Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed arrested
Written by Amitabh Revi; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday March 6, 2013
Ex-Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was arrested dramatically by special operations police in the capital Male' on Tuesday. Helmeted police dressed in full riot gear, some with balaclava masks detained Mr Nasheed after a lower Hulhumale' court orde...
Habeas corpus petition by parents of terror suspects dismissed
Press Trust of India | Monday September 10, 2012
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the habeas corpus petition questioning the "illegal" detention of 11 terror suspects by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police last month and praying for a direction for producing them before the court
High Court orders probe into alleged prison assault
Press Trust Of India | Wednesday March 28, 2012
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (prisons) to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged 'severe' assault of three under trial Nigerian nationals at Puzhal Central Prison by jail wardens on March ...
Tirunelveli SP appears before HC over missing minor girl
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 31, 2012
Tirunelveli Superintendent of Police, Vijayendra S Bidari, appeared before the Madras High Court Bench here today in connection with a Habeas Corpus Petition (HCP) filed for producing a minor girl who was missing after the judges said they would issu...
Court says no to man's live-in relationship plea with cousin
Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 14, 2010
The Bombay High Court has refused to allow a plea of a man for a live-in relationship with his cousin as their marriage could not materialise in view of prohibited degree of relationship under Hindu Marriage Act.Justice Ajay Khanvilkar and Justice U D Salvi observed, "the court cannot be asked to gr...
Husband files petition seeking wife's return
Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 6, 2010
Accusing his in-laws of illegal confinement of his wife, a man in an inter-religion wedlock, has filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Bombay High Court seeking its intervention to secure her return to their home in suburban Chandivali.
