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Out of the barrel and into the chamber(08.07.2016)
What started out as a petition against extra-judicial executions by the armed forces in the north-eastern states of the country roused the Supreme Cou.....
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Supreme Court Slams CBI's SIT in Manipur Fake Encounters Probe(17.01.2018)
Supreme Court came down heavily on the CBI's SIT, probing alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and police in .....
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Encounters in UP a Serious Issue, Needs Detailed Hearing: Supreme Court(15.01.2019)
Supreme Court has said that encounter killings of alleged criminals in Uttar Pradesh is a "serious issue" and require detailed hearing.
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J&K&L HC Orders Probe on Plea Alleging Killing of Minor Son in Staged Encounter by Indian Army(28.07.2022)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has ordered an inquiry by an officer not below the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police into the killing of a m.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court, Inquiry, Encounter, Army
47 Policemen Get Life Terms in Pilibhit Fake Encounter Case(05.04.2016)
A Special CBI court has sentenced 47 policemen to life term for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in a fake encounter in Pilibhit 25 years ago.
Tags : Pilibhit Fake Encounter Case, Sikh pilgrims
Supreme Court Orders Three Member Judicial inquiry into Hyderabad Encounter(12.12.2019)
Supreme Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into the Hyderabad encounter, where four men, accused of allegedly raping and murdering a city veterinari.....
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Chhattisgarh HC Orders Re-Autopsy of 13 Year Old Killed in Bijapur Encounter(27.12.2016)
Chhattisgarh High Court has ordered that body of 13-year-old boy, who was killed by security forces in an alleged encounter and branded as a Maoist in.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh HC, Maoist, Bijapur Encounter
Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Plea to Interfere in SIMI Encounter Investigation(29.12.2016)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to interfere in alleged SIMI encounter probe, citing that a designated panel is already handling the case.
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SC Dismisses Father's Plea For Handing Over Son's Body Who Was Killed in Hyderpora Encounter(12.09.2022)
Supreme Court while observing that Amir Magrey, who was killed in hyderpora encounter in J&K was given a decent burial by State authorities including .....
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Bombay HC Orders Police to Register FIR in Gurgaon Encounter(16.02.2016)
Bombay HC has directed Mumbai police to register an First Information Report (FIR) against Gurgaon police team that killed a noted gangster in an alle.....
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SERVICE - Bombay HC Quashes State's Order to Suspend 11 Policemen Involved in Fake Encounter(07.03.2019)
Bombay High Court has quashed a Maharashtra Government order suspending conviction of 11 policemen who were awarded life imprisonment for fake encount.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Chota Rajan, Fake Encounter
CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Quashes State's Order to Suspend Sentence of 11 Policemen Involved in Fake Encounter(07.03.2019)
Bombay High Court has quashed a Maharashtra Government order suspending conviction of 11 policemen who were awarded life imprisonment for fake encount.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Chota Rajan, Fake Encounter
Supreme Court Notifies Terms of Reference of Inquiry Commission in Hyderabad Encounter Case(20.01.2020)
Supreme Court has stipulated the terms of reference of the Inquiry Commission that was constituted to investigate into the extrajudicial killings of f.....
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Gujarat HC Notices CBI on IPS Officer’s Plea Seeking Copy of Chargesheet in Ishrat Jahan Case(02.02.2017)
Gujarat HC has issued notice to CBI on a petition moved by IPS officer Satish Verma, seeking a copy of second chargesheet in Ishrat Jahan encounter ca.....
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Delhi High Court Convicts Seven Cops Over Uttarakhand Fake Encounter Case(07.02.2018)
Delhi High Court has awarded life imprisonment to seven suspended Uttarakhand policemen for killing a 22-year-old MBA student in a fake encounter in D.....
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Supreme Court: Not Satisfied with CBI's SIT Probe in Manipur Encounter Case(13.02.2018)
Supreme Court has said that it is "not satisfied" with the progress made by the CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing alleged extra.....
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Bombay High Court Raps CBI for Failing to Protect Witnesses in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case(13.02.2018)
Bombay High Court has rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for ‘failing’ to protect witnesses in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh ‘fake encounter’ c.....
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Tel. HC Allows Officers Involved in 2019 Hyderabad Encounter to be Impleaded as Intervenors(02.01.2024)
Telangana High Court has allowed the police personnel involved in the 2019 encounter death of the accused in rape and murder of a young Veterinarian d.....
