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Cr P C

Bail—Re-Arrest—Addition of Offences—In a case where an accused has already been granted bail, the investigating authority on addition of an offence or offences may not proceed to arrest the accused, but for arresting the accused on such addition of offence or offences it need to obtain an order to arrest the accused from the Court which had granted the bail

Aug 23, 2019 sclaw

2019(3) Law Herald (SC) 1765 : 2019 LawHerald.Org 1217 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Honble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph Criminal Appeal Nos. 816-817…

Cr P C

Examination of Witness—Video Conferencing—In a criminal trial, where the witness was found residing/situate outside India and whose evidence was essential for the case set up by the prosecution then evidence of witness can be recorded through video conferencing Examination of Witness—Mere long pendency of trial by itself cannot be a ground for declining an application for examination of material witness

Jul 14, 2019 sclaw

2019(2) Law Herald (SC) 1716 : 2019 LawHerald.Org 1030 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre Honble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Criminal Appeal No.…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 360 – Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – Sections 3 and 4 – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 325 and 34 – Release on probation for good conduct – If the offender is less than 21 years of age or a woman not convicted of an offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life; such offender can be granted benefit of probation on satisfaction of the court on the basis of parameters contained in Section 360 of the Code.

Jul 4, 2019 sclaw

2019(2) Law Herald (SC) 1531 : 2019 LawHerald.Org 1005 (2019) 2 RCR(Criminal) 1012 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hemant…

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Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court’s refusal to grant benefits where minimum criteria not met and no demonstrated mitigating circumstances exist compared to other successful applicants.

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Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service for pension — One-time measure.

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Army Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Annual Vacancy Cap — The Supreme Court examined the annual cap of 250 vacancies for PC, finding it not to be an immutable rule and that it had been breached historically for exigencies of service and policy changes, thus it should not act as an absolute bar to corrective relief, especially when the method of assessment was found to be unfair.

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