News 10-Year-Old Boy Died After Falling into Uncovered Sewer Pit During Delhi Jal Board Project; Delhi High Court Awards Compensation for Violation of Article 21 RawlawJuly 28, 20265 min read
News Supreme Court Says Courts Cannot Impose Impractical Conditions That Defeat Police Custody; Relaxes Restrictions in Custodial Death Probe Against Police Inspector RawlawJuly 28, 20265 min read
News Wife Alleged Sonam Wangchuk Was Confined at Safdarjung Hospital Without Access to Family Doctors; Delhi High Court Orders Immediate Transfer to Medanta RawlawJuly 25, 20269 min read
News Bombay High Court directs Mumbai civic body to urgently provide toilets in large slum—“Sanitation is a basic human right under Article 21 even on encroached land”; strict timelines fixed RawlawFebruary 8, 20266 min read
News Delhi High Court grants default bail in NDPS case — “Extension of investigation without producing accused is a gross illegality; right to statutory bail flows from Article 21” while setting aside trial court orders RawlawDecember 20, 20256 min read
News Delhi High Court permits termination of 26-week pregnancy of minor rape survivor — “Reproductive autonomy under Article 21 cannot be denied; continuation would cause grave injury to mental health” — petition allowed RawlawDecember 13, 20256 min read
News Jammu and Kashmir High Court holds “preventive detention cannot rest on vague and stale allegations” — detention order quashed for non-application of mind and denial of effective representation RawlawDecember 13, 20254 min read
News Madras High Court holds that “public interest cannot be frozen by interim orders” — status quo injunction modified to permit flood mitigation ponds and eco park on public land RawlawDecember 12, 20255 min read
News Madras High Court cautions that “non-bailable warrants cannot be issued mechanically” — court sets aside arrest order in maintenance execution for violating procedural safeguards RawlawDecember 12, 20255 min read
News Kerala High Court declares that “bail cannot be cancelled in a mechanical manner and must be based on supervening circumstances” — Court restores liberty after finding no violation of conditions and holds that cancellation of bail was unjustified RawlawNovember 13, 20256 min read