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Aug 04 2005 (HC)

State of Maharashtra Vs. Shobha Vitthal Kolte and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR2006Bom44; 2006(1)ALLMR188; 2006(1)BomCR468

..... cannot endorse the view of the commission. the commission which is a 'unique expert body' is. no doubt, entrusted with a very important function of protecting human rights, but, it is needless to point out that the commission has no unlimited jurisdiction nor does it exercise plenary powers in derogation of the statutory limitations. ..... and the powers conferred on the commission by the provisions of the protection for human rights act, 1993.we may at once consider the definition of human rights as defined under section 2(d) of the act and which reads as under:'human rights' means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual ..... under the provisions of the maharashtra employees of private schools act, 1977. once a petitioner comes before a commission complaining of violation of human rights based on a right created under a statute and the statute itself provides a mechanism for redressal by way of appeal, revision or otherwise, the commission ordinarily .....

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Mar 29 2004 (HC)

Mr. Rasiklal M. Gangani Vs. Government of Goa Through Chief Secretary, ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (2004)106BOMLR626

..... district court of sessions, north goa and the district court of sessions, south goa to be the human rights courts for north goa district and south goa district respectively for the purpose of human rights under the protection of human rights act. by a notification, dated 27th july. 2001, the government of goa in exercise of ..... judgment, by referring to section 30 of the protection of human rights act, (hereinafter referred to as 'the human rights act' for the sake of brevity), came to the conclusion that the purpose of establishing a human rights court was to try the offence arising out of violation of human rights. the learned special judge further observed that ' ..... the powers conferred by section 31 of the protection of human rights act, 1993, specified two public prosecutors as special public prosecutors for the purpose of conducting cases in the human rights courts for the north goa district and south goa district respectively.4. it appears that .....

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Feb 22 1999 (HC)

People's Union for Civil Liberties and others Vs. the State of Maharas ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1999(4)BomCR608

..... independent agency and for the said purpose, the other cases can also be reopened and so far as the provisions referred to the human rights commission is concernedunder the relevant provisions of protection of human rights act, bar of limitation provided by other statutes will not come into play particularly in case of violation of article 21 of the ..... recurrence of the same by conducting the enquiry by some other investigating agency and also to set up other independent body to monitor and to save and protect the human rights and so on. it is also noticed that from the years 1995 onwards till the date of filing the writ petition, in the instant batch, ..... by and on behalf of the petitioners with reference to section 21 of chapter v of the protection of human rights act, 1993.section 21 in chapter v of the protection of human rights act, 1993 provides as under:-'21. constitution of state human rights commission:---( 1) a state government may constitute a body to be known as the .....(name of .....

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Sep 26 2006 (HC)

Prof. Manohar Dhonde and Indian Bahujan Teachers Association (ibta), M ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2007(2)ALLMR717; 2007(1)BomCR417

..... to render reasonable assistance to the affected person in terms of support and preventive action. the guidelines are prescribed to be without prejudice to any rights available under the protection of human rights act, 1993. this is by virtue of guidelines nos. 9,10 and 12. the judgment is concluded with the directions that the guidelines ..... and norms should be strictly observed in all work place by preservation and enforcement of the right to gender equality of the working women, and it ..... india, through the learned solicitor general; in view of the above and the absence of enacted law to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, more particularly against sexual harassment at work place, we lay down the guidelines and norms .....

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Jan 14 1986 (HC)

Gopalkrishna Ramchandra Chavan and ors., Etc. Vs. State of Maharastra ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1986)88BOMLR230; 1987MhLJ665

..... unreported judgement delivered by the supreme court on 30th sept. 1985 inwrit petn. no. 9596 of 1983 (since reported in air 1986 sc 73) movement of protection of human rights of marginalis communties v, union of india. in that case order 1950 ws constitutionally invalid on the ground that only hindu or sikh members of the castes ..... clasification in para 3 of the 1950 presidentail order. the police officers before us do not challenge the vires of any rule. unlike the petitionr in the human rights case : air1986sc733 who failed to place before the court any 'authoritative and detailed study dealing with the present conditions of christian society', it is establsihed before ..... members of the scs cease to be so when they renounce hinduism and embrace buddhism,. this is not disputed by mr. singvi and rightly so.42. what however tocuhes this intese human problem is whethr buddhims concerts who have emanated from the scs continue, despite their atempt to escape the shakles of back wardness foisted .....

