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The Judiciary acts on the basis of an established legal dictum: an accused is awarded “presumption of innocence till he/she is proven guilty”, which means that an arrested person be treated with humanity, dignity and respect until he/she is proven guilty by the court of law. The apex court has now decided to examine whether arrest becomes invalid when the accused is not provided sufficient reasons

The special bench constituted by the apex court to hear a clutch of pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Act has forbidden the filing of any new petitions challenging the current status of places of worship. The Act under fire had left only the Ayodhya issue to be decided by the courts and froze the status of any place of worship as it was on the day of India’s independence

The Supreme Court in a recent Public Interest Litigation (Janaki Chaudhary & Anr vs Women and Child Development & Ors), reviewed a petition regarding the employment terms and conditions of in...

The recent report on prison reforms focuses on measures to decongest overcrowded prisons of the country. It also suggests electronic tracking of prisoners as a measure to manage and monitor overpopulated jailed detainees. Though electronic monitoring of accused enlarged on bail has been suggested as a reform measure, it should be adopted with caution and care

A single-judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand of Rajasthan High Court while taking suo motu cognisance of the need to provide adequate and hygienic public washrooms emphasized the importance of upholding the right to dignity and decency for women

Recently, in a case involving a man’s second divorce petition following the dismissal of his first, the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench ruled that a subsequent petition based on cruelty is permissible if new grounds arise after the initial dismissal. In this case, the appellant is the husband and the respondent is the wife

The Bill has cleared the Lok Sabha and, once passed by the Rajya Sabha and the President, will enable a bank account holder to nominate four people to her/his account

A Madras High Court order denying a Scheduled Caste certificate to a Christian woman who claimed to be a Hindu while applying for an upper division clerk job is just the latest in a number of pleas pending before the apex court that deal with the larger question on the constitutionality of using religion as a yardstick for Scheduled Caste quota

In response to a PIL, the Bombay High Court instructed urban planning authorities in Maharashtra to link their official websites with the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority portal within a period of three months. The Court said that the integration is imperative for establishing a streamlined process for verifying the authenticity of certificates submitted in real estate registrations, as envisaged under the RERA Act

The Karnataka High Court, while considering a PIL, has made it clear that lack of cleanliness in public parks due to irresponsible pet parenting is becoming a problem. The feeding of stray dogs and the responsibilities of pet owners is a matter of concern all over urban India