Fundamental Rights Archives

Gauhati High Court expresses displeasure by traffic police behaviour on duty; directs State authorities to impart training to police personnel and make them more citizen centric

Gauhati High Court:In a case relating to suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the police atrocities, which took place at Paltan

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab & Haryana High Court| Muslim girl over 15 years of age competent to marry person of choice as per the Muslim law

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A writ petition was filed seeking the relief of protection of life and liberty at the hands

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women…we dissent.” Read SCOTUS dissent on Right to Abortion case

“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had”.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS| United States’ Constitution does not confer any right to abortion; Roe v. Wade overruled after 49 years

Supreme Court of The United States: In a far-reaching decision concerning an American woman’s right to abortion, the Court held that the

Op Eds OP. ED.

Abuse of Administrative Discretion— A Detailed Study

by Barkha Tandon*

Case Briefs High Courts

Right to Sanitation a fundamental right: Patna HC issues directions to Bihar Govt and NHAI to construct “Public toilets” on highways

United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.6 explicitly recognises sanitation rights. Delay in providing sanitation facilities, in particular reference to women impedes in achieving SDG No.5 that talks about gender equality, and thereof pulling back all other associated goals.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Person languishes in jail for 2 years despite being granted bail by Supreme Court; Supreme Court criticizes Trial Judge for misinterpreting bail order

Supreme Court: In a significant case, the 4-judges Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, P.S. Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia,

Case Briefs High Courts

Use of loudspeaker in mosque is not a fundamental right: All HC

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Budhwar, JJ., held that the law has been settled, that use

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Whether there should be any “Cooling off Period” for civil servants to contest elections post resignation/retirement? Best left to the Legislature concerned, says Supreme Court

“The allegations of bureaucrats deviating from strict norms of political neutrality with a view to obtaining party tickets to contest elections, is vague, devoid of particulars and unsupported by any materials which could justify intervention of this Court.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Solitary Confinement of Death Row Convicts: Judicial officer to probe to apprise Supreme Court of ground reality

Supreme Court: While addressing an appeal alleging solitary confinement of a death row convict, the 3-Judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S.

Case Briefs High Courts

“One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance must be his own community or religion and in particular, to also to every other religious practice”: Madras HC

Madras High Court: C.V. Karthikeyan, J., expressed that, “One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether denial of conjugal rights to a prisoner amounts to violation of Art. 21 of the Constitution of India? Madras HC answers in light of “extraordinary circumstances”

Madras High Court: Expressing that, a convict cannot enjoy all the liberties as are available to a common person, otherwise there would

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Democratic interests cannot be judicially aborted to preserve unfettered freedom to conduct business, of the few”; Govt. decision to ban MTTs in PPE products ensures adequate PPE in India: SC

“This Court must be circumspect that the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution do not become a weapon in the arsenal of private businesses to disable regulation enacted in the public interest.”