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Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘Law should not become a ruse for targeted harassment’; SC reminds Courts of their duty to ensure human liberty

“Liberty survives by the vigilance of her citizens, on the cacophony of the media and in the dusty corridors of courts alive to the rule of (and not by) law. Yet, much too often, liberty is a casualty when one of these components is found wanting.”

Published on November 30, 2020December 12, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Dialectics of Freedom of Expression

by A. Lakshminath* and Mukund Sarda**

Published on November 1, 2020March 9, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | Can the family members harass a couple who on attaining majority got married and started living together? HC reiterates SC’s position

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., addressed a petition where protection was sought of the Court by a couple against threats

Published on September 10, 2020September 12, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Article 370| Review all orders imposing curbs in a week and put them in public domain: SC to J&K administration [Full Report]

“While the mountains of Himalayas spell tranquillity, yet blood is shed every day.” Supreme Court: In a major verdict, the 3-judge bench

Published on January 10, 2020January 22, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

Article 370| SC reserves order on pleas challenging restrictions imposed in J&K after abrogation of Article 370

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy, and B R Gavai, JJ has reserved the judgment on a

Published on November 27, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty; bail application approved

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. allowed the bail application on the ground that trial was not going to be over

Published on July 22, 2019July 25, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Liberty of a detenu under COFEPOSA has to be subordinate to the good of the people: SC

Supreme Court: Stating that the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority under COFEPOSA is not immune from judicial reviewability, the bench of

Published on July 19, 2019July 25, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | ‘Early conclusion of trial a bleak possibility and prolonged pre-trial detention an anathema to the concept of liberty’; bail granted to externed accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. dealt with a bail application where the petitioner sought bail for the offence under Section

Published on July 4, 2019July 8, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty; bail granted

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Sheel Nagu, J., fourth time under Section 439 of Criminal

Published on March 11, 2019March 12, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pak SC | A free lady cannot be compelled to give sample for DNA test as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Divison Bench of Mushir Alam and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed a petition seeking to set aside

Published on February 28, 2019March 30, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Prolonged pre-trial detention is an anathema to the concept of liberty

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Bench of S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. allowed the bail application of an accused whose two previous bail applications

Published on February 15, 2019February 18, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Khap Panchayats have no authority to order honour killings; Their activities are to be stopped in entirety: SC

Supreme Court: “When the ability to choose is crushed in the name of class honour and the person’s physical frame is treated

Published on March 27, 2018April 5, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

If a woman has attained age of majority and married out of her own free will, held, illegal to harass her or threaten her for such a reason

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The High Court recently addressed a petition wherein the petitioner argued that despite her having attained the

Published on November 27, 2017By Saba
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