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Reena Banerjee and Anr. Vs. Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... ill persons detained in psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home. chapter viii mandates that mentally ill persons to be treated with dignity and protection of their human rights. chapter ix of 1987 act provides for penalties and procedure. section 82 provides for penalty for establishment or maintenance of psychiatric hospital ..... mental disabilities; to nurture the environment of love, care and affection for this section; and to re-affirm the concepts of dignity and human rights; to initiate all such measures which will ameliorate the existing pain and congestion; the typical sense alienation and the symptoms of marginalization; the ..... formation of a strong governing council comprising of eminent citizens and experts (with core competencies in techniques of holistic shelter and rehabilitation, gender, human rights and socio-economic empowerment of the most marginalized sections) for the holistic and integrated development and improvement of management and monitoring of the asha .....

Kamal Kant Prasad Sinha, Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : [2008(2)JCR603(Jhr)]

..... such as protection of the civil rights act, with more stringent provisions to eradicate untouchability, had to be enacted in the thirtieth year of our freedom by amending the untouchability offences act, 1955. it bears ample testimony of the fact that we continue with our sin of denying basic human rights to quite ..... the constitution and in the grab of upliftment of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe, alienating the basic human inalienable rights from these people of unreserved categories. the parliament has utterly discarded the basic human rights of the people belonging to unreserved categories living in reserved constituencies in the territory of india. the ..... of social injustice. to some extent, they still remain segregated from so called higher communities. since independence, the maximum benefit of these constitutional protections have been given to a determined group rather concentrated class within schedule castes.21. a scaenger still remains a scavenger though they are termed under .....

Ashok Roy Vs. C.B.i., A.C.B.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 2006(1)CHN225

..... of india and anr. reported in 2005(1) supreme 454, it was submitted on behalf of the petitioner that scheme of the protection of human rights act, 1993 is to protect and implement human rights including those envisaged in article 21 of the constitution and international covenants. the apex court held that 'the functions include understanding and dissemination ..... was then submitted that law does not permit ignoring the report of enquiry held under the direction of the human rights commission.14. no doubt, the investigation under the protection of human rights act and that under the criminal procedure code were conducted by statutory agencies. it is also a fact that the former leads to ..... sphere and of the supreme court as well as of the high courts in judicial flora. it was further submitted that the object of the protection of human rights act will be frustrated if the findings of such commission are just brushed aside by the result of investigation made by some other agency. it .....

Regina Vs. Ashworth Hospital Authority (Now Mersey Care National Healt ...

Court : House of Lords

..... v finland (1997) 26 ehrr 563, paras 56-59 and 64. recommendation rec (2004)10 of the committee of ministers to member states concerning the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder, adopted by the committee of ministers under the terms of article 15.b of the statute of the council of ..... of a legal regime designed to guard against the arbitrary use of power and to afford sufficient legal protection to those at risk of its abuse. 123. it was just such considerations which recently led the european court of human rights in h l v united kingdom (2004) app no 45508/99 (the complaint to strasbourg which followed ..... also be wrong to assume that under the jurisprudence of the echr residual liberty is not protected. there is relevant european authority not placed before the court of appeal. in bollan v united kingdom, app no. 42117/98, the european court of human rights, albeit in an admissibility decision, considered the point. the complaint was a comparatively weak .....

Robert Heijkamp and anr. Vs. Bal Anand World Children Welfare Trust an ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2008(1)BomCR719

..... 1) the committee shall have the final authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of the children as well as to provide for their basic needs and protection of human rights.(2) where a committee has been constituted for any area, such committee shall, notwithstanding ..... anything contained in any other law for the time being in force but save as otherwise expressly provided in this act, have the power to deal exclusively with all proceedings under this act relating to children in need of care and protection ..... (iii) sponsorship, and (iv) sending the child to an after-care organisation.41. adoption - (1) the primary responsibility for providing care and protection to children shall be that of his family.(2) adoption shall be resorted to for the rehabilitation of the children who are orphan, abandoned or surrendered .....

Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties, U.P. Bench Vs. State of U.P. and o ...

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2000(1)AWC729

..... findings :22.1. the purpose of the act reads thus :'an act to provide for the constitution of a national human rights commission. state human rights commissions in states and human rights courts for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.'from this the intention of the parliament is crystal clear that s.h. ..... officer of the rank of a.d.g. is its incharge : the state government is endeavouring to protect the fundamental rights and human rights of the person and is taking all precautions to ensure that no violation of human rights or abatement thereof or negligence in the prevention of such violation by any one should take place ; the ..... is to this effect : the petitioner is a non-political organisation of such citizens of india who are committed to promote and protect, inter alia, human rights ; a copy of its alms and object is being filed as annexure-1 ; after recording his satisfaction that the circumstances existed for an immediate .....

National Human Rights Commission Vs. State of Gujarat and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (2009)2GLR1672(SC); JT2009(6)SC405; 2009(6)SCALE509; (2009)6SCC342

..... of undermining the fair name and standing of the judges as impartial and independent adjudicators.36. the principles of rule of law and due process are closely linked with human rights protection. such rights can be protected effectively when a citizen has recourse to the courts of law. it has to be unmistakably understood that a trial which is primarily aimed at ascertaining the truth ..... .9. vide an order dated 8th august 2003 in the matter of national human rights commission v. state of gujarat,, this court regretted that 'no law has yet been enacted, not even a scheme has been framed by the union of india or by the state government for giving protection to the witnesses.'10. further, in the case of zahira v. state of .....

Bhavesh Jayanti Lakhani Vs. State of Maharashtra and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2009(5)LHSC2857; JT2009(11)SC279; 2009(11)SCALE467; (2009)9SCC551; 2009AIRSCW6309

..... have any diplomatic relation, the interpol aims to facilitate international police cooperation. action is taken by it, having regard to the provisions contained in the universal declaration of human rights and keeping in view the limitation of existing municipal laws of the country concerned.70. it has six departments, namely -i) the general assembly ;ii) executive committee ..... 'except according to procedure established by law'.130. in state of maharashtra v. madhukar narayan mardikar : (1991) 1 scc 57, this court protected the right to privacy of a prostitute. it was held that even a woman of easy virtue is entitled to her privacy and no one can invade her ..... is submitted by the learned counsel that with regard to dispute of the provisions of international comity(a) any transfer of a human being to another country goes to the root of fundamentally protected civil liberties.(b) chapter viia of the code of criminal procedure is hedged in with limitations requiring the intervention of the court .....

Zeeshan Vs. District Educational Officer and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR2008Ker226; ILR2008NULL984

..... of india 2000 (1) klt 448. in national human rights commission's case (supra) the supreme court was dealing with the case of chakma refugees whose stay in the territories of india who being threatened by a group of people. the supreme court issued certain directions for the protection of the chakma refugees. in that context, the ..... equality before the law and equal protection of the laws. so also, no person can be deprived of his life or personal liberty except ..... supreme court held in paragraph no. 20 of the judgment thus-20. we are a country governed by the rule of law. our constitution confers certain rights on every human being and certain other rights on citizens. every person is entitled to .....

State (Gnct of Delhi) Vs. Sidhartha Vashisht

Court : Delhi

..... and other such offences.100. in the order of the supreme court reported as national human rights commission v. state of gujarat and others, 2003 (9) scale 329 the referred to the need for legislation on the subject (of witness protection): no law has yet been enacted, not even a scheme has been framed by the ..... inevitable need of the day. the court also referred to witness protection programmes formulated in various countries and observed: the witness protection programmes are imperative as well as imminent in the context of alarming rate of somersaults by witnesses. these were again reiterated in national human rights commission v. state of gujarat and ors 2009 (6) scc ..... 342.101. sakshi v. union of india, 2004 (5) scc 51.underlined that in matters relating to such sexual offences there is need to provide victim protection at the time of recording statement made before the .....