The applicant was a Columbian national residing in the Netherlands. He complained that his expulsion to Columbia would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “Convention”) which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading punishment, as he would be unable to continue treatment for his HIV and Hepatitis B and would therefore …Read more

Asociación Benghalensis and other non-governmental organizations involved in HIV work brought action pursuant to the Constitution of Argentina and Law No. 23.798 against the government for its failure to provide health services, treatment and special administration of medicines to people living with HIV. Law No. 23.798 declared the response to HIV to be a national …Read more

The Appellant, Meenakshi Pharma Distributors, had conducted various transactions with the authorities of the State of Karnataka for the sale of drugs. The contract stipulated that “if the payment is delayed beyond the period of 30 days, interest shall be payable at the rate of 15 per cent.” However, the trial court reduced the rate …Read more

The Petitioner, S.K. Garg, filed a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India (original writ jurisdiction of High Courts). The petition brought to the Court’s attention the appalling and unhygienic condition of Government hospitals in the city of Allahabad. It was alleged that indigent patients had been …Read more

The Petitioner, Sahil Society for the Welfare of Aged Poor and Homeless, filed a writ petition as a public interest litigation in the Allahabad High Court. The petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India (original jurisdiction of High Courts). The Petitioner requested the Court to direct the Union of India to …Read more

Petitioner brought case to force the government of Argentina to take all necessary measures to produce the WHO-certified vaccine for the Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever to ensure the immediate administration of the vaccine to the populations at risk of contracting the virus.  The vaccine had been shown to be 95% effective against the disease.  The project …Read more

The Applicants were four prisoners living with HIV. They sought an order declaring that prisoners living with HIV who had reached the symptomatic stage of the disease and whose CD4 counts was less than 500 per milliliter of blood were entitled to receive appropriate antiretroviral treatment at the Government’s expense. They noted that Section 35(2)(e) …Read more

The applicant, an individual suffering HIV/AIDS, brought action under Article 3 (freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) of the European Convention on Human Rights when he was threatened with expulsion from UK to St Kitts where he would not have access to necessary medical treatment and no family home or close …Read more