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Apr 24 1973 (SC)

Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru and ors.Vs. State of Kerala and anr ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1973SC1461; (1973)4SCC225; [1973]SuppSCR1

..... the common people.158. whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law.159. whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations.160. whereas the peoples of the united nations have in ..... the weaker sections of the people. 2019. it is really the poor, starved and mindless millions who need the court's protection for securing to themselves the enjoyment of human rights. in the absence of an explicit mandate, the court should abstain from striking down a constitutional amendment which makes art endeavour to 'wipe out every tear from every eye'. in .....

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Mar 11 1994 (SC)

Kartar Singh Vs. State of Punjab.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1994SCC(3)569; JT1994(2)423

..... an offence under the act has been made before sho or in a private complaint the person is entitled to the protection under articles 20(3) and 21. their violation, except in accordance with valid procedure established by law, are in violation of human right to life assured by article 21 of the constitution. liberty of every citizen is an invaluable and precious ..... foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. if the human rights are outraged, then the court should set its face against such violation of human rights by exercising its majestic judicial authority.366. the protection that the citizens enjoy under the rule of law are the quintessence of two thousand years of human struggling from adam. it is not commonly realised how easily this .....

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Dec 16 2004 (FN)

A (Fc) and Others (Fc) (Appellants) Vs. Secretary of State for the Hom ...

Court : House of Lords

..... or punishment if sent back to their country of origin. their deportation would therefore involve a breach of article 3 of the european convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms ("the convention") and so was forbidden: chahal v united kingdom (1996) 23 ehrr 413. even before the attacks on the ..... related activities. while acknowledging the state party's national security concerns, the committee recommends that the state party seek to balance those concerns with the protection of human rights and its international legal obligations. in this regard, the committee draws the state party's attention to its statement of 8 march 2002 in ..... to racial or ethnic profiling or stereotyping. 20. ensure that non-citizens detained or arrested in the fight against terrorism are properly protected by domestic law that complies with international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law." 63. the materials i have cited are not legally binding on the united kingdom. but there is .....

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Jul 07 2010 (FN)

Hj (iran) (Fc) and Another (Appellant) Vs. Secretary of State for the ...

Court : UK Supreme Court

..... sexual behaviour rather than an important and integral aspect of identity, or as an apparent relationship status. the discretion approach explicitly posited the principle that human rights protection available to sexual orientation was limited to private consensual sex and did not extend to any other manifestation of sexual identity (which has been variously ..... of the legal or social arrangements in another country. the whole purpose of the convention is to give protection to certain classes of people who have fled from countries in which their human rights have not been respected." in refugee appeal no 74665/03 , the new zealand status appeals authority stated ..... state is unable or unwilling to discharge its duty to establish and operate a system for the protection against persecution of its own nationals. the reference in the preamble to the universal declaration of human rights of 1948 shows that counteracting discrimination was a fundamental purpose of the convention. article 2 states .....

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Jan 03 2023 (SC)

Kaushal Kishor Vs. The State Of Uttar Pradesh Govt. Of U.p. Home Secre ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... , an indirect effect of the horizontality was found in certain decisions of the u.s. supreme court, two of which are of interest. 55interestingly the protection of human rights act, 1993 was enacted in india five years before a similar act came in united kingdom. 7151. after the american civil war (1861 1865), the ..... is therefore settled law that in public law claim for compensation is a remedy available under article 32 or article 226 for the enforcement and protection of fundamental and human rights. it is a practical and inexpensive mode of redress available for the contravention made by the state, its servants, its instrumentalities, a company ..... in accordance with the venice principles and paris principles. till such an ombudsman is constituted, the national and state human rights commissions have to take pro active measures, in terms of the provisions of protection of human rights act, 1993. iv. discussion and analysis question no.112. question no.1 referred to us, is as to .....

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Jul 13 2016 (SC)

Extra Judl.Exec.Victim Families Assnandanr Vs. Union of India and Anr

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... defence while the other is an act of retaliation.124. this concern, both from the perspective of the state and from the perspective of preserving and protecting human rights of a citizen is adverted to by prof. aharon barak a former president of the supreme court of israel who acknowledges that sometimes a democracy must ..... deaths due to action taken by members of the armed forces, the nhrc says that it has no option, in view of section 19 of the protection of human rights act, 1993 except to seek a report from the central government and thereafter make a recommendation and publish it with the action taken by the central ..... b. lokur) .j new delhi; (uday umesh lalit) july 8, 2016 ----------------------- [1]. promotion and protection of human rights: study on the right to the truth. report of the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights; 8th february, 2006. commission on human rights, sixty-second session, item 17 of the provisional agenda. [2].355. duty of the union to .....

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Feb 02 2005 (SC)

Zee Telefilms Ltd. and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC2677; (2005)4CompLJ283(SC); JT2005(2)SC8; (2005)4SCC649

..... boost to the economy of the country but also result in better living conditions for the people of india.184. even a hybrid body is bound to protect human rights as it cannot be violated even by such a body. the board which has the pervasive control over the entire sport of cricket including the participants as ..... and. has a public duty to perform;(ii) when it is bound to protect human rights.(iii) when it regulates a profession or vocation of a citizen which is otherwise a fundamental right under a statute or its own rule.(iv) when it regulates the right of a citizen contained in article 19(1)(a) of the constitution of ..... united kingdom [15 bhrc 259] it was noticed that article 13 of convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms envisages constitution of forums where complaint of violation of human rights can be adjudicated. no such forum was provided for before enactment of human rights act, 1998. a policy decision adopted in the year 1993 by the british government .....

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Sep 17 2008 (HC)

Hari D. Ankolikar S/O. Dhaku Krishna Ankolikar Vs. the Director Genera ...

Court : Karnataka

..... life. denial thereof denudes the workman the liner facets of life violating article 21. the right to human dignity, development of personality, social protection, right to rest and leisure are fundamental human rights to a workman assured by the charter of human rights, in the preamble and articles 38 and 39 of the constitution. facilities for medical care and health against sickness ensures stable manpower for economic development ..... enjoy the fruit of his labour, keeping him physically fit and mentally alert for leading a successful life, economically, socially and culturally. medical facilities to protect the health of the workers are therefore, the fundamental and human rights to the workmen.3.10 in the case of p.t. parmanand katara v. union of india and ors. reported in : 1990crilj671 , the apex court .....

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Jun 17 2004 (FN)

Regina Vs. Special Adjudicator (Respondent) Ex Parte Ullah (Fc) (Appel ...

Court : House of Lords

..... a good illustration of the extent of the changes made to our domestic law by the incorporation by the human rights act 1998 of provisions of the european convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (the convention), the enlargement of the source material which has to be taken into account ..... . professor mowbray (the development of positive obligations under the european convention on human rights by the european court of human rights, 2004, p 2) gave the following examples of recognised categories: "examples include to investigate a killing, to protect vulnerable persons from serious ill-treatment inflicted by others, to provide arrested persons ..... regard must be had to its special character as a treaty for the collective enforcement of human rights and fundamental freedoms. thus, the object and purpose of the convention as an instrument for the protection of individual human beings require that its provisions be interpreted and applied so as to make its safeguards .....

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Mar 08 2006 (FN)

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) Vs. M (Respondent ...

Court : House of Lords

..... ) there was a clear case of discrimination offending against the european convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (the "convention") as incorporated into domestic law by the human rights act 1998 ("the 1998 act"). the respondent's human rights act challenge 48. the most relevant provisions of the 1998 act are sections 3 ..... be taken for granted that discriminating against extra-marital relationships of any sort was a way of protecting and supporting the preferred relationship of marriage. the european court of human rights acknowledges that 'the protection of the family in the traditional sense', by which it means the marital family, is in ..... that the difference in treatment of same sex couples and heterosexual couples violated the claimant's convention right under article 14 of the european convention on human rights taken in conjunction with the protection afforded to family life by article 8. thus the first question for consideration is whether the facts .....

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