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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control

Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation

SC refuses to entertain Yatin Oza’s plea to stay contempt proceedings by Guj HC

The plea was withdrawn after the CJI asked Oza to approach the high court with his grievance

Is the SC directed industry-worker negotiation plausible?

Many questions have been raised on how this large-scale exercise will pan out and how the Centre will be able to keep a check on the same

Do all Lives Matter in India?

Exposing the striking differences in the responses of Indian state as compared to the United States while dealing with police action vis a vis vulnerable groups

Six months since Jamia violence, police brutalities not forgotten

As we witness worldwide #BlackLivesMatter protests and criticisms of police brutality in the USA, we also need to take a look at our own police system and how it perpetrates violence.

Places of Worship Act case: Jamiat-Ulema-i-Hind moves SC, pleads to be made party

A plea to declare section 4 of the act as unconstitutional is currently before the SC. Case could have ramifications for Gyanvyapi mosque and others

Plea in SC demanding transfer of funds from PM CARES to NDRF

The plea relies completely upon the Disaster Management Act, since the same has been invoked for dealing with the epidemic

Bombay HC seeks data on pending bail applications from district courts

This order was passed in a petition filed by PUCL, raising concerns over slow pace of decongestion of prisons, and availability of health care to inmates

Police fail to file chargesheet, Amulya Leona gets bail

She was thrown in jail for shouting allegedly pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally, earlier this year

Senior Advocate Yatin Oza moves SC against Gujarat HC’s suo moto contempt case

Oza had levelled some serious allegations against the court’s registry practicing favouritism while placing cases for hearing

Former Bombay HC judge Hosbet Suresh passes away

The legal luminary continued to be at the forefront of the human rights movement in India for 28 years after retirement!

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