UAPA| No day-to-day hearing, 298 prosecution witnesses yet to be examined? 74-year-old gets bail after 9.5 years
Supreme Court: In a case where a 74-year-old has been behind the bars since 2012 as an undertrial prisoner, after being arrested
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Ker HC | “Protestors shall not be deprived of access to justice”; HC directs release of detained Lakshadweep protestors
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., ordered the release of persons detained for protesting
Gangster previously prosecuted in 15 cases gets bail in a murder case! Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad High Court order
“There is no doubt that liberty is important, even that of a person charged with crime but it is important for the courts to recognise the potential threat to the life and liberty of victims/witnesses, if such accused is released on bail.”
‘Law should not become a ruse for targeted harassment’; SC reminds Courts of their duty to ensure human liberty
“Liberty survives by the vigilance of her citizens, on the cacophony of the media and in the dusty corridors of courts alive to the rule of (and not by) law. Yet, much too often, liberty is a casualty when one of these components is found wanting.”
Dialectics of Freedom of Expression
by A. Lakshminath* and Mukund Sarda**
All HC | Can the family members harass a couple who on attaining majority got married and started living together? HC reiterates SC’s position
Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., addressed a petition where protection was sought of the Court by a couple against threats
Article 370| Review all orders imposing curbs in a week and put them in public domain: SC to J&K administration [Full Report]
“While the mountains of Himalayas spell tranquillity, yet blood is shed every day.” Supreme Court: In a major verdict, the 3-judge bench
Article 370| SC reserves order on pleas challenging restrictions imposed in J&K after abrogation of Article 370
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy, and B R Gavai, JJ has reserved the judgment on a
MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty; bail application approved
Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. allowed the bail application on the ground that trial was not going to be over
Liberty of a detenu under COFEPOSA has to be subordinate to the good of the people: SC
Supreme Court: Stating that the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority under COFEPOSA is not immune from judicial reviewability, the bench of
MP HC | ‘Early conclusion of trial a bleak possibility and prolonged pre-trial detention an anathema to the concept of liberty’; bail granted to externed accused
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. dealt with a bail application where the petitioner sought bail for the offence under Section
MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty; bail granted
Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Sheel Nagu, J., fourth time under Section 439 of Criminal
Pak SC | A free lady cannot be compelled to give sample for DNA test as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy
Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Divison Bench of Mushir Alam and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed a petition seeking to set aside
MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Bench of S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. allowed the bail application of an accused whose two previous bail applications
Khap Panchayats have no authority to order honour killings; Their activities are to be stopped in entirety: SC
Supreme Court: “When the ability to choose is crushed in the name of class honour and the person’s physical frame is treated
If a woman has attained age of majority and married out of her own free will, held, illegal to harass her or threaten her for such a reason
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The High Court recently addressed a petition wherein the petitioner argued that despite her having attained the