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Courts Must Be Cautious In Cases Involving Persons With Unsound Mind, Ensure Their Rights Are Protected: Telangana HC

Live Law

Justice K. Sujana while referring to Andhra Pradesh High Court's decision in Duvvuri Rami Reddi Vs Duvvudu Papi Reddy and others, which lays down certain principles to be followed while declaring a person of unsound mind, said: The Telangana High Court has underscored that courts must proceed with utmost caution in matters involving persons of unsound mind so that their …

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President Appoints Former SC Judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian As Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission

Live Law

Former Supreme Court judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian will be the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. #JustIN | President Of India Droupadi Murmu appoints former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. pic.twitter.com/KidPRef4SX — Live Law December 23, 2024 Born on June 30, 1958, Justice Ramasubramanian Graduated in Chemistry from Ramakrishna …

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Death of two TN electricity department contract workers: NHRC issues notice to Chief Secretary, DGP

New Indian Express

The National Human Rights Commission, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that two persons, working as contract labourers with the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation died due to electrocution while repairing a high-tension overhead power line near Olaiyur Ring Road in KK Nagar, Tiruchi on December, 18, 2024. According to a statement, the Commission has observed …

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Retired Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed new NHRC chief

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian has been appointed the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, the rights panel said on Monday. On December 18, a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to select the next chairperson of the NHRC, sources earlier said. A former chief justice of India or a …

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Retire Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed new NHRC chief

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian has been appointed the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, the rights panel said on Monday. On December 18, a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to select the next chairperson of the NHRC, sources earlier said. A former chief justice of India or a …

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Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

Associated Press

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multiyear investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic overdetention” that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year. …

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2024 Round-Up| Constitution Bench Decisions Of Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court in 2024 held several Constitution Benches to resolve crucial and long pending issues with nationwide socio-legal ramifications. State's Power To Tax Mineral Rights In Mineral Area Development Authority v. M/S Steel Authority Of India & Ors, the Supreme Court held by an 8:1 majority that States have the power to levy tax on mineral rights and that …

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Letters to the Editor: Stop making mandatory drug treatment a civil rights issue

LA Times

To the editor: Steve Lopez has written another fine column on drug addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Lopez talked to one addict, Aaron, who has overdosed 20 times and doesn’t think rehab would work for him. Another addict told Lopez that the best solution is mandatory detox. Some of the more overly sympathetic among us want …

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Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar

Al Jazeera

Rebuilding Syria after more than a decade of devastating conflict is no simple task. As the global community keeps a close eye on Syria’s new leadership to ensure a smooth transition, it must also send a clear and forceful message to Israel. The global community may hesitate to fully lift sanctions due to uncertainty about Syria’s new leadership. Syria’s new …

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Civil Courts Retain Exclusive Jurisdiction For Non-Industrial Disputes & Provide Alternative Remedies For Common Law Claims: J&K High Court

Live Law

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that if a dispute is not an industrial dispute nor relates to the enforcement of any rights under the Industrial Disputes Act, the remedy lies exclusively in a civil court. However, a bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul clarified that if the dispute arises out of a right or liability …

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Professional wrestler who arranged to meet '14-year-old girl' after sex chats online tells arresting police: 'I am bang to rights'

Daily Mail

A former professional wrestler who arranged to meet a girl he believed was 14 year old told a police officer arresting him 'I made a bad mistake, I am bang to rights'. Cavanagh, an ex-Insane Championship Wrestling and Scottish Wrestling Alliance fighter, went on to ask the decoy if she had 'done things with lads' and progressed the conversation sexually. …

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India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025

The Hindu

The International Shooting Sport Federation has confirmed India as the host for a Junior World Cup in the forthcoming season in 2025. The ISSF president Luciano Rossi had announced that India would host the Junior World Cup during his visit to the Capital in November for the World Cup Finals. “The world’s future stars will converge in India for a …

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Veteran actor Mohan Babu's personality rights protected

Deccan Chronicle

After Bollywood actors, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff, veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu obtained an interim order from the Delhi High Court on Friday protecting his personality and publicity rights. The Court added that irreparable damage may ensue if an order is not passed to restrain others from misusing Babu's personality rights. Further, the defendants have been directed not to …

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HNLU Hosts Workshop On 'Shaping Truths: The Nexus Of Media, AI And Human Rights'

Live Law

Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, celebrated International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2024 by hosting a thought-provoking workshop titled "Shaping Truths: The Nexus of Media, AI, and Human Rights" as part of its Constitution@75 Series and CG- LEARN. There were three thematic sessions designed in the workshop to engage officials, journalists, academicians and students of mass communication & Law …

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Men’s Rights or Misogyny? The Fallout of Atul Subhash’s Tragic Death

