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Bail
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Katcheri.in Blog
Understanding Section 37 of the NDPS Act: Why Bail Works Differently in Drug Cases
Email Most people facing a criminal charge in India assume bail follows a familiar script: file the application, the court weighs flight risk and evidence, and a decision follows within…
Law Web
Supreme Court: Pre-Trial Detention Cannot Be Permitted To Degenerate Into Punishment Without Trial
By Law Web
There can be no gainsaying that allegations of large-scale financial impropriety and institutional collusion in the execution of a public welfare project such as the "Jal Jeevan Mission" are grave…
India Legal
Pre-trial detention cannot become punishment without trial: Supreme Court grants bail to former Rajasthan minister in Jal Jeevan Mission Case
The Supreme Court has reiterated that prolonged incarceration before the commencement of trial cannot be allowed to become punishment in itself, granting bail to former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Chandra Joshi…
Legal Bites
Forum Shopping and Suppression of Facts in Bail Proceedings Amount to Abuse of Judicial Process: Supreme Court
By Apurva Neel
The Supreme Court has strongly deprecated the practice of forum shopping and concealment of material facts in bail proceedings, holding that litigants cannot simultaneously pursue remedies before different judicial forums…
India Legal
CJP founder Abhijit Dipke granted conditional bail, asked to furnish bond after fresh detention
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke has been granted conditional bail by a Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi and asked to sign a bond before his release, following his…
The Indian Lawyer Blog
JUSTICE DELAYED BEHIND BARS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS OF PROLONGED DETENTION
INTRODUCTION In Sanjay Sureka @Sanjay Kumar Sureka v. Director of Enforcement, 2026 INSC 1124, decided on 14 October 2026, the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Vipul…
India Legal
Supreme Court dismisses Asaram’s plea for temporary bail to visit ailing wife; to hear conviction challenge in November
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a plea filed by self-styled godman Asaram challenging the Gujarat High Court’s refusal to grant him temporary bail to visit his ailing…
A Lawyer Writes
Why was paedophile bailed?
More details have emerged about a case which led the Metropolitan Police commissioner to complain that pressure to reduce the remand population had contributed to dangerous and prolific offenders being…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court: Trial Court Cannot Revoke Bail Based Only on the Prosecutor’s Proffer
Zak Goldstein Criminal Defense Lawyer The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Moore, 2026 PA Super 228 (Pa. Super. Oct. 9, 2026), holding that a trial court abused its…
Federal Defenders of New York Blog
Panel holds that (1) defendant waived argument that continuing on supervised release during pendency of violation proceeding does not constitute “release” under Bail Reform Act for purpose of bail-jumping statute (§ 3146); and (2) § 3147’s enhancement for offenses committed on release applies to § 3146 violations without violating double jeopardy.
United States v. Ceasar, No. 25-949 (2d Cir. Sept. 25, 2026) (Sack, Livingston (writing), Carney).The Second Circuit dismissed in part and otherwise affirmed Sinmyah Ceasar’s conviction for failure to appear…