Tag: Arrest

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

25 arrests in three months under Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Love Jihad’ law

In all cases, the accused persons are from minority communities, including 15 cases against Muslims and six cases against Christians

Öztürk Türkdoğan, Co-chair of Human Rights Association Turkey arrested

Amnesty calls the arrest of human rights leader as a mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”, demands his release

Allahabad High Court protects Mirzapur series makers from arrest

The High Court has issued notice to the State Government and complainant for their reply

UP Police arrest suspended colleague for social media post on PM, CM

Vijay Pratap Singh, a 2017-batch officer, was sent to judicial custody, by a local court in Etawah

101 adults arrested, 9 minors detained in Palghar lynching case

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh warns against giving incident a communal colour

The cat that won’t be belled

Media organisations line up to defend Rahul Kulkarni, but no such spirited defence of journalists with dissenting voices

Kashmir at Unprecedented Juncture

The government claims to have arrested around 4,000 people...

Six students arrested for showing a film on campus

In a chilling incident, students and activists of AISA...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison

In a June 1 interview with ABC Radio Adelaide,...

CBI Arrests Sanatan Sanstha Lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar in Dabholkar Murder Case

Punalekar was arrested along with his assistant, Vikram Bhave...

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