Mental Health
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by Muskan Pipania†

Mental Health and the Legal Profession
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by Shivani Nair†

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In a case concerning non-implementation of the Mental Health Act, 2017 and non-functioning of the State Mental Health Authority in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court came down heaving on the State.

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    Bombay High Court: In a PIL filed highlighting serious issues of the non-implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, in

Madras High Court
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Madras High Court: In a suicide case by a 17-year-old school boy, filed against the headmaster S.M. Subramaniam, J. has held that

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Interviewed by Radhika Bishwajit Dubey and Bhumika Indulia

Karnataka High Court
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    Karnataka High Court: While deliberating over the instant petition seeking quashment of chargesheet filed against a “wellness therapist” under the

Making Mental Health a Global Priority: Because it is Everyone's Business
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by Ananya Mahapatra †

Kerala High Court
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    Kerala High Court: In a petition filed by a 21-year-old girl, seeking medical termination of her pregnancy, V.G. Arun, J.

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Supreme Court: In a suo motu case initiated to address the question as to whether the provision of pre-sentence hearing in capital

Kerala High Court
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    Kerala High Court: V. G. Arun, J., allowed medical termination of 28-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl. The mother of

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“Implicit in this shift is the understanding that the criminal is not a product of only their own decisions, but also a product of the state and society’s failing, which is what entitles the accused to a chance of reformation.” 

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Supreme Court: Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., allowed Project

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Supreme Court: While addressing an appeal alleging solitary confinement of a death row convict, the 3-Judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S.

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by Radhika Bishwajeet Dubey†

Patna High Court
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Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and S. Kumar, J., directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar to

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by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul† and  Radhika Bishwajit Dubey††
Assisted by Aman Singhania

 

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Delhi High Court: While stating that, Marriage is not made of only happy memories and good times, and two people in a

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“How an individual copes up with a threat- both physical and emotional, expressing (or refraining to express) love, loss, sorrow and happiness, varies greatly in view of the multi-faceted nature of the human mind and emotions.”

Kerala High Court
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Kerala High Court: V.G. Arun, J., addressed the instant suo motu case pertaining to the plight of mentally ill remand prisoners who