https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297409 The Madras High Court considered whether the Supreme Court's COVID-19 extension of limitation covered the time-limit under Section 167(2) CrPC for default bail. It held that the right to default bail arises on expiry of the prescribed detention period and is not a mere limitation period for filing proceedings. The extension order applied to suits, appeals, applications and similar limitation-based proceedings, not to police investigation or filing of final reports under Section 167(2). The Court also noted that special statutes such as the NDPS Act contain express extension provisions, which are absent here. On that basis, the accused's accrued right to default bail remained unaffected. en-us Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:51:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297409 The Madras High Court considered whether the Supreme Court's COVID-19 extension of limitation covered the time-limit under Section 167(2) CrPC for default bail. It held that the right to default bail arises on expiry of the prescribed detention period and is not a mere limitation period for filing proceedings. The extension order applied to suits, appeals, applications and similar limitation-based proceedings, not to police investigation or filing of final reports under Section 167(2). The Court also noted that special statutes such as the NDPS Act contain express extension provisions, which are absent here. On that basis, the accused's accrued right to default bail remained unaffected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297409