwide lockdown without any rations.
The High Court had said that the same may be presented before the learned Magistrate contesting with regard to the financial distress and also the health condition of the petitioner.
However, the Bench observed, “The petitioner has annexed the circular of RBI, by which the RBI has given MSMEs some concessions. It has been submitted that it’s not sufficient. He has sought for financial measures.”
A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and M.R. Shah heard the plea by Bholu through his Senior Counsel Manan Kumar Mishra, who submitted that his client is a 16-year-old boy and has been languishing in jail for the last three-and-a-half years just because of a media trial.