Canada SC| Record screening process in sexual offence cases does not violate accused’s Charter-protected rights
[6:3 verdict] Canada Supreme Court: In the recent matter, the Canada Supreme Court, deliberated upon the matter of expanded rape
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AFCHPR| Republic of Kenya directed to identify and demarcate the Ogiek ancestral land and make monetary reparations to the community for the moral and material prejudices suffered
African Court on Human and People’s Rights (‘AFCHPR’): While deciding the instant matter concerning the eviction of a Kenyan indigenous minority ethnic
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women…we dissent.” Read SCOTUS dissent on Right to Abortion case
“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had”.
SCOTUS| United States’ Constitution does not confer any right to abortion; Roe v. Wade overruled after 49 years
Supreme Court of The United States: In a far-reaching decision concerning an American woman’s right to abortion, the Court held that the
Canada SC | Imposing consecutive 25-year parole ineligibility periods cruel and unusual by nature, cannot be justified in a free and democratic society
Supreme Court of Canada: A full bench comprising, Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal JJ unanimously
Capital Punishment| Supreme Court allows Project 39A of NLU Delhi to conduct psychological evaluation of a death row convict to bring out mitigating factors
Supreme Court: Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., allowed Project
Aadhaar Card for Sex Workers| Supreme Court bats for sex workers’ right to dignity; directs UIDAI to issue Aadhaar Card without insisting on address proof
“…basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to sex workers and their children, who, bearing the brunt of social stigma attached to their work, are removed to the fringes of the society, deprived of their right to live with dignity and opportunities to provide the same to their children.”
Whether unavailability of ‘self-induced intoxication’ as a defence in cases of assault, withstands the challenge of constitutionality? SC of Canada answers
Supreme Court of Canada: The instant matter revolved around a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code which
Statement that Kashmir is under occupation of armed forces and people of Kashmir reduced to slaves, will be protected under Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression?J&K and Ladakh HC answers
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Stating that, the intention of a person can be gathered from the words spoken or
Torture of a woman by police personnel: NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Government
The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police personnel of Mehrauli Police
“Yet another incident of death while cleaning sewer”; NHRC takes suo motu cognizance
“Precious human lives have again been lost.”
Dalit man made to rub nose in his own spit in Kendrapada District: NHRC issues notice to Odisha Government
The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken a suo-motu cognizance of a media report of the incident where a dalit man
Is there a policy rewarding public prosecutors for securing death sentence? Supreme Court asks M.P. government in a Suo Motu case
Supreme Court: The 3-Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and P.S. Narasimha, JJ., issued notice to Madhya Pradesh government
Employees of a security establishment cannot be deprived of their fundamental and legal rights just because they work in an intelligence and security establishment: Del HC
Delhi High Court: Expressing that, RTI Act is a tool that facilitates the employees and officers in airing their grievances systematically, the
WGAD, OHCHR deliberates over the matter of Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven’s illegal detention in Tihar Jail, New Delhi; seeks clarifications from India on the allegations of arbitrariness in her detention and her claim for compensation for her arbitrary detention
OHCHR (WGAD): While addressing the issue of alleged arbitrary detention of Ms. Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven in Tihar Jail, New Delhi, from the period
Dispersion into Nihility and the Apathy of States: Enforced Disappearance, an Unnoticed Devourer of Human Rights
When a person disappears, everything becomes impregnated with that person’s presence. Every single object as well as every space becomes a reminder
AP HC| LGBTQ+ community’s right to reservation; Can a transgender claim to be appointed by reservation in spite of failure to secure minimum cut off marks in screening test? HC answers
Andhra Pradesh High Court: In a significant case wherein, a transgender had approached the Court seeking benefit of reservation for appointment in
Is rejection to issue “X” marker (unspecified) passport for non-gendered people violative of right to respect for private life and discriminatory under EU Convention? UK SC decides
United Kingdom Supreme Court: Rejecting the demand for “X” marker passport (unspecified gender) for non-gendered people, the Bench of Lord Reed, President
Sikk HC | Does dismissal of the writ petition in limine act as res judicata against the proceedings before the NHRC? Court answers in suicide case of undertrial
Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the State seeking a writ for setting aside the
[Custodial Torture] Patna HC | “Sorry state of affair”; HC slams police for using third degree torture to extract confession
Patna High Court: A. M. Badar, J., granted bail to the person arrested on the basis of forcefully extracted confession made during