Articles, case updates and legal news tagged "Human Rights".
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to establish a special monitoring cell under the Ministry of Women and Child Development to ensure strict implementati…
The Gauhati High Court has ruled that non-governmental and customary village institutions cannot restrict people's fundamental right to freedom of movement. Set…
The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay ₹6 lakh in compensation to a man who spent approximately six years in custody in a kidnapping…
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, chaired by S. Muralidhar, has reported that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in t…
The Supreme Court has adjourned petitions concerning restrictions and alleged unlawful detentions during protests in Delhi to October 15, 2026, following the in…
The Supreme Court of India has sought the presence of a senior Delhi Police officer to explain allegations of assault and misconduct against women journalists c…
The Delhi High Court has sought a status report from Delhi Police on activist Nadeem Khan’s allegations of unlawful confinement and surveillance intended to pre…
The Supreme Court has quashed the NSA detention of Mulla Afroz, accused in the 2024 Sambhal violence case, holding that an alleged confession made in police cus…
Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) has introduced a 1% reservation for transgender persons in its three-year LL.B. programme, becoming the first university i…
The Supreme Court has ruled that arrests made without complying with constitutional safeguards under Article 22 are unconstitutional and require immediate relea…
The Supreme Court has introduced stringent safeguards against illegal arrests and re-arrests, holding that any arrest made without furnishing written grounds is…
The District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida), Medha Roopam, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order that quashed a…
The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member High-Powered Enquiry Committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy to investigate alle…
The Centre informed the Supreme Court that transgender identity cards issued before the enactment of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Ac…
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that bail conditions enabling continuous surveillance of an accused violate the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21. …
