Hearing a bail application, Rajasthan High Court finds that routinely calling for full case diaries was adding 15-20 days to routine bail matters, and directs the Government Advocate's office to instead obtain a factual report on the FIR within 3-7 days for petty-offence cases.
Rajasthan High Court holds that confiscation proceedings under mining law and a criminal complaint under the Motor Vehicles Act are legally distinct, so a magistrate cannot order a seized vehicle released without first calling for a report from the Mining Department.