FIR is not a detailed chronicle of all intricate and minute details of an offence: Supreme Court [Read what a valid FIR is]
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that the true test of a valid FIR is only whether
public order
Farmers’ protest can continue peacefully without impediment. Supreme Court calls for constitution of a committee to resolve the issue
“Indeed the right to protest is part of a fundamental right and can as a matter of fact, be exercised subject to public order.”
Freedom & rights cannot armour those who promote & incite violence| 15 notable excerpts on ‘hate speech’ from Supreme Court’s verdict in Amish Devgan case
“In a polity committed to pluralism, hate speech cannot conceivably contribute in any legitimate way to democracy and, in fact, repudiates the right to equality.”
J&K HC | Mere reproduction of police dossier in detention order cannot justify judicial application of mind and is reflective of callous attitude of authorities
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Puneet Gupta, J. dismissed the writ petition and set aside the detention order on the grounds that
Lynching | Advisories to States/UTs for prompt and strict action against miscreants taking law into their own hands and inciting violence
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question regarding details on mob lynching
Guj HC | Simple registration of FIR not sufficient to establish breach of maintenance of public order
Gujarat High Court: A Bench of S.H. Vora, J. allowed the special leave petition and quashed the impugned order of detention by
Act affecting public order must affect the community at large; detenue under Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act released
Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.H. Vora, J., allowed a petition against the detention orders passed under Gujarat
A positive report regarding threat to the State or public order is necessary to deny parole to a convict
Punjab and Haryana High Court: The order denying parole to the petitioner (convict) based on the report of the District Magistrate was
Allahabad HC holds slaughter of cow in public place disrupts public order and not only law and order
Allahabad High Court: The High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition brought before it in a case of cow slaughter in front
Difference between maintenance of law and order & public order discussed
High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: The detention of one Chirraboina Krishna Yadav under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of
Rhetorical incantation of the words “goonda” or “prejudicial to maintenance of public order” not sufficient to invoke Preventive Detention
Supreme Court: In the case where the detenu was detained under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders,