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The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 was introduced to investigate corruption among public officials, but whether it applies to High Court

On February 13, 2025, the Indian government imposed President's Rule in Manipur following the resignation of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh

Introduction: A Universal Symbol of Justice Illustrations of the Lady of Justice statue, whether it is in the form of paintings,...

“If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion” &#8211; William J. Brennan, Jr. The Indian Constitution guarantees its citizens the protection of certain basic human rights. In the twisted fabric of &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2024/02/10/detanglin...

The Apex Court has been notified by the Secretary General of the Supreme Court that the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the registry do not currently have the necessary infrastructure to live stream the proceedings without the assistance of outside applications. The Secretary General said in his affidavit that live streaming services which seems foreseeable will be offered to a wider audience through third party

The collegium system, from the very onset of its implementation, has led to a predicament for the judiciary to face allegations for its accountability. In the light of the same, recently a petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the collegium system used as a mechanism for judicial appointments. Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has recently acknowledged to entertain the &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2022/11/18/when-th

The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on several petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 on Monday. The bench was led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. This was done because the Union Government requested some time from the Supreme Court to file a counter-affidavit. The Government has been given time till December 12 to submit its counter-affidavit of facts. &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2022/11

In August 2022, Kerala MLA KT Jaleel made a disputed statement on Twitter alleging the plight of Kashmiri people and calling the Territory of Jammu Kashmir as Indian occupied Kashmir. Advocate G.S. Maini filed a complaint against the same, stating that the statement is an anti-nationalist tweet. The claim was rejected by the Delhi High Court citing it would foster hostility between Muslims and Hindus.

Amnesty International, in its most recently published report detailing War Crimes and other humanitarian violations committed during Russia’s siege of Ukraine, vehemently deplored the forced deportations of Ukrainian civilians by Russia into Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories or further into inland Russia. As per the Report, civilians from the war-prone areas of Ukraine are being forcibly removed and transferred hundreds of miles away from their homes via &hellip; <a href

The National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) represented by Advocate Prashant Bhushan filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking to re-introduce Women Reservation Bill, 2008. This aimed to secure 33% quota or 1/3rd reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and Legislative assemblies through an amendment. It was heard by the honourable bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice J.K Maheshwari. They considered it &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2022/11/07/the-a

<p>The Supreme Court on 27th October 2021(Wednesday) formed an independent committee of technical experts to investigate the Pegasus surveillance issue, saying the centre did not even try to justify its position on the issue. The Supreme Court urged the Commission to thoroughly investigate the allegations and submit a report to the court. It announced a hearing eight weeks later. The court constituted of a three-bench &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/11

<p>The Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court held that “Every Action of the state must be fair and reasonable, failing which it will lead to the infringement of the Fundamental Right to Equality which has been enshrined under Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The Bench included Justices K.M. Joseph and S. Ravindra Bha and they set aside the Patna High Court judgement which had directed the &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/fair-equitable-principle-a-s

<p>Israeli cyberarms firm, NSO Group, developed a spyware named Pegasus which can be covertly installed on most iOS and Android devices. NSO claims that it was built for the government&#8217;s use only in order to counter terrorism and enforce law properly. Pegasus was discovered in August, 2016 after a failed installation attempt on the iPhone of an activist, led to an investigation revealing details about &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/supreme

<p>Recently in an order in the case of Mr. Indrajit Dilip Patil &amp; Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra &amp; Anr., Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to the employees of a hospital who were detained under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The hospital employees did not hand over the dead body to the complainants, for almost ten hours &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/no-offence-made-out-unless-de

<p>In a judgement delivered by Jammu and Kashmir High Court the government has been directed &nbsp;to keep a check on the drugs in the UT where there should be strict adherence to NDPS Act. Furthermore, the aspect of giving training should be included where the officers can investigate other officers regarding disposal of seized contraband.&nbsp; The Court, while considering the Criminal Acquittal Appeal No D-107 &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/10/18/j

<p>In the case of “Nikhil Padha, Human Right Activist vs. Chairman Human Rights Commission,” the court mentioned that if the bona fide intention of the petitioners is not as transparent as it should be, then all the public interest litigations should not be entertained by the courts at any given amount of time and stage. In the context of political rivalry, the apex court clearly &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/pil-not-a-remedy-for-every-public-c

<p>The Supreme Court said that a retired government employee who is a Kashmiri migrant would not be entitled to retain government accommodation for a period exceeding three years. A Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice AS Bopanna said that the Office Memorandum allowing the retired government employees who are Kashmiri migrants to retain government accommodation for an indefinitely long period is &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; for being &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblo

<p>Article 222 of the Constitution of India talks about the transfer of judges from one High Court to another and Article 217 states the procedure for appointing judges of the High Court. TRANSFERSRecently, the Central Government notified transfer of 7 High Court judges. Out of the 7, six of those namely, Justices Rajan Gupta, PB Bajanthri, Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, T Amarnath Goud, Subhash Chand and &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/10/13/transparency-in-

<p>Recently Supreme Court in the case of Chandan Banerjee &amp; Ors v. Krishna Prosad Ghosh &amp; Ors held that educational qualification is a valid ground for classification between persons of the same class in matters of promotion. The 3 judge bench comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli also held that classification which is based on educational qualification is not violative of &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/educati

<p>India is the world’s largest democracy. The country’s Constitution vests supreme legislative power with Parliament, and places to codify facets of Indian society. The Indian Constitution is the basis for the democratic setup in India. Vacant posts, which are causing a lot of trouble, are of two types &#8211; posts that are vacant for over 5 years and posts that are vacant for more than &hellip; <a href="https://sclhrblogs.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/vacant-constitutional-post