The top court live streamed its proceedings for the first time to mark the then Chief Justice of India NV Ramana’s last day in office. Some states are also live streaming judicial proceedings, but it needs to become a more permanent feature
Over the past few decades, there has been a paradigm shift in the understanding of slum dwellers and their rights. From being viewed as illegal occupants without any rights, they are now seen as people with rights and entitled to shelter by the government.
Recently, in a petition by journalist Rana Ayyub before the Delhi High Court for being unceremoniously put on a no-fly list by the CBI by issuing Look Out Circular, the Court quashed the impugned LOC for infringing her human right to travel abroad and to exercise freedom of speech and expression.
With the recent Karnataka High Court ruling directing the state police to make available body cameras to all police personnel entitled to arrest a person, the issue of handcuffing an accused without necessary permission from courts has again taken centre-stage.
Recently, in a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court, while adjudicating in a child custody battle between a divorced couple, orally remarked that penal provision against rape should be made gender-neutral.
A split verdict by the Delhi High Court on criminalisation of marital rape has led this issue to the apex court. Should the common law understanding of marriage be judicially discarded as in the UK?