The Kerala High Court has set aside the part of the State’s guidelines that made production of an arrested person before a Magistrate after 5 PM an exceptional step, holding that an executive protocol cannot dilute Article 22(2) and Section 58 of the BNSS.
After a court-appointed Medical Board found no gross psychopathology in him, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a private de-addiction centre cannot detain an adult on a spouse’s consent form alone, and ordered the release of a man kept at a rehabilitation facility. Indore: Ordering the immediate release of a man held at a […]
Police cannot compel adult woman to return home, and neither can her parents: that is the Kerala High Court’s holding, which still lets the police record her presence in a missing person case. Ernakulam: A missing person complaint filed by a mother had led to a registered crime, and the Kerala High Court has ruled […]
No public notice and no invitation of objections, but identity, age and consent will still be verified: the Allahabad High Court has dispensed with Special Marriage Act notice publication for an adult interfaith couple who feared harm from their families, directing the Marriage Officer to proceed and the police to protect them. Lucknow: Waiving the […]
Lucknow or Noida? Journalist Satyam Verma says CCTV footage and call records place him in Lucknow on the day of the Noida violence, while the detention order alleges he incited workers to violence. The Allahabad High Court has now reserved judgment on his NSA detention habeas plea. Prayagraj: After hearing the parties on October 7 […]
Sixty days separated the date bail should have freed a tea garden worker from the day he actually walked out of jail. The Calcutta High Court has now ordered Rs 5.36 lakh compensation for that stretch, holding that it had no basis in law. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has awarded Rs 5.36 lakh compensation, […]
The Allahabad High Court has held that police cannot detain an innocent family member to pressure an accused into surrendering, awarding Rs 40,000 compensation to Arvind Kumar Yadav for four days of unlawful custody at Police Station George Town, Prayagraj, to be recovered from the salaries of the personnel responsible.