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With only one lawyer for every 3-magistrate court in Delhi personal liberty hit: Project 39A Report

Project 39A launched study highlighting the role of judicial magistrate at first production and remand, based on observations in Delhi courts; the report titled “Magistrates & Constitutional Protections: An ethnographic study of first production and remand in Delhi courts” is a qualitative study on the pre-trial phase of the criminal legal process, particularly during first production and remand

First set of citizenship certificates issued to over 300 under CAA: MHA

While 14 people where physically handed the certificates, more than 300 applicants received digitally signed certificates through email, sources suggest that most applicants were Pakistani Hindus.

NAJ, DUJ, APWJF Welcome Bail to Journalists

Three journalists’ unions have welcomed the bail given to journalists Prabir Purkayastha, Gautam Navlakha and Asif Sultan in three different UAPA cases. The National...

Asif Sultan, Kashmiri Journalist, gets bail in yet another UAPA case!

Even though the Court found no reason to doubt Sultan’s conduct as well as no chances of him fleeing justice, stringent restrictions on Sultan's communication methods and movements were imposed as bail conditions

Rationalist Murders: Slamming CBI’s shoddy probe & failure to nab masterminds, Pune court slams attempt to “finish off Dabholkar’s ideology”

Close to 11 years after anti-superstition activist and crusader Dabholkar was shot dead in cold blood during a morning walk, a Pune court has flagged serious lapses in the probe conducted by the Maharashtra police and the CBI. While 2 assailants were sentenced to life imprisonment, 3 others were acquitted due to lack of evidence

Seeking a Leader for Life – A satire

In the fourth of a hilarious series, the author de-constructs the 2024 elections and the issues and campaigns that have emerged

LAPRI files 37 complaints to authorities as on 12 May for violations of MCC and RPA

Out of 37 complaints filed by LAPRI since the MCC came into force, no action taken in 19 complaints, FIR registered in 5

Gautam Navlakha granted bail by Supreme Court in Bhima Koregaon case; orders him to pay 20 lakhs for the expenses incurred during his house...

Noting that trial may take years to complete, SC bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refused to extend the stay on Navlakha’s bail

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