Rule of Law

Bench observes detention may be illegal if bail conditions were being followed, grants visitation rights to the family of the person detained

In an order passed on May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court directed the petitioner’s release on bail, noting that he had been incarcerated for nearly six months and that a charge sheet had already been filed.

Court directs BSF Sector HQ to allow access; authorities must disclose deportation details if already carried out — petition remains pending

The High Court, through interim orders issued from Friday June 6 onwards ensured that the authorities disclosed (confirmed) location of two detainees in Kokrajhar Holding Centre, grants visitation rights; seeks clarity on BSF handover; addresses procedural revival of ex parte FT order; and stays deportation in one case

Following recent murders and communal unrest in Dakshina Kannada, police have initiated externment proceedings against 36 individuals, including a BJP leader, and filed an FIR against an RSS leader to maintain public order, this move has ignited a political firestorm, with the BJP decrying it as a targeted, "anti-Hindu" campaign by the Congress government, however, the Home Minister asserts the action is impartial, targeting any lawbreaker to ensure peace

On Monday, June 2, the Supreme Court refused to...

Vacation bench says detention of Indian-born girl unjustified; invokes principles of due process, liberty, and jurisdictional restraint under Foreigners Act and May 2025 Central Government Resolution

In an expansive order, a division bench of the Madras High Court also court observed that the concept of "family" has to be understood expansively and marriage is not the sole mode to start a family. The court also pulled up the police in Vellore district for showing insensitivity and being non-responsive to the complaints by the petitioner

The investigation marks a shocking failure in the capabilities of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), increasingly critiqued for malfunctioning under political pressure; in 2018 the CBI filed a closure report and seven years later, today, June 5, the Court is likely to hear and decide whether to accept that a missing student from one of India’s premier institutes, the JNU simply cannot be found nor the circumstances behind his disappearance

Following petitions filed by family members, High Court seeks clarity on status of two individuals previously declared ‘foreigners’ but released on bail and reporting regularly to police under Supreme Court guidelines