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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
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SC: Notice issued to 4 states over Sharjeel Imam plea for clubbing of FIRs
Imam, who has been booked for hate speech, sedition and anti-terror law, has asked the SC to let a single agency investigate the case.
Is it enough to be ‘not as bad as Italy or France’?
Guj gov’t in image management mode after HC rap, even as Ahmedabad Civil Hospital remains in the eye of the storm
Student activist Safoora Zargar, denied bail, judicial custody extended till June 25
Youth leaders across the country come together in a rare live press conference to raise questions on the ongoing ‘witch hunt’ against student activists
COVID-19 and the Indian Supreme Court
In ordinary times the Constitution is of course very important,but it is in times of crisis that the Constitution and the mechanisms to enforce it, are tested. That is why in the current context the failure of the Supreme Court becomes even starker
Bail in one case, custody in another for two Pinjra Tod activists
They were merely protesting, says Delhi Magistrate while granting bail to the two JNU students. But the Delhi police then sought custody in another case related to the north east Delhi riots which was granted for 2 days.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital “as good as a dungeon”: Guj HC slams state gov’t
Two days later, state government “discreetly” moves court for urgent hearing on Eid without informing litigant’s lawyers or Amicus Curiae!
State cannot use defamation to throttle democracy: Madras HC
The court opposed the mechanical manner of registering defamation cases of the state and explored the criteria for prosecution in criminal defamation
Dilution of Section 498A belittles the ongoing domestic abuse suffered by women
The stance of some courts of law on sec. 498A of the IPC, making overarching general observations (of possible misuse) to a provision that has afforded relief to women experiencing violence within the home and family, retards the recognition that women’s rights movement has received and in fact, takes us back decades, to the 1970s
Delhi HC issues notice in plea claiming illegal detention of 25 year old student under UAPA
She was booked under various charges including some sections of UAPA for protesting against CAA and NRC and has been detained since April 9
SC: Four more petitions filed against CAA, notices issued
The court refused to grant interim stay on operation of the CAA and issued notices
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