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Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour

The Supreme Court of India on Monday sought the response of the Central and the State governments in a plea seeking to enforce the fundamental rights of persons trafficked into bonded labour. The Central and state governments' failure to ensure the effective functioning of vigilance committees, as required under the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1976 as well as serious lapses …

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra Government if there was any breach of security when video calls were allowed for prison inmates during the pandemic, while hearing a PIL filed by the Peoples Union of Civil Liberties seeking resumption of the video calling facility. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice VG Bisht directed to …

Kasganj Custodial Death: PUCL Moves Allahabad HC Seeking CBI Probe & Establishment Of Fast-Track Special Police Courts

People's Union For Civil Liberties has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a CBI probe into the Kasganj Custodial Death Case wherein one Altaf allegedly died by suicide by tying himself to a two to three feet pipe.While the police have claimed that Altaf died by suicide while in custody, his family has suggested a foul play on the part …

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that police cannot continue to lodge cases under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, seeking an explanation from all states and Union territories on steps taken by them to comply with the court’s March 2015 judgment which declared the provision null and void. Earlier this month, the bench said it was …

PUCL Moves SC Seeking SIT Investigation Into Vikas Dubey Encounter; Judicial Probe Into Encounters & Their Political Nexus [Read Application]

The People's Union for Civil Liberties has moved the Supreme Court expressing concern over dilution of the "Rule of Law" in view of the "shocking" Vikas Dubey encounter case. An application has been filed before the Court, seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged police encounter of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides, Amar Dubey …