Article 21 of Constitution Archives

‘Right to life encapsulates right to construction of road, even to a solitary villager’: Punjab and Haryana High Court to Gram Panchayat

Even if a single individual may be benefitted from the construction of revenue ‘rasta’ at the instance of the Revenue Collector, it is not sufficient and well-informed reason for the Panchayat to resist compliance with orders of the Collector.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Hathras Conspiracy case]: “Preventive detention of citizen for just and plausible reasons is a measure permissible under law”; Allahabad High Court grants bail to Atikur Rehman

Allahabad High Court granted bail to Atikur Rehman who was arrested in 2020 along with Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to meet the family of the Hathras Rape and Murder victim.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs Union to consider passport application of Srilankan refugees’ daughter

Madras High Court permitted Srilankan refugees’ daughter to apply for passport under Section 20 of the Passports Act and directed the Central Government to consider her application and pass order.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| Preventive detention laws are being misused by State; Compensation can be imposed, if there is an infraction of Article 21 of Constitution

Of all the things a system should fear, Complacency heads the list. The case in hand gave us a wake-up call and made us question ourselves as to whether we have become complacent and conditioned while dealing with preventive detention cases. Having got that call from within, we decided to shake up and wriggle out of the complacency and do a reality check.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court commutes death sentence of a rape and murder convict, due to ill-effects of 10 years of solitary confinement

Supreme Court: In appeal against the judgment passed by the Karnataka High Court three-judge bench of Uday Umesh Lalit*, C.J.,

Case Briefs

1992-93 Bombay Riots and Blasts: Trace the missing persons and compensate; Read Supreme Court’s directions to Maharashtra Government

Supreme Court: In a writ petition relating to the issue of implementation of the recommendations of the Justice B.N. Srikrishna commission constituted

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Right to life under Art. 21 creates an obligation upon the State to ensure that the right to health is respected, protected and is duly entitled to all its citizens

Gauhati High Court: Songkhupchung Serto, J. was hearing a writ petition of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India pertaining

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Art. 21 of the Constitution of India applies to all persons, citizens and non-citizens alike, including refugees and asylum seekers

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J. while hearing a petition seeking conferment of citizenship, declined to issue mandamus for the same on

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Right to shelter is a fundamental right, a right to all infrastructure necessary to live and develop as human being

Allahabad High Court: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, J. dismissed the present “PIL” while imposing an exemplary cost on the petitioner for abusing the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | ‘Polluter Pays’ principle does not mean that polluter can pollute and then pay for it – Must include environmental cost and direct cost to people

National Green Tribunal: A Coram of Justice A.K. Goel (Chairperson), Justice S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), Justice K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial Member) and Dr