Supreme Court grants bail to Amtek Auto promoter Arvind Dham, holding prolonged incarceration without trial progress violates the right to speedy trial under Article 21.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court orders release of accused detained under NSA in a caste-based humiliation case and stays Madhya Pradesh High Court’s preventive detention directions.
Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, while granting bail to five co-accused.
Madras High Court grants 12-week interim bail to YouTube journalist Savukku Shankar, flags repeated incarceration as abuse of process and violation of Article 21.
Calcutta High Court rules SC/ST Act not applicable to caste-based abuses over telephone, holding such conversations are not in public view.
Madras High Court denies bail to police officer in brutal caste-based honour killing, stressing “jail and jail” over “bail not jail” for such heinous crimes.
Allahabad High Court slammed Muzaffarnagar Police for violating a stay order, declaring the detenue a major and ordering her immediate release.
Allahabad High Court upholds one-year passport validity for applicants facing criminal cases unless the court order specifies a longer duration.
Allahabad High Court quashes false religious conversion FIR, slams police for illegal arrest, and orders ₹75,000 compensation for wrongful detention in UP.
Madras High Court holds moral policing illegal, saying it violates women’s dignity and liberty under Article 21, and fuels social ostracization.
SC directs HCs, trial courts to decide anticipatory and regular bail pleas within 2 months, stressing personal liberty cannot be kept in abeyance.
SC sets aside P&H HC order; rules 20% deposit mandatory for suspension of sentence in ₹8.65 crore cheque bounce case under NI Act.
Himachal Pradesh HC directs police to act on a protection plea by a 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old wife married under Muslim law.
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![Allahabad HC Condemns Police for Taking Woman Into ‘Possession’ Despite Stay; Orders Immediate Release [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/12/lj_1824_Allahabad_HC_Condemns.webp)
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![Allahabad HC Quashes False Religious Conversion FIR, Imposes ₹75,000 Exemplary Costs on Uttar Pradesh Govt [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/11/lj_1188_Allahabad_HC_Quashes_False.webp)
![Moral Policing Contributes To Social Ostracization, Violates Women’s Right To Dignity Under Article 21: Madras HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/10/lj_7929_Moral_Policing_Contributes_To.webp)
![SC tells HCs, trial courts to decide anticipatory, regular bail within 2 months [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2025/09/lj_2648_SC_tells_HCs_trial_courts.webp)
![SC Restores Mandatory 20% Deposit for Suspension of Sentence in Cheque Bounce Case [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/08/lj_8967_SC_Restores_Mandatory.webp)
![Himachal Pradesh HC Directs Police to Ensure Safety of 20-Year-Old Man and 17-Year-Old Wife Married Under Muslim Law [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/08/lj_6713_Himachal_Pradesh_HC_Directs_Police.webp)
