Justice Sandeep Sharma, while allowing the bail plea, said that keeping the accused in custody for an indefinite period without trial would amount to "pre-trial conviction" and violate the fundamental right to a speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution.
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Expressing its strongest displeasure over the way the Centre had enacted the Tribunal Reforms Act by reducing the terms of members and Chairmen of Tribunals, the Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre and said that the Central government has no res