Supreme Court Declines to Stay Trial Against Lalu Prasad in Land for Job Scam
New Delhi, India July 21, 2025. In what can be described as major development that reiterate the effort towards faster…
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Supreme Court Cancels Bail in West Bengal Post-Poll Violence: Upholding Fair Trial Amid Grave Political and Sexual Offences
This case concerns the violence that followed the May 2021 West Bengal elections, and it involves grave accusations of sexual assault, criminal conspiracy, and attempts to undermine the criminal justice system. Citing the seriousness of the offenses and possible danger to a fair trial, the Supreme Court reversed the Calcutta High Court’s decisions to grant the accused bail. In politically delicate criminal cases where local law enforcement is allegedly compromised, the ruling emphasizes the importance of judicial intervention.
Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 establishing that any land recorded as forest falls under the Act and barring its de-reservation or non-forest use without central approval
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 prescribes punishment for murder. It mandates life imprisonment or death sentence upon conviction, reflecting society’s gravest condemnation of intentional unlawful killing.