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“In India, the concept of legal aid is closely tied to the vision expressed in the Preamble of the Constitution, which promises justice be it social, economic, and/or political, along with equality of status and opportunity, and affirms the secular character of the State.”
“The respondents are directed to conduct enquiry independently in this regard and ensure that no injustice is caused to the petitioner by violating her fundamental rights as contemplated under Article 21 of the Constitution.”
A university that accepts only obedience and discourages protests and criticism would fail in its broader educational role.
“Criminal liability is founded on legally admissible material capable of giving rise to a sustainable inference, and not on conjecture, or investigative imagination.”
“The true objective of such homes is realized not merely by their existence, but by ensuring that they are adequately equipped with basic amenities, medical facilities and welfare support for the residents.”
“Handling of biomedical substances demands meticulous oversight and strict adherence to scientific procedures and any administrative or institutional laxity in this sphere brings grave and irreversible consequences.”
“Continued underutilisation, despite availability of infrastructure, reflects a systemic indifference to deploy reformative mechanisms and warrants immediate corrective measures.”
“The entry must be accompanied by the requisite criminal intent as defined under Section 441 IPC and, in the case of Section 450 IPC, such intent must be to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment for life”.
“One of the integral aspects of a healthy life is hygienic environment. Absence of a healthy environment would frustrate the right of the petitioner to live with dignity.”
“The right to human life is to be treated on a much higher pedestal, regardless of a citizen’s religious belief. The mere fact that the petitioners are living in an interfaith relationship would not deprive them of their fundamental right as envisaged in the Constitution, being citizens of India.”
The Court held that only the period of actual custody undergone by an accused can be considered while computing the permissible period for police custody or statutory bail, and the duration during which an accused remains on interim bail cannot be counted as detention.
“In such trying times when the employee contracted Covid, to expect him to be admitted only in a government hospital for claiming an entitlement, is arbitrary and unjust.”
“The right to personal development is an integral facet of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution, and, therefore, any interpretation of ‘custody principles’ must be interpreted in a manner that not only respects and upholds this constitutional guarantee but also is in sync thereof.”
“The woman is in unique and often difficult circumstances with respect to her physical, mental, social, or financial state, and all the different categories of women seek an abortion after twenty weeks either due to delay in recognizing the pregnancy or because of some other change in their environment.”
“Making adequate provisions for toilets / sanitation facilities concerns the basic human rights under Article 21 of the Constitution/”
Blanket freezing of accounts of persons who are neither accused nor suspects is arbitrary, disproportionate and violative of Articles 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India.
“Upon a prima facie consideration, it appears to us that some of the provisions of the Impugned Regulations suffer from certain ambiguities, and the possibility of their misuse cannot be ruled out.”
The petitioner argued that his disability details should be removed from online records under the right to be forgotten, claiming the disclosure caused stigma, discrimination, and violation of his privacy and dignity.
The respondents contended that there was a possibility of manipulation of the original relevant record relating to the tender of laying a separate drinking water pipeline in Bhagirathpura and sample reports of M.P. Pollution Control Board.
The Court remarked that the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to clean drinking water, and these petitions fell within the ambit of a public health emergency enshrined under Article 21.