[Cash for job scam] Wife of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji filed Habeas Corpus petition before Madras High Court
Following the arrest, Senthil Balaji complained of chest pain and was taken to Government hospital for a medical checkup.
Habeas Corpus
Custody cannot be determined by weighing economic circumstances of parties; Allahabad High Court grants custody to father
The primary object of a Habeas Corpus petition, as applied to minor children, is to determine in whose custody the best interests of the child will probably be advanced.
Can a father-in-law file a habeas Corpus petition seeking custody of Daughter- in- law? Allahabad High Court answers
Allahabad High Court said that the detenue is living with her parents, thus, it cannot be said that she is in illegal detention.
Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu Bar Council to initiate disciplinary action against Advocates issuing fake marriage certificates
Madras High Court opined that this is a fit case to refer the matter to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu to initiate disciplinary action against the advocates who performed the marriage.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court dismisses ‘Infructuous’ Habeas Corpus plea for releasing Amritpal Singh
Punjab and Haryana High Court had issued notice to the State in March 2023 for alleged illegal detention of Amritpal Singh by the authorities.
Principle of comity of courts is salutary in nature and cannot override the consideration of best interest and welfare of the child: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court, while deliberating over a father’s prayer seeking repatriation of his minor son to Germany, dismissed the petition on ground of the child’s best interests and allowed the son to remain with his mother in India.
Supreme Court stays Kerala HC order directing a woman in same-sex relationship to undergo counselling
The 3-judges Bench of Supreme Court has stayed the impugned order of the Kerala High Court whereby the High Court had asked DLSA to record statements of the detenu and make her undergo counselling. Allegedly, the woman has been kept in illegal detention by her parents.
Madras High Court directs State to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation to family of a man, missing since he was taken from his house for Covid-19 treatment
The missing person has not been traced either dead or alive and the stalemate continues, thus, taking into consideration the overall situation and without being too harsh on the State Government and instead, on humanitarian ground, the Madras High Court directed the State to pay compensation to the missing man’s family.
Madras High Court| Preventive detention laws are being misused by State; Compensation can be imposed, if there is an infraction of Article 21 of Constitution
Of all the things a system should fear, Complacency heads the list. The case in hand gave us a wake-up call and made us question ourselves as to whether we have become complacent and conditioned while dealing with preventive detention cases. Having got that call from within, we decided to shake up and wriggle out of the complacency and do a reality check.
Madras High Court set aside detention order passed by District Magistrate, due to undue and unexplained delay of 14 days in considering representation
Madras High Court: In a habeas corpus petition filed calling for the records pertaining to the order of detention passed
Allahabad High Court| Consenting adults have right to choose their life partner and it cannot be interfered with by any other person
Allahabad High Court: In a habeas corpus writ petition filed by the husband Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. has held that
Madras High Court directs State to pay compensation to the detenue who has been kept in illegal detention for 128 days
Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ
Allahabad High Court| Arya Samaj Certificates not enough to prove legality of marriage; Petition of habeas corpus dismissed
Allahabad High Court: Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J. dismissed a habeas corpus petition holding that the certificates issued by Arya Samaj
Delhi High Court: Defense of consensual sexual intercourse immaterial if victim is minor; Bail rejected
Sexual abuse resulting in tying of knot between the victim and the accused in violation of provisions of law or birth of a child, does not mitigate the act of the petitioner in any manner, since the consent of a minor is immaterial and inconsequential in law
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Allahabad High Court Disability In a case where an employee of Central Bank of India petitioned to be exempted from routine transfers
Orissa HC decides on maintainability of writ of habeas corpus vis-à-vis custody of minor child
Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of SK Sahoo and M S Raman, JJ. disposed of the petition leaving the petitioner with
Detenue is ambivalent in her stand between her desire to be with her husband and fear of being ill-treated by the parents of her husband; Ker HC did not issue Habeas Corpus
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K Vinod Chandra and C Vijayachandran, JJ. dismissed the petition and rejected the relief sought
“They are majors and they have agreed to live together”; AP HC granted relief to an inter religious married couple
Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlada Rajashekhar Rao and K Manmadha Rao, JJ. disposed of the petition and directed
Chh HC | Writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right, it is not a writ of course; a prima facie case of unlawful detention must be made
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Arup Kumar Goswami CJ and N K Chandravanshi J. dismissed the petition and declined to