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Due Process Strengthened: Supreme Court mandates written, language-specific grounds for arrest under special laws and general laws
Building on Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha judgements, the Court constitutionalised a uniform standard—every arrest, whether under IPC/BNS or special enactments, must be supported by written grounds communicated in the arrestee’s own language, failing which the arrest stands void
JJ Law makes no distinction between orphan & abandoned child: Bombay HC
The Bombay high court in a judgement pronounced recently reiterated that there is no distinction between orphaned and abandoned children under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
Anti-CAA stir, Assam: SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest
Previously, the High Court had authorised the NIA to request the framing of charges against Gogoi in a special court.
UP seer calls for genocide prompts letter petition to Allahabad HC
CJP has sent a letter petition to the High Court’s acting Chief Justice seeking directions to the police to take action against Mahant Bajrang Muni Das
Gauhati HC imposes cost for suspecting citizenship of ex serviceman ‘without application of mind’
The court imposed cost on the Election Commission official for causing undue inconvenience to the retired Army
SC favours conciliation in case of caste based discrimination against Dalit faculty: IIT-Kanpur
The apex court has given directions for “talks” between the Dalit faculty member and his colleagues; the aggrieved complainant Subrahmanyam Saderla had challenged the Allahabad HC’s decision to quash the FIR against his colleagues
No Trial 8 Years After Govind Pansare’s Murder
Maharashtra Special ATS Judge SS Tambe had framed charges against 10 persons in January.
Hyderabad: Muslim man allegedly subjected to custodial torture on “suspicion of theft” for 5 days, dies in hospital
“They hung me upside down for 2 hours, hit me on my feet and hands, I can’t move my hands now”, he states in a statement made public by his wife; police deny allegations
Supreme Court to weigh in on ‘gun control’, seeks info on cases of illegal firearms in UP
The court has taken suo moto cognizance and has sought information from the UP government about action taken to curb illegal firearm possession.
Bombay HC seeks policy on old settlements for protected monuments; stays evictions at Vishalgarh
The Court had last week stayed demolitions by Western Railways on its land, stressing upon the need for rehabilitation of those displaced
Will arresting the breadwinner and driving women to suicide help solve the societal evil of child marriage: Guwahati HC grants ABA in cases while...
As POCSO, IPC (Rape), and PCMA is applied on the cases registered, this "crackdown on child marriage" seems more likely to be driven by extra judicious factors
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