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In a massive setback to the Gujarat Government, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission it had granted to 11 convicts in the high-profile gang-rape case of Bilkis Bano and the killing of her seven family members, while slamming the state for being “complicit” with an accused and

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In its 16 March 2021 decision in Babulal Verma v Enforcement Directorate (Criminal Application 201/2021 with Criminal Bail Application 974/2021), the Bombay High Court was posed with an issue regarding the fate of proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 in the event of compromise or compounding in a predicate offence. Facts The proceedings were brought before the Bombay High Court by means of a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973. Sign...

The Bombay High Court(Goa Bench) recently granted bail to a German national, who was arrested in March last year in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act.The...