SC Bench Headed By Justice UU Lalit To Hear Plea Seeking Guidelines To Curb Custodial Violence [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

SC Bench Headed By Justice UU Lalit To Hear Plea Seeking Guidelines To Curb Custodial Violence [Read Order]

Live Law  

A three-Judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Registry to list a PIL seeking guidelines to curb custodial violence before a bench headed by Justice UU Lalit. The Petitioner-organization, through Advocates Shashwat Anand and Devesh Saxena, has submitted that custodial violence is an acute demonstration of a broken criminal justice system and failure to effectively uphold legal protection against police abuse. This incident, the Petitioner submitted, "underlines afresh the urgent need for institutional correctives within the policing system in this country and the acute need for India to enact a strong law to prohibit and prosecute cases of torture and custodial deaths, in fulfilment of its legal obligations, both national and international, to guarantee protection to right to life." Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths: Bring In Law Against Torture, Ratify UN Convention Against Torture; CHRI Urges Centre Therefore, the Petitioner has urged the Court to fill the gaping legal lacunae and ensure an effective and purposeful framework to prevent custodial violence.

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Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday called for a report from the Coimbatore District Legal Services Authority after being informed that the latter had deputed three empanelled lawyers and an orthopaedician to check on the health of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar, following complaints of custodial violence in the Coimbatore Central Prison. While Senior Counsel R. John Sathyan, representing …

Law & Custodial Death
2 years, 2 months ago

Law & Custodial Death

Live Law  

"One of the worst crimes in a civilized society under the Rule of Law is perhaps the death in custody. In its report: Torture in India 2008: A State of Denial - the first-ever nationwide assessment on the use of torture in India- released onJune25, Asian Centre for Human Rights stated that 7,468 persons, at an average of 1,494 persons …

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome
2 years, 6 months ago

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Supreme Court to set up a Constitution Bench to lay down guidelines for the courts on providing a convict a real and meaningful hearing before deciding on a death penalty is a refreshing step that will further civilise the criminal justice delivery system in our country. The only protection a person can have against incarceration or …

Greatest Sensitivity Needed In Custodial Death Cases, Judicial Inquiry Can't Be Dragged For Long: Allahabad High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Greatest Sensitivity Needed In Custodial Death Cases, Judicial Inquiry Can't Be Dragged For Long: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that in matters, where the allegation is with regard to custodial death, judicial inquiry u/s 176 A CrPC can't be allowed to drag for long as these are instances that have to be viewed with the greatest sensitivity and concern.The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Deepak Verma observed this while …

Custodial Violence : Sr Adv AM Singhvi Seeks Revival Of Proceedings In 'DK Basu v State Of WB' For Fresh Directions
4 years, 8 months ago

Custodial Violence : Sr Adv AM Singhvi Seeks Revival Of Proceedings In 'DK Basu v State Of WB' For Fresh Directions

Live Law  

In the wake of the horrific incident of custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennix in Tamil Nadu, Senior Advocate Abishek Manu Singhvi has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking revival of the proceedings in the landmark case D K Basu v State of West Bengal.In the 1996 judgment delivered in D K Basu case, the SC had issued …

'Colonial Attitude Of Police Not Eliminated' : Plea In SC Seeks Enforcement Of Guidelines To Curb Custodial Torture
4 years, 8 months ago

'Colonial Attitude Of Police Not Eliminated' : Plea In SC Seeks Enforcement Of Guidelines To Curb Custodial Torture

Live Law  

In the backdrop of the horrific custodial death of father-son duo Jayaraj and Bennix in Tamil Nadu, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India, seeking elaborate guidelines to ensure prevention of custodial torture.The writ petition filed in public interest states that the Tamil Nadu incident "underlines afresh the urgent need for institutional correctives within the policing. …

'Custodial Torture And Deaths Are Crimes Against Humanity': SCAORA Condemns Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths[Read Resolution]
4 years, 8 months ago

'Custodial Torture And Deaths Are Crimes Against Humanity': SCAORA Condemns Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths[Read Resolution]

Live Law  

The Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Advocates-On- Record Association has condemned the "barbaric custodial torture" inflicted upon the father-son duo by the police officers of Sathankulam Police Station at Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu. Expressing its "deep anguish and dismay" on the tragic incident, the SCAORA said, "Since the competent authorities are stated to be examining the conduct of …

