Supreme Court: Written arrest grounds are non-negotiable right
The Supreme Court has ruled that an arrested person has a fundamental right to be given the grounds of arrest in writing, in a language they understand, under Article 22(1) of the…
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Supreme Court: arrest must be informed directly to accused
The Supreme Court has ruled that every arrested person must be directly and meaningfully informed of the grounds for arrest, holding that communicating details to relatives or providing ambiguous records does not…
Failure to inform right to represent makes detention illegal: SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that a preventive detention order is illegal if the detaining authority fails to inform the detenu of the right to make a representation before it, even if…
Chhattisgarh High Court Rejects ‘Voluntary’ Police Custody
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that police cannot keep a person in custody under the guise of voluntary cooperation to avoid Article 22 safeguards. The court said constitutional protection begins when…
