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Virginity test conducted on a female detainee/accused under investigation/custody whether judicial/police is unconstitutional; Delhi High Court issues directions

To hold that conducting virginity test on a woman who is victim of sexual assault and on a woman who may be an accused of an offence will be on different footing or that the earlier will be unconstitutional and the later constitutional, will be a perverse finding and against the intent of the Constitution of India and Article 21. However, this should not mean to be taken to be a shield for the detainee from legitimate interrogation by police as per the procedure established by law.

Case Briefs High Courts

Loss of character or bruised reputation cannot be restored even by judicial reprieve; Bombay High Court quashes FIR filed under S. 498 A IPC

Unfounded criminal charges and long drawn criminal prosecution can have serious consequences. A person subjected to such litigation suffers immense mental trauma, humiliation and monetary loss.

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court set aside transfer order of Judge who made ‘sexually provocative dress’ remark; Upholding the same will have a deleterious effect on the morale of the judicial officers in the State

Kerala High Court: In an appeal filed against the judgment of a Single Judge transferring the appellant from the post

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court’s conviction order for raping his one year old niece

A murderer destroys the physical frame of a victim, a rapist degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | Muslim wife cannot be compelled by Court to live with her husband against her wishes while second marriage of the husband subsists

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 for setting aside the

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court No provision in MTP Act, 1971 requires woman to obtain her husband’s permission for terminating the pregnancy; Permits petitioner to undergo Medical termination of pregnancy

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

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Orderly system’ unconstitutional: Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to eradicate it completely in four months

Madras High Court: S.M. Subramaniam, J. has directed to ensure that the practice of orderly system stands eradicated in entirety

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | [Article 21] Right of dignified life not only available to a living person but also to the ‘dead’; State directed to publicize Scheme/Standard Operating Procedure for cremation

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh, JJ. took suo motu cognizance of a PIL which was

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Consent of two adults entering into wedlock, ought to have pious primacy over consent of family, clan or community

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Apprehension of harassment and violence at the hands of their relatives, led a young couple

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Continued distinction between children born within or out of wedlock, stigmatises children born out of wedlock: Does it causes indignity to child & unmarried parents? Here’s why Constitutional Court of SA declared S. 10 of Births and Deaths Registration Act as ‘Unconstitutional’

Constitutional Court of South Africa: The Bench of Victor AJ (Jafta J, Khampepe J, Madlanga J, Majiedt J, Mhlantla J, Theron J

Case Briefs High Courts

Lower Court Judge failed in its duty to protect dignity of rape victim: Bom HC’s decision on committing of rape by cab driver joined by his accomplice

Bombay High Court: Pained to note the permitting of questions by the Lower Court which crossed all lines of dignity of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Act of affront to the decency and dignity of a woman cannot be considered as trivial in nature

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., while dismissing the petition in regard to quashing of FIR and final report that alleges

Case Briefs Foreign 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

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Former ISRO Scientist ordered for compensation of Rs 50 lakhs; committee constituted for taking action against erring police officers: SC

Life commands self-respect and dignity.

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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 30]: We all strive to get recognised. Identification is a matter of dignity and pride: Rakesh Dwivedi

On day 30 of the Aadhaar Hearing, Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi continued with his argument probabilistic method that he had begun on Day