The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to expedite the extradition of US-based accused Amit Wadhwa and asked the trial court to conclude the long-pending criminal proceedings preferably within one year.
In a Facebook post, Asif Nazrul said the trial will be conducted under the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act, 2002. He added that, under Section 10 of the law, the trial must be completed within 90 days of the police submitting their investigation report, the Daily Star reported.
Terming the trial court's reasoning legally flawed and prejudicial to the prosecution, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Rouse Avenue Court's order that declined to take cognisance of its money laundering complaint in the National Herald
Reacting on the social media platform X, Singhvi said the trial court did not even deem it fit to take cognisance of the matter, noting that there was no movement of money or transfer of immovable property. Yet, the ED had alleged large-scale money laundering.
The Kerala Government has decided to appeal against the trial court's judgment in the 2017 actress rape and abduction case, which acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep of all charges in the matter.
"It is not only the simple thing of conviction that matters, the cleaning up of Malalayam cinema industry area has happened due to this case and the trial was a great challenge," said the retired IPS official on the case that shook the conscience of cinema-loving Kerala.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a PIL that sought the formation of a court-supervised committee to oversee every stage of the trial in the Red Fort blast case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case filed against him.
Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in absentia for the 2024 protest crackdown. Human Rights Watch said the trial violated fair trial standards and warned of serious human rights concerns.
The apex court held that continued incarceration served no purpose once the investigation was complete. The Supreme Court overturned the High Court's decision and directed that the accused Vishal Deep be released on terms to be set by the Trial Court.