Habeas Corpus

Hospitals Asked To Videograph Autopsies Of People Killed In Delhi Clashes

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 6, 2020

The high court on Friday directed all the hospitals to videograph post-mortems of those killed during the communal violence in northeast Delhi last week.

J&K Leader Shah Faesal Withdraws Plea Challenging Detention

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 13, 2019

Bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal this morning withdrew his habeas corpus plea challenging his detention before the Delhi High Court.

Vaiko Moves Top Court To Allow Farooq Abdullah To Travel To Chennai

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday September 11, 2019

The MDMK leader Vaiko filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court this morning to produce former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, the party said.

Emergency Era Chief Justice Had 2 Hours To Accept Top Post, Reveals Book

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

Former Chief Justice of India AN Ray was given "two hours" to decide on accepting the top judicial post in the country in 1973, that had created a controversy as his appointment had led to the supersession of three senior judges of the top court, according to a latest book.

Delhi High Court Questions Maintainability Of Plea Against Speaker's Order

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 10, 2017

The Delhi High Court today questioned the maintainability of a plea by two persons challenging the Delhi Assembly Speaker's order sending them to jail for throwing pamphlets and sloganeering in the House. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri wondered how a habeas corpus plea, as filed by the two, can be heard by it when the rules u...

High Court Helps 12-Year-Old Girl Reunite With Mom

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 19, 2016

Thanks to the efforts of the Madras High Court, a 12-year-old girl, subjected to physical abuse by her relatives, has been reunited with her mother, a widow who had remarried.

Had Reasons to Believe Hardik Patel Was Abducted, Says His Aide

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 23, 2015

In an affidavit filed before the Gujarat High Court today, an aide of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel claimed that he had reasons to believe that Hardik had been abducted on September 22 and that was why he filed a habeas corpus petition.

Petitioner Fined for Filing Petitions Repeatedly in Madurai

South | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 14, 2014

The Madras High Court fined a person for filing habeas corpus petitions alleging illegal detention of his 27-year-old daughter who had married against his wishes.

Only Chief Justice is Empowered in Constitution of Benches: Madras High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 13, 2014

The Madras High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Registrar General of the Court to constitute a special bench for deciding habeas corpus petitions challenging detention of persons under the Goonda's Act.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: court orders issue of notice to Centre

South | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 12, 2013

Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to the Centre on habeas corpus pleas filed by two life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, challenging their incarceration beyond 20 years in prison.

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed arrested

World News | 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 order. Sporadic violence broke out in the capital after the arrest that played out on Male's streets. Th...

Habeas corpus petition by parents of terror suspects dismissed

South | 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

Tamil Nadu News | 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 14. "When prisoners have sustained injuries and when they have claimed the injuries had been caused ...

Tirunelveli SP appears before HC over missing minor girl

Tamil Nadu News | 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 issue warrants if he did not appear before the court.

Court says no to man's live-in relationship plea with cousin

Cities | 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 grant approval to an arrangement which is prohibited...