Right to life

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Bom HC| “Article 21 casts corresponding duty on State to ensure no life is extinguished due to unavailability of oxygen”; HC tells State

Bombay High Court: Observing that the situation about the supply of oxygen at the Goa Medical College is quite grim, the Division

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All HC| “Right to life of an accused person can not be put to peril”; Apprehension of being infected with COVID-19 after coming into contact with authorities a valid ground for anticipatory bail

“Extraordinary times require extraordinary remedy and desperate times require remedial remedy. Law should be interpreted likewise.”

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[Covid-19 Upsurge] J&K HC| “Consider making additional budgetary allocation for financial assistance of lawyers’ family”; HC tells Center 

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, Cj., and Sanjay Dhar, J., had taken suo moto action for

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Autonomous Weapon Systems: Understanding the Potential Human Rights Violations

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[COVID-19] Del HC| Threefold increase in cases in JNU campus in 3 weeks! What steps have you taken? Court asks JNU Registrar to file status report

Delhi High Court: After the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union and the Teachers Union approached the High Court seeking a direction for

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[COVID surge]HP HC│War against the COVID is not to be fought by the Government alone; Private hospitals should not shirk from their duties and responsibilities; Specific Directions laid

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Chander Bhusan Barowalia, JJ passed directions against the respondents in

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[COVID-19- Hospital Beds shortage] Del HC| With about 150 out 200 beds being vacant, Delhi Govt asked to consider converting IHBAS into COVID facility

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., decided over a writ petition which was filed through the son of the Petitioner, who

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No interference with Karnataka High Court’s order directing Centre to increase supply of oxygen to Karnataka to 1200 MT per day: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has dismissed the petition filed by the Central Government challenging

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Limit arrests, release prisoners on parole: Read Supreme Court directions on containing COVID-19 spread in overcrowded prisons

India has more than four lakh prison inmates. Some of the prisons in India are overburdened and are housing inmates beyond optimal capacity.

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[COVID-19 surge] Del HC| Severe shortage of Tocilizumab injections; 500 vials would not be sufficient for large number of critical COVID-19 patients in Delhi

Delhi High Court: Taking note of the “imminent need” for drug – Tocilizumab for treating critically ill patients in Delhi, Pratibha M.

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[COVID Vaccination] CHH HC│ Fixing a priority with reference to the ‘financial status’ is absolutely illegal; Violates “Right to Life”; State is directed to fix a reasonable ratio of allotment of vaccines

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P.R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ. laid down noteworthy observations regarding equitable allotment

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Del HC| Migrant Workers’ right to livelihood and free Medical aid; High Court directs Delhi government to form a structured Scheme for Unorganized workers within 2 weeks

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Manmohan and Asha Menon, JJ., addressed the present writ petition with regards to right

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[COVID 19 surge] RAJ HC│”Deal with the situation on war footing”; Directions issued to curb beds, oxygen, Remdesivir shortage in Rajasthan

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty and Vinit Kumar Mathur JJ. laid down important directions regarding COVID. The present

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Rohingya Refugees not to be deported unless the procedure prescribed for such deportation is followed: Supreme Court

“Right not to be deported, is ancillary or concomitant to the right to reside or settle in any part of the territory of India.”

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Madras HC | “Authorities need to be told that right to property has close nexus with right to life under Art. 21”: HC while issuing notice in acquisition matter pending from 16 yrs

Madras High Court: N. Seshasayee, J., said that if the allegations made in the present petition were true then it exposes the callousness

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COVID-19| Pandemic is spreading like a wild fire. Take strict action against those violating Guidelines “whoever he may be”; make treatment affordable: Supreme Court

“Even if one survives from COVID-19, many times financially and economically he is finished.”

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Payal Tadvi suicide| SC says accused doctors, as “presumably innocent persons”, entitled to study; allows all 3 to resume studies in the same college

Even a convict is allowed to have academic pursuits while undergoing sentence and develop his potential as a human being to the fullest.

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NHRC| Notice issued to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi over alleged suicide of 40 years old rape accused in police custody

The Commission took suo-motu cognizance of alleged suicide of 40 years old rape accused in police custody and directs issuance of notice

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“Financial losses cannot be offset on the weary shoulders of the laboring worker”; SC quashes Gujarat Notification permitting factories to extend work hours & cut overtime

“A worker’s right to life cannot be deemed contingent on the mercy of their employer or the State.”

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BREAKING |Vizag Gas Leakage Tragedy | NHRC takes suo moto cognizance over deaths & sufferings due to styrene gas leakage; Right to life of victims grossly violated

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of eight persons and over five