The chief justice of India’s statement that the SC is keen on discouraging petitioners resorting to Article 32 has drawn criticism as it is one of the basic features of the Constitution. Perhaps he was alluding to the flood of petitions reaching Court when personal liberty is not taken seriously by High Courts.
The Meghalaya High Court has rejected the plea to quash criminal proceedings against a journalist Patricia Mukhim from Shillong for her four-month-old Facebook post condemning the attack on five non-tribal youths by a gang of masked men, allegedly from the tribal community.
The petition said that the Delhi High Court may kindly not show any haste for the opening of physical courts completely and may kindly continue to hear the matters in the manner it is hearing
The Allahabad High Court recently asked the Uttar Pradesh Government how and in what ways is nutritious food being provided to children in the state under the Anganwadi project.
A second mercy petition has been filed before President Ram Nath Kovind by the 12-year-old son of Shabnam, a death row convict, seeking to convert her capital punishment to life imprisonment.