fundamental right Archives

Jhar HC | No discrimination to be made if the nature of job is same and performance are same or similar, Principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ applied

Jharkhand High Court: S. N Pathak J., upheld the award applying the principle of equal pay for equal work. The facts of

Bom HC | Pension payable to employees upon superannuation is a ‘property’ under Art. 300-A & fundamental right to livelihood under Art. 21: Pension can’t be deducted without authority of law

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.K. Deshpande and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., while addressing an issue with regard to the deduction of

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Press Reporter has a fundamental right to publish any news, which may not be palatable to administration

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Bibek Chaudhari and Soumen Sen, JJ., addressed a matter wherein a reporter published a story on

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | “Advocates, their staff are integral part of system dispensing fundamental right of access to justice”: Govt. to take informed decision on advocates request for inclusion in essential services

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and Sarang V. Kotwal, J., has advised the Maharashtra Government to take an informed

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Gujarat Govt given directions to take stern and decisive actions in matters connected to private hospitals, migrants, protection of doctors and overall management of Covid-19 crisis

Gujarat High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the way private hospitals in the State of Gujarat are indulging in blatant profiteering

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Bail granted in a case registered under POCSO Act where accused had no criminal history

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application filed for grant of regular bail in connection with the offences

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Incorrect to state that right to hold property is a fundamental right; writ petition against a private individual not maintainable

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioners claiming that the Additional Director General of

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Right to shelter is a fundamental right, a right to all infrastructure necessary to live and develop as human being

Allahabad High Court: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, J. dismissed the present “PIL” while imposing an exemplary cost on the petitioner for abusing the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Student’s freedom to choose college of his/ her choice for pursuit of studies – an aspect of fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Art. 21

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of CJ Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayashankaran Nambiar, J. opined that the students could not be

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Husband seeking DNA test of child born to his wife must establish no access to his wife during the period of 9 months, beyond reasonable doubt

Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J. dismissed a petition filed by a man who assailed the lower court’s order rejecting an

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Financial difficulties of institution cannot be above the fundamental right of a citizen; Retirement benefit to be paid with interest if not released immediately on retirement

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. allowed the petition on the settled principle of law that financial difficulty cannot

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Order of preventive detention quashed for deprivation of detenue’s fundamental right under Art. 21

Bombay High Court: A Bench of Sunil B. Shukre and Pushpa V. Ganedliwal, JJ. quashed a preventive detention order passed against the petitioner and

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Kerala HC | Breaking| Ban on “Flash Hartals”; 7-day prior notice required

Kerala High Court: An order has been passed by the Court banning flash hartals in the wake of the series of hartals

Case Briefs International Courts

Homophobia a ‘Poor Law’ of the Victorian era; Cross-dressing an expression of identity reiterating fundamental right: CCJ

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): A Five Judge Bench comprising of Saunders (President) and Wit, Barrow, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee, JJ. allowed an appeal

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Right to retire not supreme than Right to life: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Arun Mishra and S Abdul Nazeer, JJ., while addressing a matter, stated that “voluntary retirement” cannot be

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC issues interim directions for upkeep of Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri

Supreme Court: Addressing an issue of public importance relating to difficulties faced by visitors at Shri Jagannath Temple (Puri), the Bench comprising

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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 23]: Aadhaar satisfies the conditions laid down by the 9-judge Bench in Privacy Judgment: AG

After Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the CEO of UIDAI, made a PowerPoint presentation before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. AK Sikri,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Citizens cannot be forced to produce their Aadhaar to receive Government welfare schemes and benefits

Central Information Commission: The Commission recently dealt with a second appeal wherein the appellant contended that after having taken voluntary retirement from

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Passive Euthanasia is permissible; Human beings have a fundamental right to die with dignity: Supreme Court [Full Report]

Supreme Court: “Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why

Case Briefs High Courts

Right to speedy trial: A fundamental right, under trial cases to be treated as “priority sector litigation”

High Court of Jammu and Kashmir: In the recent judgment passed by a Single Judge Bench comprising of M.K. Hanjura, J., addressed