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The Court was shocked with the treatment given to the girls in the children’s home and the complaints made in respect of the Child Welfare Committee, which was established with a broad object and was supposed to act in the children’s interest, who need care and protection.
“The education was being given to the girls in the observation homes which was their right being a citizen of the country, but their transfer from the place where they grew up till the age of 18 years was to be weighed carefully keeping in mind the interest of the girls.”
The NHRC noted that the family was reportedly subjected to a social boycott and forced purification ritual, including tonsuring, by villagers.
The NHRC stated that if the media report was true then it would raise serious issues of human rights violations.
The NHRC noted that the victim boy died due to injuries inflicted by fellow inmates.
A news report published on 17-6-2025, highlighted that PGIMER had been facing severe shortage of hospital attendants and nursing staff, thereby which forcing relatives of patients to step in as caretakers, resulting in overcrowding and compromise in service.
According to the news report, residents and environmental activists have launched protests and official petitions against the alleged tree felling citing destruction of the Aravallis in DLF Phase 5.
The Court emphasised the need for fairness and cautioned against causing prejudice by delaying a determination of culpability and liability in fire incident.
The NHRC noted that if the allegation of police violence was accurate, then it raised serious concerns of human rights violations.
The NHRC noted that if the allegation of brutal manhandling of the journalists was true, then it raised serious concerns of human rights violations.
The NHRC noted that if the news report mentioning the involvement of the Central Armed Forces in response to the protests was true, serious issues of human rights violations may arise.
The NHRC noted that if the contents of the news report were true, it raised a serious issue of violation of human rights.
The NHRC noted that the allegations against Professor Mahmudabad disclosed, prima facie, that his human rights and liberty were violated.
The Court cautioned respondent 4 (Principal Secretary, Law and Legal Affairs Department) to remain “alive to his duty” to file a proper and complete affidavit.
The Court noted that although courts generally refrain from interfering in government policy, they are constitutionally obligated to intervene when such decisions infringe upon rights like access to justice or fair trial.
“This is gross subterfuge on the part of the of the State. The FIR has been drawn in a manner so as to assist the suspect Mr. Vijay Shah to be able to have the FIR quashed on a later date.”
“The armed forces… reflecting integrity, industry, discipline, sacrifice, selflessness, character, honour and indomitable courage… has been targeted by Mr. Vijay Shah who has used the language of the gutters against Col. Sofia Quraishi.”
The Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter after an NGO ‘We the Women of India’ approached the Court against the impugned decision.
“Over the past years, many regions of the country are experiencing an increase of extremely large and severe fire. Such fires directly impacted lives, human health, safety, livelihood, etc.”
“In most of the cases, we found that the age of the victim/child/girl is between 16 to 18 years and the age of the offender is 19 to 22 years. In our opinion, this is a serious issue and threat to the future of the youth of the country.”