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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicHabeas Corpus

Topic: Habeas Corpus

Grant police protection to runaway, LGBTQ+ couples immediately — SC order for habeas corpus petitions

Stating that concept of 'family' includes a person's 'chosen family', SC says courts must not become allies in misunderstanding in case natal family isn't respectful of one's choices.

SC pulls up Karnataka HC, allows woman ‘illegally detained’ by parents to reunite with partner

While hearing a habeas corpus petition, SC reprimands HC for having adjourned the case 14 times. ‘Depicts a total lack of sensitivity’, says bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai.  

Delhi HC dismisses illegal detention plea of Gulfisha Fatima in Delhi riots case

The court said the petition is completely misplaced and not maintainable and the writ of habeas corpus would not lie in respect of a person who is in judicial custody.

Habeas Porcus — how our judiciary is murdering the principle of ‘bail, not jail’ routinely

Judiciary is responsible for ensuring our liberty, and habeas corpus is the usual route. But magistrates are acting as if the rule is ‘jail, and bail is above my pay grade’.

99% habeas corpus pleas filed in J&K since Article 370 move are pending, HC Bar tells CJI

In letter to CJI, Bar association says almost 13,000 people from Valley arrested under J&K Criminal Procedure Code and hundreds booked under PSA after 5 August 2019.

Supreme Court stays Aarey felling: Is it prioritising trees over Kashmir & civil liberties?

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the cutting of trees in Aarey for Mumbai metro. The SC order came on a PIL filed as a letter by a law student Sunday.

Many in J&K being unlawfully held: Shah Faesal withdraws challenge to his detention

Politician Shah Faesal's wife had filed a habeas corpus, alleging that the former IAS officer was being illegally detained since 14 August.

Shah Faesal withdraws habeas corpus plea challenging detention from Delhi HC

The former IAS officer's petition alleged that he was illegally detained at the Delhi airport on 14 August and taken back to Srinagar.

Supreme Court on Kashmir habeas corpus pleas has been found wanting

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Supreme Court’s handling of Kashmir habeas corpus more worrisome than Modi govt’s clampdown

By putting conditions on Sitaram Yechury’s visit to meet his ailing CPI(M) colleague in Kashmir, wasn’t the Supreme Court breaching its mandate?

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?