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Kerala High Court extends e-filing facility to all prison authorities for appeals and other applications filed by prisoners

Previously, prisoners would have to file their appeals and other applications by preparing them in physical form and sending them to the Court for filing.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Prisoners also have right to adequate and required healthcare’; Himachal Pradesh HC grants bail to HIV+ prisoner after jail authorities failed to provide required medical treatment

“Failure on the part of a government hospital to provide the timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment results violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, as has been done in the instant case.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court quashes order by jail authorities of blacklisting food supplier for 5 years

The Jharkhand High Court said that a show cause notice specifying grounds for the proposed action is mandatory in order to enable the other party to answer the case before passing blacklisting orders.