Court : Supreme Court of India
..... by the lci in its 172nd report adverted to w.p. (c) no.382 of 2013 page 21 above. protection of human rights act, 1993 33. the protection of human rights act, 1993 defines human rights in section 2(d) as meaning the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in international covenants and ..... this and the answer must be a resounding no . while interpreting such a law the interpretation which must be preferred is the one which protects the human rights of the child, which protects the fundamental rights of the child, the one which ensures the good health of the child and not the one which tries to say that though the ..... 15 and 18 years of age. on the contrary, there is every reason to give a harmonious and purposive construction to the pro-child statutes to preserve and protect the human rights of the married girl child. 30 1989 supp (1) scc58931 (2017) 2 scc629w.p. (c) no.382 of 2013 page 67 implementation of laws 104. .....
Tag this Judgment!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 .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 2009(1)ALT754
..... send intimation on the pretext that there is no specific direction. the commission expressed the view that the statistics are necessary for effective protection of human rights in exercise of nhrc functions. justice a.s. anand, chairperson, nhrc, accordingly addressed a letter-dated 2.12.2003 to all the ..... a set of principles were drafted by the united nations commission on human rights to serve as guidelines to assist states in developing effective measures to combat impunity -the united nations principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity. the principles were refined in 2005 ..... traditional reliance on deterrent and reactive strategies and towards increasingly preventive and proactive strategies. the shift has clear and momentous implications in areas of human rights, criminal justice administration, and security - national and international, foreign policy and critically for civil liberties jurisprudence.8. the conceptual shift in emphasis .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 1998(1)ALD810; 1998(1)ALD(Cri)298; 1998(1)ALT329
..... and 51a of the constitution of india and the international covenants accepted by the uno in addition to violation of human rights as is understood both under the constitution and any law relating to protection of human rights and punishable as per law in such cases. it also amounts to public immorality and repugnant and to public ..... to deal with such contests in specific terms having due regard to the seriousness involved in the issue of the human rights of women in addition to legal and constitutional rights which should be preserved and protected. till such a legislation is brought out, the stipulations in this judgment shall be operative to be mandatorily ..... to following all the required rules and regulations and to the knowledge of the appropriate authorities including the police and at no time they have violated any human right or law or any constitutional properties. they have produced plenty of materials like albums of the photos, videos, magazines etc., in support of their grounds .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : 2011(4)KLT129(SN); 2012(1)SCC10; 2012(1)SCC(Cr)1; AIR2012SCW594; AIR2012SC1594
..... , cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment to any person, particularly at the hands of any state agency/police force.8. in addition to the protection provided under the constitution, the protection of human rights act, 1993, also provide for protection of all rights to every individual. it inhibits illegal detention. torture and custodial death have always been condemned by the courts in this country. in its 113th ..... every person within its territorial jurisdiction. the obligation requires the state to take administrative and all other measures in order to protect life and investigate all suspicious deaths.the state must protect victims of torture, ill-treatment as well as the human rights defender fighting for the interest of the victims, giving the issue serious consideration for the reason that victims of torture suffer .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : House of Lords
..... mandatory penalty is a sentence of imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole would be in breach of article 3 of the european convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (the convention). determination of this issue involves two questions: the first is whether the extradition of an alleged offender to a ..... life imprisonment without eligibility for parole is alleged to constitute such punishment. the order for extradition is therefore said to have contravened section 6(1) of the human rights act 1998. 5. the appeal raises two issues. first, whether a sentence of imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole would, if imposed in the ..... death would be disproportionate and inappropriate is to treat him as no human being should be treated and thus to deny his basic humanity, the core of the right which section 7 [a provision in the belize constitution materially identical to article 3] exists to protect. (para 43 of the boards opinion given by lord .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : UK Supreme Court
..... empowering the local authority to seek one could be read and given effect in a compatible way. this bears out the prediction by beatson and others, in human rights: judicial protection in the united kingdom (2008), para 6-23, that cases where legislation cannot be read down under section 3 "are likely to be rare". however, ..... enhanced." (para 78) i myself suggested (para 88): "that the benefits of the larger database . . . are so manifest . . . that the cause of human rights generally (including the better protection of society against the scourge of crime which dreadfully afflicts the lives of so many of its victims) would inevitably be better served by the database's expansion ..... been kept. the feelings of the victims of crime are at least as important as the feelings of the criminals. they too have a human right to have their physical and mental integrity protected by the law, and it is in this context that dna evidence, in particular, has proved most useful. we are not called upon .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... the state to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised people with one another. the protection of human rights act 1993 recognises and incorporates international conventions and treaties as part of indian human rights law.107 international human rights norms contained in treaties and covenants ratified by india are binding on the state to the extent that they elucidate and effectuate ..... ,114 the petitioners challenged the mass sterilisation program that was implemented by the government in highly unsanitary conditions. this court recognized the need to respect and protect different facets of reproductive health as delineated in international human rights law. it noted that government policies affecting reproductive freedoms must be aimed at remedying the systemic discrimination prevailing in society and ensuring substantive equality. in .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
..... tribes, other backward classes and all minorities. we are equally committed to the empowerment of our women. the protection of human rights act, 1993 - 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. the pre-natal diagnostic techniques (regulation and prevention of misuse) act ..... such techniques for the purpose of pre-natal sex determination leading to female foeticide; and, for matters connected there with or incidental thereto. 46 protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 - domestic violence is undoubtedly a human rights issue and serious deterrent to development. the vienna accord of 1994 and the beijing declaration and the platform for action (1995) have acknowledged this .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
..... tribes, other backward classes and all minorities. we are equally committed to the empowerment of our women. the protection of human rights act, 1993 - 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. the pre-natal diagnostic techniques (regulation and prevention of misuse) act ..... such techniques for the purpose of pre-natal sex determination leading to female foeticide; and, for matters connected there with or incidental thereto. 46 protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 - domestic violence is undoubtedly a human rights issue and serious deterrent to development. the vienna accord of 1994 and the beijing declaration and the platform for action (1995) have acknowledged this .....
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