Tag: criminal case

Madras HC seeks report to terminate mentally-ill woman’s pregnancy.

Source:- newindianexpress.com The 55-year-old petitioner submitted that after her husband’s death, she reared sheep in her village to make ends meet. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court sought a report from the Dean of government Sivaganga hospital on a petition filed by a woman seeking permission to terminate pregnancy of her 26-year-old

Every accused has constitutional right to be defended in court: U”khand HC

Source: outlookindia.com Dehradun, Sep 3 The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday restrained all bar associations of the state from passing resolutions to prevent advocates from representing a person or persons in a particular criminal case saying all accused have a constitutional right to be defended in court. The high court”s order came on a PIL

Foreign funding law ‘misused’ to target civil society: Amnesty, Human Rights Watch

Source: counterview.net Two top rights groups with presence in several countries, including India, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have said that the “criminal case” against the Lawyers Collective, a Delhi-based high profile NGO with some of the most well-known Supreme Court advocates as its office bearers, is the latest example of how the foreign