The Quint

The tragic suicide of Bengaluru-based IT professional Atul Subhash has exposed systemic inefficiencies in India’s legal system. Yet, instead of addressing these failings, certain groups have used his death to fuel hatred against women, undermine progressive laws like IPC 498A, and skew public perception. Atul Subhash’s tragic suicide raises critical questions about systemic inefficiencies, not a blanket misuse of laws. …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

Al Jazeera

The cascading crises that the world has witnessed this year give child rights advocates such as myself pause for thought: what are the ways forward and how can we all ensure that all children have their rights fulfilled and the chance of a brighter future? Today’s children are facing unprecedented conflicts and geopolitical power struggles that ignore their mental, physical, …

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US State Dept gives nod to $5bn in potential arms sales for Egypt

Al Jazeera

Huge sale likely to go through despite ongoing concerns over Egyptian government’s human rights breaches. The State Department informed Congress on Friday that it had approved the sale of $4.69bn worth of equipment for 555 US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks operated by Egypt, along with $630m in Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and $30m in precision-guided munitions. The deals come despite ongoing concern …

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Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother’s access to abortion, violating her rights

Associated Press

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total ban on abortions. The Costa Rica-based regional court said the government was responsible for obstetric violence, health violations …

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US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reports

Associated Press

The Philadelphia school district failed to show it protected Jewish students from harassment despite “repeated, extensive notice” that students, teachers and administrators were engaging in antisemitic behavior, the U.S. Department of Education has concluded after a federal civil rights investigation. The Philadelphia district, among the largest public school systems in the U.S., did not evaluate whether a hostile environment existed …

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DY Chandrachud To Be Appointed Human Rights Panel Chairperson? Here's What Ex-CJI Said

ABP News

The National Human Rights Commission has been without a full-time chairperson since former Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra's tenure finished on June 1 this year. However, Justice Chandrachud has dismissed reports of him being considered for the post of the National Human Rights Commission chairperson, saying that he is enjoying his retired life as a private person and …

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Sending Voice Sample In Graft Case For Analysis To Private Lab Instead Of Govt Forensic Science Lab Affects Rights Of Accused: Karnataka HC

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court upheld a trial court order discharging a public servant of graft charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act as the Lokayukta police sent the voice sample of the conversation between the official and the complainant wherein he allegedly demanded a bribe, to a private agency instead of sending it to government Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis. …

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Turkish heroin dealer, Albanian killer and Jordanian radical cleric are among hundreds of criminals protesting their human rights to stay in Britain

Daily Mail

The decision to allow a Turkish heroin dealer to stay in Britain to protect his 'right to a family life' has prompted fresh scrutiny over the use of the European Convention on Human Rights by criminals seeking to dodge deportation. He was freed in 2013 and his lawyers have since used human rights laws to resist his deportation Somali-born Wahbi …

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Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of senior journalist Rajat Sharma and ordered take down of content generated against him through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant individuals and entities from directly or indirectly misusing, misappropriating or exploiting the name, likeness, image, voice, photos, videos etc. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant …

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Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of senior journalist Rajat Sharma and ordered take down of content generated against him through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant individuals and entities from directly or indirectly misusing, misappropriating or exploiting the name, likeness, image, voice, photos, videos etc. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant …

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Courts Must Be Cautious In Cases Involving Persons With Unsound Mind, Ensure Their Rights Are Protected: Telangana HC

President Appoints Former SC Judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian As Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission

Death of two TN electricity department contract workers: NHRC issues notice to Chief Secretary, DGP

Retired Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed new NHRC chief

Retire Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed new NHRC chief

Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

2024 Round-Up| Constitution Bench Decisions Of Supreme Court

Letters to the Editor: Stop making mandatory drug treatment a civil rights issue

Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar

Civil Courts Retain Exclusive Jurisdiction For Non-Industrial Disputes & Provide Alternative Remedies For Common Law Claims: J&K High Court

Professional wrestler who arranged to meet '14-year-old girl' after sex chats online tells arresting police: 'I am bang to rights'

India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025

Veteran actor Mohan Babu's personality rights protected

HNLU Hosts Workshop On 'Shaping Truths: The Nexus Of Media, AI And Human Rights'

Men’s Rights or Misogyny? The Fallout of Atul Subhash’s Tragic Death

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

US State Dept gives nod to $5bn in potential arms sales for Egypt

Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother’s access to abortion, violating her rights

US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reports

DY Chandrachud To Be Appointed Human Rights Panel Chairperson? Here's What Ex-CJI Said

Sending Voice Sample In Graft Case For Analysis To Private Lab Instead Of Govt Forensic Science Lab Affects Rights Of Accused: Karnataka HC

Turkish heroin dealer, Albanian killer and Jordanian radical cleric are among hundreds of criminals protesting their human rights to stay in Britain

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content