The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to clarify what exactly its position is vis-à-vis CCTV cameras in police stations, because this involves the fundamental rights of the citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The High Court of Karnataka has dismissed an appeal for leniency and upheld the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years imposed on a convict accused of raping a 69-year-old woman.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court of India challenging the certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act on the ground it violates fundamental rights of citizens under Article 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution of India.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to frame guidelines for Uniform Grounds of Divorce and to declare as discriminatory other grounds of divorce, as prevalent in different communities, as violative of Articles 14, 15, 21.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to declare Section 2(f) of the National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act 2004, as arbitrary, irrational and against the Articles 14, 15, 21, 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an opportunity to students from the ICSE Board who failed in classes 9 and 11 this year. This comes after the CBSE, on May 13, permitted all the failed students of classes 9 and 11 as a one-time measure, to appear in a school-based test again.
Conviction could not be based on a foundation of conjectures and surmises to conclude guilt of the accused without establishing it beyond reasonable doubt, Supreme Court
Recent custodial deaths show that despite the laws of arrest being stringent in India, there are few safeguards like abroad. An effective legal system, education and good pay could mitigate police violence