Illegal Detention

A bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah issued notice and directed centre to file a reply pertaining to the prayer of compensation after activist Leichombam Erendro's release which was granted yesterday.

Centre made a presentati...

This decision was given on Monday by the full bench of Justice Sanjay Yadav, Justice M.C. Tripathi and Justice Siddharth Verma

The Court’s direction came on a Habeas corpus plea filed by son alleging his father was called at Narela Police Station on February 17, and since then he hasn’t returned to home.

The Allahabad High Court summoned the UP home secretary over an illegal detention as the police feared a breach of peace. The government said guidelines would be laid to see that this is not repeated.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking immediate release of persons illegally detained during the farmers' protest

The PIL has been filed by Harman Preet Singh a Law Graduate alleging that the detained persons were illegally detained from the Singhu border, Ghazipur border and Tikri border, in the absence of any FIR, thereby violating the basic fabric of liberty.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the petition filed by a spiritual Guru challenging the Kerala High Court order dismissing a habeas corpus plea by the petitioner against alleged illegal detention from the custody of her parents.

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) had, through its plea, asked the Supreme Court to intervene and exercise its constitutional powers to order the release of Kappan calling it an illegal arrest and unlawful detention.

The Single Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri has said that even though the government has released the farmers, it is yet to be decided how legitimate the custody of the farmers was.