Muneeb Rashid Malik “It is well settled that,in general, all cases brought before the courts, whether civil, criminal, or others, must be heard in open court………Trial held subject to the public scrutiny and gaze naturally acts as a check against judicial caprice or vagaries and serves as a powerful instrument for creating confidence of the public in the fairness, objectivity and impartiality of the administration of justice… “Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra. On 20th September, 2022, the Full […]
Wasim Beg &
Muneeb Rashid Malik
“Access to
justice is and has been recognised as a part and parcel of right to life in
India and in all civilised societies around the globe. The right is so basic
and inalienable that no system of governance can possibly ignore its
significance, leave alone afford to deny the same to its citizens. The Magna
Carta, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, 1966, the ancient Roman jurisprudential maxim ubi
jus ibiremedium, the development of fundamental principles of common law by
judicial pronouncements of the courts over centuries past have all contributed
Safeguarding Human Rights
Muneeb Rashid Malik
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
Human Rights Day is observed on 10th December every year. It is the day when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. TheUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is a document that proclaims the rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being. This year’s theme for Human Rights Day was related to the COVID-19 pandemic and it focused on the need to build back better by ensuring human rights are central to recovery efforts. In India, the statute which deals with the protection and promotion of huma