52 petitions related to habeas corpus matters pending in SC Govt
New Delhi Dec 17 PTI A total of 52 petitions under a category which relates to habeas corpus matters are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 13 Lok Sabha was informed on FridayBroadly a habeas corpus plea is a writ used to challenge the unlawful detention or imprisonment of a person and is meant to protect fundamental rightsResponding to a question on the number of habeas corpus pleas pending in the Supreme Court and high courts till date Law Minister Kiren Rijiju explained in a written reply that the information is not maintained in the apex court as sought forHowever he shared the number of pending cases according to the Supreme Court Subject Category Code 1300 which relates to habeas corpus matters in the Supreme Court as retrieved from the Integrated Case Management Information System ICMISThe minister said at the end of 2020 53 such matters were pending in the top court and 40 in the end of 2019 At the end of 2018 43 such cases under the category relating to habeas corpus matters were pending in the top courtReferring to high courts he said as on December 14 108 habeas corpus cases were pending in the Bombay High CourtSimilarly till December 9 35 such cases were pending in the Gauhati High Court In the Kerala High Court 24 such cases were pending as on December 10 and in the Madhya Pradesh High Court 97 habeas corpus cases were pending as on December 1 PTI NAB NAB ANB ANB
New Delhi Dec 17 PTI A total of 52 petitions under a category which relates to habeas corpus matters are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 13 Lok Sabha was informed on FridayBroadly a habeas corpus plea is a writ used to challenge the unlawful detention or imprisonment of a person and is meant to protect fundamental rightsResponding to a question on the number of habeas corpus pleas pending in the Supreme Court and high courts till date Law Minister Kiren Rijiju explained in a written reply that the information is not maintained in the apex court as sought forHowever he shared the number of pending cases according to the Supreme Court Subject Category Code 1300 which relates to habeas corpus matters in the Supreme Court as retrieved from the Integrated Case Management Information System ICMISThe minister said at the end of 2020 53 such matters were pending in the top court and 40 in the end of 2019 At the end of 2018 43 such cases under the category relating to habeas corpus matters were pending in the top courtReferring to high courts he said as on December 14 108 habeas corpus cases were pending in the Bombay High CourtSimilarly till December 9 35 such cases were pending in the Gauhati High Court In the Kerala High Court 24 such cases were pending as on December 10 and in the Madhya Pradesh High Court 97 habeas corpus cases were pending as on December 1 PTI NAB NAB ANB ANB