Madras HC Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Custodial Deaths Of Father-Son In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi District [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Madras HC Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Custodial Deaths Of Father-Son In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi District [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate to conduct an enquiry into the alleged custodial deaths of a father-son duo who were lodged in Sub Jail, Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu. Taking notice of the matter, the division bench had ordered the Ordered the Tamil Nadu Police to submit a report …

SC Issues Order Prescribing Fixed Timelines For Listing Of Death Penalty Criminal Appeals [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

SC Issues Order Prescribing Fixed Timelines For Listing Of Death Penalty Criminal Appeals [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Registry has released an Office Order laying down timelines and guidelines for listing of Criminal Appeals involving Death Penalty. The following are the prescribed Guidelines that have been formulated: - 1) In matters where Death Penalty has been upheld/confirmed and the Supreme Court has granted leave, the Appeal shall be listed not later than Six Months before …

‘Legal process taken for a ride’: Centre asks SC to set rules for death row cases
5 years, 2 months ago

‘Legal process taken for a ride’: Centre asks SC to set rules for death row cases

Hindustan Times  

Amid the uncertainty over the execution of the four men sentenced to death for the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Centre on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to introduce a 7-day deadline for death-row convicts to file mercy petitions. Supreme Court of India, photo by Rajkumar The Centre requested the top court to amend its 2014 verdict in the …

SC To Hear Petition Alleging Custodial Torture Of Lawyer & Activist Talib Hussain Tomorrow
6 years, 7 months ago

SC To Hear Petition Alleging Custodial Torture Of Lawyer & Activist Talib Hussain Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a habeas corpus petition filed by a family member of Talib Hussain, who led the crusade for justice in the Kathua gang-rape and murder case, alleging that Talib has been brutally assaulted inside the Samba police station where he is in police remand on charges of rape and possession of weapons.The matter was …

SC To Hear Petition Alleging Custodial Torture Of Lawyer & Activist Talib Hussain Tomorrow
6 years, 7 months ago

SC To Hear Petition Alleging Custodial Torture Of Lawyer & Activist Talib Hussain Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a habeas corpus petition filed by a family member of Talib Hussain, who led the crusade for justice in the Kathua gang-rape and murder case, alleging that Talib has been brutally assaulted inside the Samba police station where he is in police remand on charges of rape and possession of weapons.The matter was …

Uniform Guidelines In Criminal Trials: SC Appoints Sidharth Luthra and R.Basant As Amicus Curiae
7 years, 4 months ago

Uniform Guidelines In Criminal Trials: SC Appoints Sidharth Luthra and R.Basant As Amicus Curiae

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench of Justices S.A.Bobde and L.Nageswara Rao, on Tuesday, appointed senior counsel, Sidharth Luthra and R.Basant, as amicus curiae in the Suo Moto Writ Petition No.1 of 2017, In Re: To Issue Certain Guidelines Regarding Inadequacies And Deficiencies In Criminal Trials v the State of Andhra Pradesh and Others.In March, the bench had taken suo moto cognizance …

Jail Reforms- SC Issues Slew Of Directions: Directs Compensation To Next Kin In Custodial Deaths , Medical Assistance, Phone & Video Conferencing With Family For Prisoners [Read Judgment]
7 years, 6 months ago

Jail Reforms- SC Issues Slew Of Directions: Directs Compensation To Next Kin In Custodial Deaths , Medical Assistance, Phone & Video Conferencing With Family For Prisoners [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, agonized over the increasing number of custodial or unnatural deaths in the prisons across India and issued a slew of directions to curb them.“…we do hope that the highlighting of this issue will bring about awareness in the mind and heart of the powers that be and consequential reforms in prisons which may ultimately reduce, …

Bombay High Court suggests Mechanism to Prevent Custodial Deaths
10 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court suggests Mechanism to Prevent Custodial Deaths

Live Law  

On Friday, a Bombay High Court bench comprising of Justice V.M. Kode reportedly observed that a mechanism should be developed to prevent custodial deaths and excessive use of force during interrogation.The petition was filed by the father of a custodial death victim, Agnelo Valdaris and three others. Kode reportedly observed that a mechanism should be developed to prevent custodial deaths …

SC notice to Centre, states on women's safety issue
12 years, 2 months ago

SC notice to Centre, states on women's safety issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 2: Amid nationwide outrage over the Delhi gangrape, the Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and states within a month on providing adequate security to women. It also decided to take up another plea for setting up designated fast-track courts for speedy trial of all rape cases.The apex court issued notices to the Centre and …

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