Home Ministry to prepare a comprehensive manual on media briefings by police personnel: Inside Supreme Court verdict
Supreme Court directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to complete the manual on media briefings by 31-12-2023
Right to Life and Personal Liberty
Can’t allow collateral attack on the criminal convictions: High Court of the Republic of Singapore dismisses constitutional challenge by 4 inmates against provisions in drug law
“Despite the claimants’ assertion that they seek only to examine the Constitution, the true subject matter of the present application is the propriety of the claimants’ convictions, which were the remit of their respective cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. This application for permission amounts to a collateral attack on the earlier criminal decisions.”
Patna High Court| Women have right to marry anyone of choice; Family/Societal Recognition not required under law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) under Article 16 explicitly states that Men and Women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality, or religion, have the right to marry and form a family. They are entitled to equal rights to marriage, during the marriage, and at its dissolution. A marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
13-years of long fight, yet State’s investigation unsatisfactory: Whether exemplary costs to a wife fighting for a decade to secure her missing husband’s presence would be granted or not? Read Bom HC’s decision
Bombay High Court: While noting the failure of State Machinery in securing the presence of a person for 13 years, Division Bench
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.”
NHRC notice to Union Home Ministry over reported move to deport illegal Rohingya immigrants
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding the plans of the