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Patna High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Patna HC rejects plea for anticipatory bail to police officials in the case of custodial death and alleged abuse of woman arrested without warrant

The Court opined that given the serious nature of allegations, petitioner(s) did not deserve the privilege of pre-arrest bail.

Published on June 27, 2024July 2, 2024By Editor_4
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Custodial Death] Delhi High Court upholds conviction of police officers for causing death of a 26-year-old boy accused of robbery

The Supreme Court in State of M.P. v. Shyamsunder Trivedi, (1995) 4 SCC 262 observed that, it would be police officials alone who can only explain the circumstances in which a person in their custody had died.

Published on June 28, 2023July 3, 2023By Arunima
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Hot Off The PressNews

Torture of a woman by police personnel: NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Government

The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police personnel of Mehrauli Police

Published on May 9, 2022May 9, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Daughters are daughters forever and sons are sons till they are married”: Bom HC orders son to vacate flat of 90 yrs old parents

Bombay High Court: Noting the misery of parents aged 90 years, G.S. Kulkarni, J., observed that, “Daughters are daughters forever and sons

Published on September 17, 2021September 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

CAA | UN experts urge India to release human rights defenders arrested for protesting against changes to citizenship laws

UN experts called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation’s

Published on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | NHRC to conduct inquiry on alleged violation of human rights & negligence in prevention of same by police officials during CAA protests at AMU

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Vivek Varma, J. while addressing the present petition requested the National

Published on January 7, 2020January 22, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ori HC | Accused cannot be convicted based on circumstantial evidence until and unless guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Mishra, JJ. set aside a lower court’s decision of convicting the

Published on July 29, 2019August 1, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Pat HC | Allegations against husband’s relatives must be scrutinized with great circumspection in proceedings under S. 498-A of IPC

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. quashed criminal proceedings against relatives of a man accused of torturing his wife

Published on April 2, 2019April 3, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ori HC | Accused acquitted for dowry and domestic violence over vague charges

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Akshaya Kumar Mishra, J. acquitted the accused by setting aside the order of the Sessions Court

Published on February 1, 2019February 2, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC notice to DGP, Uttar Pradesh over reported illegal detention and torture of minor girl at a police station in NOIDA

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 14 year old girl was

Published on June 6, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Torture victims were wrongly imprisoned in immigration detention centres in UK

High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division  (England and Wales): Recently before the High Court, the statutory guidance,  ‘Adults at Risk in

Published on October 12, 2017By Saba
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