personal liberty
‘Amicable settlement between parties is unwarranted when the serious offence of murder is committed’; Gujarat High Court denies bail
Gujarat High Court while deciding the bail application strikes the balance between personal liberty of accused and seriousness of offences committed.
Imprisonment before conviction is a sort of punishment especially when rate of conviction is low; Punjab & Haryana High Court grants bail to the accused
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that when the accused is coming forward to face trial and is undertaking to appear before Court, no prejudice will be caused to the prosecution or complainant in granting bail to the petitioner.
[Explained] What made Bombay High Court grant bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Dr. Anand Teltumbde?
Bombay High Court: While granting bail to the Bhima Koregaon accused, Dr. Anand Teltumbde, the Division Bench comprising Milind N.
Tripura High Court| 28-year-old woman to get Rs. 2.5 lakh compensation in custodial torture case
Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation concerning custodial torture on a 28-year-old woman in the police lockup, the division bench
Madras High Court directs State to pay compensation to the detenue who has been kept in illegal detention for 128 days
Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ
Can offering funeral prayers for a slain militant be termed as an anti-national activity so as to deprive an individual of their personal liberty? J&K and Ladakh HC deliberates
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant applications seeking to set aside the orders passed by the Special
Madras High Court grants bail to the accused in a case registered merely based on suspicion and confession statement
Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed to set aside the judgment and enlarge the appellant
Madhya Pradesh High Court directs State to pay 3 lacs as compensation for illegal detention; Registrar to conduct an inquiry
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J. allowed a petition which was filed seeking direction to the respondents to pay him
Can Court direct a husband to surrender as a condition for pre-arrest bail of his wife? Supreme Court decides
Supreme Court: In an interesting case the Vacation Bench comprising Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari, JJ., disapproved a strange bail condition imposed
Bail applications of co-accused arising from the self-same FIR shall be listed before the same court to avoid disparity: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: With a view to bringing reform in practices relating to disposal of bail applications arising from the same case, the
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Allahabad High Court Disability In a case where an employee of Central Bank of India petitioned to be exempted from routine transfers
SC steps in after Orissa HC sits on a blind man’s bail plea in a Ponzi scheme case for 2 years after reserving order in 2020; Issues notice to CBI, ED
Supreme Court: The vacation bench of AS Bopanna and Vikram Nath, JJ has issued notice returnable in 3 weeks in the matter
Does DRT has power to restrain a person from travelling abroad? Does Art. 21 includes right to travel abroad? Bom HC discusses
Bombay High Court: Expressing that the right to travel abroad has been spelt out from the expression “personal liberty” in Article 21
Declaration of reciting religious verses at someone’s residence: Act of breaching personal liberty of another person? Bom HC elaborates
Bombay High Court: Stating that, “Great power comes with greater responsibility”, the Division Bench of Prasanna B. Varale and S.M. Modak, JJ.,
Can gravity of offence be the sole ground to deny bail? Del HC decides in a multi-person scam involving Rs 200 Crores
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed whether the magnitude of offence can be the only criterion for granting bail and further
Cancellation of Bail v. Rejection of Bail: Delhi HC explains when a Court can seize liberty of an accused undertrial
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while explaining the facets of cancellation of bail and rejection of an application for bail, made
Utt HC | Bail granted in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 case; Court differentiates possession of small quantity from commercial quantity
Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application which was filed for grant of regular bail for the offence
Chh HC | Pregnancy which is caused by rape would presume to cause grave injury to mental health of the pregnant woman; Right to make reproductive choices is a dimension of ‘personal liberty’
Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., allowed the petition and directed termination of pregnancy. The instant petition was filed seeking termination of
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