The functioning of the judiciary reveals that it has exercised its powers in creative ways and devised new strategies to ensure the protection of human rights of prisoners. In recent decades, the ...

Proposing the death penalty for religious conversion of girls is not only bizarre but deserves to be condemned by all." ...

The serious judicial intervention on behalf of undertrial prisoners began as early as 1979, when reports in The Indian Express highlighted the plight of thousands languishing in prisons without trial.

The landmark judgment in Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India, brought about a transformative shift in the Indian ...

The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea on March 17 challenging the current method of appointing the Comptroller and Auditor ...

CHENNAI: Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, ...

Addressing an event held by the Madras Bar Association in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said an independent ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a hearing on a plea that challenged the constitutional validity of various provisions ...

The U.S. Department of Justice argued that foreign nations are not "persons" protected by the Constitution's Fifth Amendment ...

The Central Government has officially notified the transfer of Justice Atul Sreedharan from the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir ...