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Jul 15, 2011

Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine

Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine: "The judgment of the Supreme Court creates a crisis situation. The state would now have to recover arms back from the SPOs. This would itself be a daunting task. Every SPO realises that he would be on the Maoist hit list. He would have only two options left – either to join the Maoists or to continue to retain his arms to protect himself from the Maoists. Having been identified as an SPO without the backing of the state or arms to protect themselves, these SPOs would now be sitting ducks. The battle against the Maoists has been loaded against the Indian state. Maoists are now laying down terms for grant of amnesty to the SPOs. The vacuum created by their removal cannot be filled easily by the local police. The tranquility in the region is going to be disturbed"

Jul 14, 2011

Plea bargaining procedure mandatory: HC - The Times of India

Plea bargaining procedure mandatory: HC - The Times of India: "The high court of Bombay at Goa recently held that a court should mandatorily follow the procedure prescribed under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) while deciding an application filed by an accused for plea bargaining, and set aside an order passed against a foreigner by a judicial magistrate first class court in a case of overstaying."

Jul 13, 2011

No need to make emergency documents public: Court | TwoCircles.net

No need to make emergency documents public: Court | TwoCircles.net: "The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commission's (CIC) order to the president's office to make public all documents on declaration of the emergency in 1975 by the then president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, including communications from the then prime minister Indira Gandh"