Human Rights
Dignity, liberty, equality, and effective legal protection.
Judgment analysis and practical commentary on fundamental rights, State duties, fair process, access to justice, and remedies for people facing heightened vulnerability.
15 articles in Human Rights
01Constitutional Law · Human RightsFCC Says Pending Lahore Case Bars Parallel Petition Over Healthcare Commission ActionThe FCC upheld objections to a petition over Punjab Healthcare Commission action because the appellant had already filed a Lahore High Court case and statutory appeal.02Criminal Law · Human RightsJudges Cannot Use Personal Moral Views to Refuse Bail: Supreme Court of IndiaThe Supreme Court of India granted bail in a POCSO case, rejected reliance on the victim family's 'morals', and considered prolonged custody and trial delay.03Criminal Law · Constitutional Law · Human RightsLife-Sentence Remission in Pakistan: Fifteen Years of Actual Imprisonment Remains MandatoryThe Federal Constitutional Court held that ordinary and special remissions cannot reduce a life convict's actual imprisonment below fifteen years unless the sentence is lawfully altered through competent constitutional or statutory power.04Criminal Law · Human RightsSupreme Court: Failure to Produce an Undertrial Cannot Defeat Statutory Bail Under Section 497 Cr.P.C.The Supreme Court held that an undertrial cannot be blamed for delay caused by jail or prosecution authorities, and that mere involvement in other cases does not by itself exclude statutory bail.05Constitutional Law · Human RightsIslamabad High Court: Agency Recommendation Alone Cannot Put a Citizen on the Passport Control ListThe Islamabad High Court held that a valid-passport holder cannot be restrained through the Passport Control List merely on an agency recommendation, and struck down the offending part of Rule 22(2)(b).06Constitutional Law · Service Law · Human RightsFederal Constitutional Court: Pre-2022 Workplace Harassment Act Did Not Cover Every Hostile-Workplace ComplaintThe Federal Constitutional Court held that the definition applicable to a 2012-2013 dispute required a sexual or gender-based element and that the High Court could not substitute its factual view in certiorari without a recognized jurisdictional defect.07Criminal Law · Evidence · Human RightsSupreme Court: Medical Bail Cannot Be Rejected Without Assessing Treatment Available in JailThe Supreme Court granted post-arrest bail where the alleged firing role was joint and unspecified, the forensic circumstances required further inquiry, and lower courts had not determined whether a seriously ill 78-year-old accused was receiving adequate treatment in custody.08Criminal Law · Constitutional Law · Human RightsMedical Bail in Pakistan: Supreme Court Restates Test for Serious Illness and Specialized TreatmentThe Supreme Court granted post-arrest bail where severe hypertension and cardiac disease required specialized treatment unavailable in jail and continued detention threatened the prisoner's health and life.09Criminal Law · Evidence · Human RightsDelayed FIR: Supreme Court Warns Police of Section 201 PPC and ContemptThe Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction but ruled that deliberate police delay in registering an FIR may attract Section 201 PPC, departmental action and contempt proceedings.10Criminal Law · Evidence · Human RightsWife's Death at Home: Supreme Court Explains Article 122 QSOIn Habib Ullah v State, the Supreme Court upheld a husband's conviction and explained Articles 122 and 129 QSO in a wife's domestic homicide.11Constitutional Law · Civil Law · Human RightsCivil Contempt: Is the Beneficiary an Aggrieved Person?Comparative authority shows that courts control contempt sanctions, while beneficiaries of disobeyed civil orders retain a direct legal interest in compliance.12Constitutional Law · Criminal Law · Human RightsFCC: Article 199 Cannot Bypass Statutory LimitationThe Federal Constitutional Court held that a litigant cannot avoid a missed statutory remedy and its limitation period merely by recasting the dispute as an Article 199 fundamental-rights case.13Constitutional Law · Human RightsPIC: Speaker Cannot Classify NA Records Without ReasonsPIC held that National Assembly records cannot be withheld as classified unless recorded reasons show that disclosure harm outweighs the public interest.14Family Law · Constitutional Law · Human RightsSupreme Court Sets Rules for Referring Needy Persons to Pakistan Bait-ul-MalSupreme Court held courts may refer deserving persons to Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, but the form, amount and duration of aid ordinarily remain for PBM.15Constitutional Law · Criminal Law · Human RightsIHC Forms JIT to Recover Missing Minor Esha FatimaIn W.P. No. 2664 of 2026, the Islamabad High Court formed a DIG-led JIT to trace Esha Fatima and required concrete progress reports on every hearing.