Dalit Law Student's Custodial Death
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In respect of offences that occur against a person in police custody or custodial death, the stand to be taken by this Court should be different. Being the protectors of the constitutional rights of a citizen, who by virtue of the order passed in a judicial process, is in the custody, then if his constitutional rights are violated by an officer or any other citizen in jail, then at this prima facie stage, we say that the Court’s interference is required.”

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

National Human Rights Commission, India, after taking cognizance of a complaint about the brutal assault on a doctor by the relatives of

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC notice to the Chief Secretary and DGP, Uttar Pradesh in connection with a death in police custody after a brutal assault