The Court held that CrPC provisions apply to arrests under GST and Customs laws while clarifying that revenue officers are not “police"

The top court noted that discharge is on a higher pedestal than acquittal and cautioned appellate courts against restoring arrests lightly

A complete docket of our year-end publications that thematically breakdown the top court's work in 2024

The Court noted the prolonged incarceration without trial of political leaders and activists arrested under special criminal statutes

The outcome in a petition seeking cancellation of DMK minister Senthil Balaji’s bail could shape the NDA’s PMLA strategy in its third term

The Court’s Monsoon Session saw reduced Constitution Bench activity, bail orders for opposition leaders and suo moto cases

The monsoon winds brought with them two Constitution Bench decisions, several suo moto cases and a shifting trend in PMLA bail jurisprudence

The SC found Balaji’s incarceration for 15 months without trial to be ‘unreasonable’, given the length of sentence for the alleged offence

By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation

Even as Justice Kant held that CBI complied with the conditions of arrest, Justice Bhuyan doubted the intent behind the timing of arrest

We map out the CBI and ED investigations against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's alleged involvement in the Liquor Policy case

The sub-classification decision has dominated Supreme Court coverage but here’s a recap of other noteworthy developments in August so far