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Sep 19 2016 (HC)

Sarika Mahendra Sureka Vs. Mahendra and Another

Court : Mumbai

..... of domestic violence act as it was an extension of the deeper and profounder principle of women's right as concomitant of human rights . (emphasis supplied) 67. thus, when the very object of enactment of d.v. act is to protect the right of married woman in the shared household irrespective of to whom such house belongs and when the ..... very concept of her right of residence being linked to title or ownership of the house being alien and kept ..... very same concept of title and ownership is defeating the very object of the act, setting at naught the legislative efforts and most importantly depriving the woman of her human rights, which are given statutory recognition under d.v. act. 68. thus, in my considered opinion, looking at it from any angle and from each and every .....

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Sep 28 2016 (HC)

Suresh and Another Vs. State of Maharashtra Through P.S. City Chowk an ...

Court : Mumbai Aurangabad

..... institute of tribal development, aurangabad, is registered for the welfare of the banjara community. he is the state president of human right commission helpline, new delhi, which is registered society working for protection of human rights. he is active social worker. after getting the knowledge from the members of the community and other members of the said ..... naik institute for tribal development, aurangabad and the society and more particularly to the communities for which the said trust was created for charitable purpose to protect the interest of banjara community, illegally sold the property to the extent of 11 hector. thus, the applicants have committed serious illegal act to gain ..... that it is their individual property, and they are absolute owner and they have purchased the said property from their own funds, and they have right to sell the said property. even investigating agency has collected the receipts of the payment made by the various members of the trust which is purchased .....

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Apr 30 2003 (HC)

Susheel Mahadeshwar and Girish Srinivasan Vs. the State of Maharashtra

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2003(2)ALD(Cri)99; 2003BomCR(Cri)1340

..... coming to that spot. the petitioner no. 1 should have told immediately to those police officers that he was a legal practitioner and as a social activist was interested in protection of human rights. he was duty bound to tell those police officers in such aloud tone, which may have heard properly and would have understood them correctly and that would have made ..... the said assembly to disassemble from it. at this juncture it is pertinent to note that the defence put forth by petitioner no. 1 is that he is activists of human right institute and a practicing lawyer and he had gone there with inquisitiveness for knowing what was happening there. the petitioner no. 2 has claimed that he was a journalist. the .....

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Apr 03 1997 (HC)

Mx of Bombay Indian Inhabitant Vs. M/S. Zy and Another

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1997Bom406; 1997(4)ALLMR223; 1997(3)BomCR354; (1997)2BOMLR504

..... transmitting hiv between workers, from worker to client, or from client to worker. the policy principles adopted by the aforesaid world organisation state that protection of the human rights and dignity of hiv-infected persons, including persons with aids, is essential to the prevention and control of hiv/aids. workers with hiv-related ..... workers, in which a recognized risk of acquiring or transmitting hiv may occur.'6. the policy principles adopted in the very document states that protection of the human rights and dignity of hiv-infected persons, including persons with aids is essential to the prevention and control of hiv/aids.workers with hiv-related ..... .it urged the member states, particularly in devising and carrying out national programmers for the prevention and control of hiv infection and aids to protect the human rights and dignity of hiv infected people and to avoid discriminatory action against and stigmatization of them in the provision of services employment and travel.5 .....

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Oct 27 1999 (HC)

In the Matter of Manuel theodore D'Souza

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2000(2)BomCR244; II(2000)DMC292

..... to create an egalitarian society to free all citizens from coercion or restrictions by society and to make liberty available for all. right to human dignity, development of personality, social protection, right to rest and leisure as fundamental human rights to common man mean nothing more than the status without means. to the tillers of the soil, wage earners, labourers, wood cutters, rickshaw pullers, scavengers and ..... 2(e) of cedaw enjoins this court to breathe life into the dry bones of the constitution, international conventions and the protection of human rights act, to prevent gender-based discrimination and to effectuate right to life including empowerment of economic, social and cultural rights.'vi. role of the judiciary in interpreting part hi and part iv of the constitution. 26. let us, now examine .....

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