Kochi, February 26 The Kerala High Court has granted bail to a Sri Lankan citizen, residing as a refugee in Chennai and suspected of being a member of the LTTE armed cadre, in a UAPA case, as the trial had not commenced even after over four years of his judicial custody.A bench of justices...
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bail
chennai
evidence
indian national investigative agency
kerala high court
ltte
nia
pre-trial detention
refugee status
satkunam
sri lanka
tamil nadu
uapa
witnesses
New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) on Thursday seeking directions to the Centre and state authorities to install "display boards" at police stations, court complexes, and public offices, highlighting the penal provisions and...
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bharatiya nyaya sanhita
complaint registration
criminal justice system
fabricated evidence
false charges
false complaints
fir (first information report)
legal consequences
national crime records bureau
public interest litigation
right to dignity
right to liberty
right to life
supreme court
New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the grant of retrospective environmental clearances (ECs) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found to be in violation of environmental norms, despite hefty penalties.On November...
alembic pharmaceuticals
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common cause
constitutional law
environmental clearances
environmental law
environmental norm violations
environmental regulations
gopal sankaranarayanan
madras high court
ministry of environment, forests and climate change
project approvals
retrospective approvals
sanjay parikh
supreme court
Kolkata, February 24 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment sentence of a man, convicted for the rape of a minor, stating that his appeal, which has been pending since 2019, is yet to be heard, and that prior appeals are also pending.Noting that it is uncertain when...
alipore court
appeal
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bail conditions
calcutta high court
conditional bail
criminal justice system
life imprisonment
maniktala police station
minor rape
pocso case
rape case
south 24 parganas district
swapan haldar
usthi police station
Prayagraj, February 23 The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 neither prohibits interfaith marriages nor bars such couples from living together in a live-in relationship.Justice Vivek Kumar Singh said that...
allahabad high court
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article 15
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constitutional rights
india
interfaith marriage
legal dispute
live-in relationship
noori
petition
police protection
religious freedom
right to personal liberty
uttar pradesh prohibition of unlawful conversion of religion act
Kochi, February 23 A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court seeking to prevent the CMO from sending emails and messages, allegedly aimed at government officials, highlighting the achievements of the state government, claiming that this constitutes an election campaign.The...
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chief minister's office
data collection
data privacy
digital personal data protection act
e-governance
election campaign
government employees
government secretariat
kerala high court
malappuram
pinarayi vijayan
right to privacy
spark (service and payroll administrative repository)
thiruvananthapuram
New Delhi, February 20 The presence of a public urinal and an open garbage bin right next to one's house violates the right to live with dignity in a clean and healthy environment, as guaranteed by the Constitution, the Delhi High Court has said.Justice Amit Bansal stated that a hygienic...
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clean environment
constitutional right
delhi high court
environmental rights
hygiene
legal case
municipal corporation of delhi (mcd)
neighborhood sanitation
new delhi
open garbage bin
property dispute
public urinal
right to life
waste management
New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the creation of a dedicated cell in each police station in the city for cases of missing persons, stating that policing should be left to the police authorities.The petition...
anand legal aid forum trust
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cbi investigation
data analysis
delhi
delhi high court
disappearances
fir registration
missing persons
police stations
public interest litigation
right to liberty
right to life
transit hub
unstraced persons
New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Chhattisgarh government's response to a plea alleging the exhumation and forced reburial of bodies of tribal Christians in villages there.The court also restrained any further exhumation.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep...
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chattisgarh association for justice and equality
chhattisgarh
civil rights
colin gonsalves
community burial
exhumation
fundamental rights
gram panchayats
petition
reburial
religious freedom
state government response
supreme court
tribal christians
New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday that the Delhi government has no reason whatsoever to not fill the vacant positions of chairperson and members in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) or to not provide adequate staff there.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and...
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article 15
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constitutional rights
crime against women
dcw
delhi commission for women
delhi government
delhi high court
gender-based violence
national crime records bureau
public interest litigation
staffing
suhyogini family counselling unit
vacancy filling
New Delhi, February 17 A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to all 12 accused in the Turkman Gate violence case, stating that there was no "clear and unmistakable identification" of the applicants at this stage to justify their continued detention.The case concerns violence during an...
New Delhi, February 14 – A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and state authorities to install "display boards" at police stations, court complexes, and public offices, highlighting the penal provisions and punishments for filing...
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bharatiya nyaya sanhita
criminal justice system
fabricated evidence
false charges
false complaints
freedom of speech
legal consequences of false complaints
malicious prosecution
miscarriage of justice
national crime records bureau
public interest litigation
punishment for false complaints
supreme court
undertaking affidavit
Chandigarh, February 9 The Haryana Human Rights Commission has initiated proceedings regarding an open, stagnant pond in Sumra Kheda village of Bhiwani district, deeming the site a "direct assault on human dignity" following the drowning of three minors.The Commission observed that the...
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bhiwani district
child drowning
constitutional rights
directive principles of state policy
gram panchayat
haryana human rights commission
safety measures
stagnant pond
sumra kheda village