Articles, case updates and legal news tagged "Personal Liberty".
A Delhi court has dismissed Ratna Singh’s application seeking registration of an FIR against police personnel who allegedly prevented her from attending a lawye…
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…
The Supreme Court has held that authorities must furnish written grounds of arrest even in cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The Cour…
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 Supreme Court has ruled that a person released due to violations of Article 22 constitutional safeguards cannot be re-arrested by the police without prior a…
A Delhi court granted three weeks' interim bail to influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj while noting apparent gaps in the Delhi Police investigation, particularly rega…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court quashed a woman's preventive detention under the PITNDPS Act, holding that unexplained delays in informing her of her right to m…
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that bail conditions enabling continuous surveillance of an accused violate the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21. …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed a preventive detention order issued under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances …
The Allahabad High Court quashed a remand order after finding that police failed to communicate the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing, violating Artic…
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court criticized the criminalization of ordinary conduct and highlighted delays in granting bail during a lecture at NLIU. R…
The Supreme Court has observed that bail orders passed by High Courts should ordinarily attain finality and should not be routinely challenged before the apex c…
