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Karnataka High Court Allows Writ Petition Seeking Mandamus for FIR Registration Due to Police Inaction. Failure to Register FIR Violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution and the Mandatory Duty under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

The petitioner, an agriculturist, claimed ownership and possession of agricultural land in Naribole village, Kalaburagi district. A dispute arose when...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition of Teachers for Release of Withheld Salary — Non-Payment of Salary Without Justification Violates Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Court Directs Respondents to Release Salary Within Six Weeks.

The petitioners, four teachers employed at Shri. Deshbhushan High School, Kothali Kuppanwadi, Chikkodi, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 2...

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Supreme Court Recognizes Menstrual Hygiene as Integral to Right to Education and Dignity. Court Emphasizes State's Obligation to Provide Free Sanitary Pads and Separate Toilets in Schools Under Articles 14, 21, and 21A.

The writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed by a social worker seeking judicial intervention to address the widespread lack of me...

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Bombay High Court Allows Women's Entry into Haji Ali Dargah Sanctum Sanctorum — Gender Discrimination by Trust Struck Down. The Court held that the ban on women's entry violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion, and directed the Trust to permit women access.

The petitioners, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman, social activists and office bearers of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, filed a Public Inte...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Supreme Court Directs Clarification on Unnatural Deaths in Prisons in PIL on Prison Conditions; Custodial Violence and Dignity Under Article 21 Reiterated. Classification of Prison Deaths by NCRB as Natural or Unnatural Found Ambiguous and Requires Explanation.

The Supreme Court, in a public interest litigation regarding inhuman conditions in 1382 prisons, addressed the issue of unnatural deaths of prisoners....

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High Court of Karnataka Hears Habeas Corpus Petition Against Preventive Detention Order under Karnataka Goonda Act. Detenu Alleges Non-Consideration of Representation and Arbitrary Use of Power by Police Inspector.

The writ petition is a habeas corpus proceeding filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the detenu and his wife against the Commission...