ValkyaEditorial

Tagged “custody”

2 articles on custody.

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

V. Senthil Balaji v. State: ED custody, Section 167(2) CrPC, and the limits of habeas corpus

On 7 August 2023, the Supreme Court held that 'custody' under Section 167(2) CrPC covers agencies beyond the police — including the ED — that the 15-day custody ceiling runs across the whole 60/90-day investigation, and that a writ of habeas corpus cannot short-circuit a magistrate's remand once Section 19 PMLA is complied with. A digest of the cash-for-jobs custody ruling, the hospitalisation episode, and the reference on Anupam Kulkarni.

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