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Woman 'held hostage' by family in Bihar produced before Bombay High Court by Pune police

June 05, 2025 12:43 pm

The Bombay High Court had issued an order to the police to present the woman in response to a habeas corpus petition by her friend.

Kerala HC closes habeas corpus plea as Hadiya found residing with second husband

December 15, 2023 6:29 pm

Hadiya had gained national attention in 2016 due to her conversion to Islam and marriage to a Muslim.

NSA detentions: HC to hear pleas filed by Amritpal aides on July 10

June 20, 2023 1:43 pm

The three Habeas Corpus petitions have been filed by Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke and Basant Singh. The petitions were taken up for hearing by the bench of Justice Pankaj Jain, and posted the matters for hearing on July 10.

High Court asks Centre, Punjab govt to respond to habeas corpus plea by Amritpal Singh’s ‘accomplice’

June 06, 2023 2:13 pm

Petitioner Gurmeet Singh Gill said his detention was passed on the ground that he was part of a mob that attacked Ajnala police station on Feb 23, but he was in Ferozepur district that day.

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Bombay HC asks district judges to ensure working videoconference facility in trial courts

April 23, 2022 12:04 am

The court also directed the Principal District Judges to verify whether periodical meetings about the availability of escorts are being conducted at present as due to the Covid-19 pandemic the courts were not fully functioning.

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Protecting personal liberties

October 15, 2020 7:54 pm

Better laws and a change in judicial approach are necessary for liberty to not remain merely a lofty, theoretical ideal.

Married or abducted? Supreme Court will speak to woman today

May 17, 2018 5:49 am

Manoj Gorkela, Uttarakhand’s deputy advocate general, who is representing the state in the case, said, “We we will present her in court. She can decide whether she wishes to stay with her family, or Danish’s family.”