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Supreme Court Raps Manipur Government Over 'Fake' Encounter Killings(11.08.2015)
Supreme Court has said, fact that compensation has been paid to heirs of victims of security forces' encounter killings in Manipur "amply indicate" th.....
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Supreme Court Issues Notice to UP Government on Alleged Fake Encounters in Uttar Pradesh(03.07.2018)
Supreme Court has sought a response from Uttar Pradesh government on a plea alleging that several fake encounters have taken place in the state in rec.....
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Delhi Court Awards Death Sentence to Convict Ariz Khan in Batla House Encounter Case(16.03.2021)
Delhi Court has awarded death penalty to convict Ariz Khan alias Junaid in the matter relating to the Batla House encounter of 2008 where police inspe.....
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Allahabad HC: Police Can't Kill Accused Merely Because He is a Dreaded Criminal(16.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court while convicting 43 police personnel in connection with the 1991 Pilibhit Encounter case observed that the police officers can't .....
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SC Seeks Details of Alleged Fake Encounters in Manipur(08.07.2016)
Supreme Court, while asking amicus curiae to furnish details of alleged fake encounters in Manipur, has said that Army or Paramilitary Forces cannot u.....
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Supreme Court Says 'No' to Centre's Plea to Recall 2016 Verdict in Manipur Fake Encounters(28.04.2017)
Supreme Court has dismissed Centre's plea to recall a 2016 verdict on conducting a probe into 1,528 cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur in las.....
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Bomaby HC Stays State Order to Suspend Life Term of 11 Cops in Lakhan Bhaiyya Encounter Case(22.12.2015)
Bombay HC has granted interim stay on Maharashtra Government’s orders to suspend conviction of 11 policemen sentenced to life imprisonment for fake en.....
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Chhattisgarh High Court Notices Govt, Cops over Fake Encounter(09.01.2017)
Chhattisgarh High Court has issued notices to State Government and top police officials in connection with alleged fake encounter of a person, claimed.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Fake Encounter, Maoist
Judgments
Question of sanction can be raised at time of framing of charges(25.04.2016)
Central government sanction against policemen is not required if prosecution is able to prove its case of them having partaken in a fake encounter. Tags : government sanction, police officer, prosecution, encounter
SC Directs to Give Copy of Bedi Committee Report to Petitioners in Gujarat Fake Encounters Case(10.01.2019)
Supreme Court has required the final report by (retd.) Justice H. S. Bedi, prepared on an examination of the investigation into the instances of fake .....
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Supreme Court Panel Gives Clean Chit to UP Police in Vikas Dubey Encounter Case(22.04.2021)
Supreme Court Panel has found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Uttar Pradesh police in the encounter killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and his .....
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Bombay High Court Upholds First-Ever Conviction of Police Officers in Mumbai(20.03.2024)
Bombay High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of a police encounter specialist making it the first conviction of police officers in a fake encoun.....
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Gujarat HC Rejects PIL against Appointment of P P Pandey as Gujarat DGP(03.08.2016)
Gujarat High Court has rejected a PIL filed by EX- Cop Julio Ribeiro challenging appointment of P P Pandey, accused in Ishrat Jahan encounter case, as.....
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Bombay HC Upholds Discharge of DG Vanzara & Four Other In Sohrabuddin Shaikh Encounter Case(10.09.2018)
Bombay HC has upheld the discharge granted to Ex-Gujarat ATS Chief DG Vanzara and four others saying that the applications challenging their discharge.....
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SC Dismisses Plea to Remove Former UP DGP from Commission Probing Vikas Dubey Encounter(29.07.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed two Petitions which sought to remove K L Gupta, former Director-General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, from the Supreme Court.....
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Supreme Court Directs States to Follow NHRC Plea, File Information on Encounter Killings(05.07.2017)
Supreme Court has directed various states to file their replies on a plea of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction for mandatorily.....
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SIMI Encounter Case: Supreme Court Disposes of Plea for Further Inquiry(20.08.2018)
Supreme Court has turned down a prayer for further inquiry into the death of eight men of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in an e.....
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SC to Centre, MP Govt: Why No CBI Investigation In Bhopal Jail-Break Encounter(25.07.2017)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre, State and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a Petition demanding independent investigation into alle.....
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Supreme Court Notice to Centre, State on Assam ‘Fake Encounter’(14.08.2018)
Supreme Court has issued a notice to Union of India and State of Assam in connection with allegations of a fake encounter carried out in Chirang distr.....
