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Trial court has to sift through evidence to find out sufficient grounds to try suspect, it says
The right of an accused to seek discharge before framing of charges in a criminal case is ‘valuable’, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment.
“The trial court while considering the discharge application [of the accused] is not to act as a mere post office,” a three-judge Bench led by Chief JusticeN.V. Ramana said.
It said a trial court has to sift through the evidence to find out whether there are sufficient grounds to try the suspect. “The court has to consider the broad probabilities, total effect of evidence and documents produced and the basic infirmities appearing in the case and so on,” the judgment authored by Justice Surya Kant for the Bench said.
NEW DELHI, May 11: Seeking ‘discharge’ against framing of charges in a criminal case is a valuable right provided to the accused under the law, the Supreme Court has said while asking courts to consider the case on merits.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it is well settled that the trial court while considering the discharge application is not to act as a mere post office.
“The Court has to sift through the evidence in order to find out whether there are sufficient grounds to try the suspect. The court has to consider the broad probabilities, total effect of evidence and documents produced and the basic infirmities appearing in the case. “Likewise, the Court has sufficient discretion to order further investigation in appropriate cases, if need be,” said the bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose.
Supreme Court said seeking discharge against framing of charges is a valuable right of accused
New Delhi:
Seeking discharge against framing of charges in a criminal case is a valuable right provided to the accused under the law, the Supreme Court has said while asking courts to consider the case on merits.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said it is well settled that the trial court while considering the discharge application is not to act as a mere post office. The Court has to sift through the evidence in order to find out whether there are sufficient grounds to try the suspect. The court has to consider the broad probabilities, total effect of evidence and documents produced and the basic infirmities appearing in the case.
Bharat Biotech concludes recruitment for Covaxin s phase 3 study
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Covaxin generated excellent safety data, says Bharat Biotech. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Jan 7 : Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech has concluded the recruitment of volunteers for the phase III trials of its Covid vaccine, Covaxin, on Thursday after achieving the sample size it had promised to the ethics committee. The firm has achieved the targeted number of volunteers, which is 25,800 participants, in total.
The recruitment was supposed to be concluded by December 31 but was extended by a week since it was short of 4,000 volunteers that time.
Covaxin trial: Bharat Biotech completes recruitment for phase III study
IANSJan 7, 2021, 13:05 IST
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Bharat Biotech has concluded the recruitment of
volunteers for the phase III trials of its Covid vaccine,
Covaxin, on Thursday after achieving the sample size it had promised to the ethics committee. The firm has achieved the targeted number of volunteers, which is 25,800 participants, in total.
The recruitment was supposed to be concluded by December 31 but was extended by a week since it was short of 4,000 volunteers that time. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rai, head of community medicine and principal investigator of the trial at All
India Institute of All