CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court has ordered the complainant policeman and investigation officer to compensate a man arrested under a repealed law, calling the action “illegal” and a violation of his rights to personal liberty.The high court on Oct 23 ordered the investigating officer, police inspector Narendra Padalkar, to pay Rs2…
A 59-year-old electrical engineer, posted at Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), was granted permission by a single bench of the Rajasthan HC on Wednesday to travel to Singapore to visit his son. The court said the term “personal liberty” in Article 21 of the Constitution encompasses a broader scope, which includes the right to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, while dealing with an alleged effort to cover up an attempt to insulate the then PM from the multi-crore rupee coal scam in 2013, came out with the “caged parrot” comment for CBI for not taking an independent stand and speaking its “master’s voice”. The perception stuck and came back to…
NEW DELHI: Settling a vexed issue that evoked different rulings from HCs, the Supreme Court on Monday adjudged that a person, already arrested and in custody in connection with an offence, is entitled to seek anticipatory bail if he feared that the police may arrest him in another offence.A bench of Chief Justice D Y…
CHANDIGARH: Courts’ role is not to enforce social norms or morality but to uphold principles of constitutional morality, Punjab and Haryana high court has held, dismissing a habeas corpus petition by a person seeking directions that his 30-year-old daughter stay with him.HC emphasised that an adult woman, like any other citizen, possesses the right to…
