Courts Not Messengers Of Investigating Agencies, Remand Shouldn't Be Allowed Routinely: Supreme Court Holds Magistrate Guilty Of Contempt

Judicial Magistrates are not expected to act as "messengers of the investigating agencies", stated the Supreme Court while holding a Chief Judicial Magistrate guilty of contempt of court for remanding an accused in violation of an order of the Supreme Court granting interim anticipatory bail. Read More>>

Gujarat Courts' Practice Of Allowing Police To Seek Remand While Granting Anticipatory Bail Illegal : Supreme Court

The Court made this pronouncement while holding a Police Inspector and a Judicial Magistrate guilty of contempt of court for the arrest and remand of an accused in violation of the interim anticipatory bail granted by the Supreme Court. Read More>>

'Out Of 5000 PMLA Cases, Only 40 Convictions In 10 Years' : Supreme Court Says ED Must Focus On Quality Prosecution

A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a bail petition of Chhattisgarh-based businessman Sunil Kumar Agarwal, who was arrested for the offence of money laundering in relation to coal transportation. Read More>>

Necessary For Judges To Exercise Restraint On Remarks In The Age Of Live-Streaming & Wide Reporting: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (August 7) highlighted the need for judges to exercise due caution while making remarks or observations in court proceedings which are now commonly livestreamed and widely covered by media. Read More>>

Supreme Court Holds Police Inspector & Magistrate Guilty Of Contempt For Arrest & Remand Of Accused Violating SC Order

"we hold R.Y. Raval, Police Inspector, Vesu Police Station, Surat(contemnor- respondent No.4) and Deepaben Sanjaykumar Thakar, 6th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat(contemnor- respondent No.7) guilty of having committed contempt of this Court's order dated 8th December, 2023," the Court observed. Read More>>