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When detention becomes illegal: Key rulings and constitutional safeguards
November 18, 2025 5:16 pm
Article 22 safeguards, police illegal arrest laws: Time and again Indian courts have emphasised that unlawful detention not only violates personal liberty but also undermines public trust in the justice system.
Patna High Court awards Rs 2 lakh to man for 5 days ‘illegal detention’
November 18, 2025 11:56 am
Patna High Court compensation, Bihar illegal detention case: Observing that the practice of unlawful detention of accused persons was going on in other jurisdictions of the state, the court directed the IG, Prisons and Correctional Service to issue guidelines to all the jail superintendents in the state to strictly abide by the constitutional mandate.
Illegal forex trading case | Detention illegal, accused produced 24 hours after physical custody: Court
July 08, 2025 12:10 am
The EOW sought to interrogate Pandey on the ground that he had allegedly earned a commission of Rs 18-20 crore, for helping co-accused, Prasenjit Das, to open 200 bank accounts
A newlywed was shackled by ICE officers after her US honeymoon: ‘Moved like cattle, no food or water’
July 05, 2025 7:50 pm
During the first attempt to deport her, Ward Sakeik was told she would be taken to the Israeli border, at the very moment Israel was launching airstrikes on Iran. The second time, authorities again moved to deport her, despite a judge’s order explicitly prohibiting her removal from Texas.
Illegal detention, torture: Rs 5-lakh aid for youth who was made to eat aluminum wire
September 23, 2015 2:15 am
Allahabad HC orders immediate FIR against cops.
Court seeks magistrates order in illegal detention case
June 13, 2012 12:20 am
The Bombay High court on Tuesday asked the state government to produce the order of a magistrate based on which two women,who alleged illegal detention,were sent to a corrective home in Chembur.
Dadumajra resident alleges police torture
February 27, 2012 1:38 am
A 29-year-old resident of Dadumajra village alleged that he was tortured by the police and kept in illegal detention and was forced to accept that he had committed a robbery.
HC orders top cop to look into complaint of illegal detention
December 12, 2011 2:31 am
Gujarat High Court has ordered the Ahmedabad police commissioner to take a decision within six weeks on a complaint of illegal detention of a city-based man from Goa.
Banda rape: CBI agrees with police,says MLAs brother tortured victim
November 03, 2011 12:43 am
It has also been found that the girl was a minor at that time,the sources said.
Somali pirates release 6 Indians
October 30, 2011 3:21 am
After keeping them in illegal detention for more than 18 months,the Somali pirate have released six Indian,reportedly after their kin paid a ransom of eight million dollars.
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