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Gujarat HC Seeks Government Response on Appointing Retired Cops(20.10.2016)
Gujarat High Court has sought response from Government on plea challenging contractual appointment of two retired police officers who are accused in I.....
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Supreme Court Directs CBI to Appoint Senior Police Officer to Monitor Probe in Manipur Encounter Case(31.08.2017)
Supreme Court has directed CBI to appoint a senior police officer of the rank of deputy inspector-general to monitor the probe ordered by it into alle.....
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea by Witness in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case(06.08.2019)
Bombay High Court has rejected a plea filed by a witness in the alleged fake encounter case of suspected gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kasuar .....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Scrapping of Panel to ProbeVikas Dubey Encounter(19.08.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed an application which sought the disbanding of the Justice B S Chauhan inquiry Commission constituted to probe the alleged .....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Review of Clean Chit to Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Encounter(08.11.2016)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its decision upholding clean chit given by Subordinate Courts to BJP president Amit Shah in Sohra.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Plea Seeking High Level Probe in SIMI Encounter(14.11.2016)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a high-level inquiry under HC monitoring in alleged October 31 police encounter of SIMI ope.....
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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to 34 Cops Accused of Killing 10 Sikhs in 'Fake' Encounter(26.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has denied bail to 34 Cops who have been accused of killing 10 Sikh men in an alleged fake encounter in the year 1991 treating th.....
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Judicial Probe into Alleged Encounter of Vikas Dubey(14.07.2020)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Petition seeking Judicial probe into the alleged encounter of Kanpur Gangster, Vikas Dubey, noting that the Uttar.....
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SC Proposes Setting Up of Committee for Probe into Vikas Dubey Encounter(15.07.2020)
Supreme Court has proposed to set up a committee headed by a retired judge to probe the Vikas Dubey encounter.
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SC Grants 6 Months Extension to Complete Probe in Hyderabad Encounter(24.07.2020)
Supreme Court has allowed the Application filed by the Inquiry Commission, in the plea seeking for investigation into the alleged encounter of four ac.....
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SC Declines to Entertain Plea Seeking CBI Probe into Rakesh Pandey's Encounter(25.08.2020)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged.....
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Del. HC: Mandatory to Register FIR When Person Dies in Encounter Alleged to be Fake(09.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has restated that it is mandatory to register a FIR whenever death of an individual is caused in a police encounter that is alleged t.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Seeks Report from ATS over Bhopal Encounter(04.11.2016)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to Government Advocate and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking a detailed report on 'encounter' of eight s.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Bhopal Encounter
SC Issues Notice to Maharashtra Government in Lakhan Bhaiya Fake Encounter Case(29.12.2015)
Supreme Court has issued a notice to Maharashtra Government on a special leave petition filed by 11 cops convicted in the Lakhan Bhaiya fake encounter.....
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SC to UP Govt.: Take Action on Recommendations of Inquiry Commission(25.07.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to take action on the recommendations made in the report submitted by a three-member inquiry com.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vikas Dubey Encounter, Inquiry
CIC Directs Army to Share Macchil Encounter Info(17.11.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Army to provide details to an RTI applicant about Court Martial of five soldiers in fake encounter o.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI, Macchil Encounter, Army
Gadoli Encounter: Prima Facie No Conspiracy by Gurgaon Cops(20.11.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that prima facie it did not appear that the Gurgaon Police had hatched a conspiracy to kill gangster Sandeep Gadoli whi.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Removal of Judges Hearing Manipur Encounters Case(13.11.2018)
Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking the recusal of two judges hearing the Manipur fake encounters case.
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Delhi Court Convicts Ariz Khan, Indian Mujahideen Operative, in 2008 Batla House Encounter Case(09.03.2021)
Delhi Court has convicted accused Ariz Khan alias Junaid in the matter relating to the Batla House encounter of 2008 where police inspector Mohan Chan.....
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Gauhati HC Asks State to Apprise Court of Alleged Encounter Killings and Action Taken(04.01.2022)
Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to apprise the Court about the alleged encounter killings and the action taken by the State in a Pub.....
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Gujarat HC Issues Notice in PIL in Connection to Alleged Fake Encounter of 13-Year Old Minor(06.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Gujarat State Government, Gujarat Police, and the State Human Rights Commission in a Public Interest Liti.....
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Gauhati HC Asks Assam Government to File Affidavit on Police Encounters in BJP Rule(12.01.2022)
Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to file a detailed affidavit on the police encounters that have been taking place since BJP returned.....
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