Custodial Death Archives

Madras HC | “Every time a custodial death occurs, legitimacy of State suffers a big dent”; Judicial Magistrate to ensure that family of deceased be given access to see body & allowed to access photos and videos

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., observed that, What the government does must inspire the confidence of the people. Every time a

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | ”Truth is the motto and object of every investigation, let no stone be left unturned”; Court reminds CID [Vadodara Custodial Death]

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Sonia Gokani and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., on 28-09-2020 during the proceedings of the Vadodara Custodial

Case Briefs High Courts

TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC passes slew of directions for conducting of enquiry by the Judicial Magistrate in the brutal killing of father-son duo

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of P.N. Prakash and B. Pugalendhi, JJ. had directed the Judicial Magistrate (I), Kovilpatti, to go

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Bihar Custodial deaths of 2 men: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking SIT probe

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has refused to entertain the plea

Case Briefs High Courts

Hashimpura Tragedy | 16 PAC personnel accused of “targeted killings” convicted in an attempt to avert “systematic failure and misscariage of justice”: Del HC

“Prolongation of the trial for over two decades, compounded by the endemic systematic delays, have frustrated the attempts at securing effective justice