Validity of Preventive Detention in the light of Personal Liberty
There can be no doubt that personal liberty is a precious right. So did the founding fathers believe at any rate because, while their first object was to give unto…
National Security Act, 1980- An analysis
National Security Act, 1980, is preventive detention law in India. It was replaced by ‘National security ordinance, 1980’. For preventive detention in India, the provisions of NSA are applied. This…
Every person has right to privacy, even to a woman of easy virtue
Facts of the case A police inspector madhukar Narayan Mardikar, on 13th November, 1965, between 8.15 and 8.45 p.m. allegedly visited the hutment of one Banubi w/o Babu Sheikh in…
Independent Thought v. Union of India, (2017)- A detailed analysis
A very important question was before the court in this case, whether sexual intercourse between a man and his wife being a girl between 15 and 18 years of age…
Bail or Jail?- An analysis by Justice Krishna Iyer
“Bail or jail?”- at the pre-trial or post- conviction stage-belongs to the blurred area of the criminal justice system and largely binges on the hunch of the bench, otherwise called…
Arrest- Need of balance between individual and collective rights and requirements before arrest
The law of arrest is one of balancing individual rights, liberties and privileges, on the one hand, and individual duties, obligations and responsibilities on the other; of weighing and balancing…
K.N.Mehra v. State of Rajhasthan, (1957)- An extraordinary case of aircraft theft
Facts of the case Mehra and Phillips were cadets on training in the Indian Air Force Academy, Jodhpur. The prosecution was with reference to an incident which is rather extraordinary…
The origin of the writ of the Habeas Corpus
The writ of the ‘Habeas Corpus’ means the production of the body before the court. It is a remedy to enforce the fundamental rights, given under third part of Indian…
Kanu Sanyal vs District Magistrate Darjeeling (1973)- A case on Habeas Corpus
The question that arose in this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was whether the production of the body of the person alleged to be unlawfully detained is essential…
FIR book and General Diary- Meaning, History and Differences
The First Information Report is in fact the information that is received first in point of time, which is either given in writing or is reduced to writing. It is…