daughters confined by father
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court remarked that the daughters, despite being major, educated and legally competent women, were deprived of their liberty for a prolonged period, solely because they exercised their constitutionally protected freedom of conscience and chose to profess a religion different from that professed by their family.

Custodial suicide compensation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court held that an unnatural death in police custody, including death by suicide, constitutes a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and attracts the State’s public law liability to compensate the victim’s family.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: On the issue of the scope of judicial review of action by the State in a matter arising from a