Sanjiv Bhatt
SC notice to Guj govt on plea against conviction in custodial death case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Gujarat government's response on former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea against his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. "Issue notice returnable in four weeks," a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale said. The court also tagged the appeal with other matters related to the case. Bhatt has moved the top court challenging the Gujarat High Court's January 9, 2024 order dismissing his appeal. The court also upheld the conviction of Bhatt and co-accused Pravinsinh Zala under Sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. The high court had dismissed the state government's appeal seeking to enhance the sentences of five other accused who were acquitted of murder but convicted under Sections 323 and 506. While Bhatt and Zala are behind bars, the court cancelled the bail bonds of the five other .
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SC dismisses CJI's plea seeking recusal from hearing same-sex marriage case
From hearing pleas over validation in the same-sex marriage case to dismissing DY Chandrachud's application seeking recusal from hearing same-sex marriage plea, here are some of the important cases
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Gujarat police arrests ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 2002 riots case
A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in connection with the 2002 communal riots
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Hardik Patel, 2 Cong MLAs detained on way to meet Sanjiv Bhatt in jail
Sanjiv Bhatt, who was in June awarded life sentence in a custodial death case, is currently lodged at the Palanpur district jail
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Frames per Second: Becoming Inspector Mike Lobo in a broken system
Govind Nihalani's 'Ardh Satya' takes an uncompromising look at how the system breaks down a police officer
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Gujarat court rejects former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's bail plea
Bhatt, who was sacked in 2015, was superintendent of police in Banaskantha district in 1996
