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From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

Gyanvyapi mosque case: Suit filed in Varanasi court for restoration of temple

The suit states that the temple was destroyed in the era of Aurangzeb as it was part of the Gyanvapi mosque

Kerala court sentences priest to life imprisonment for raping step daughter

“If the guardians of wards behave in this manner, who will guard the wards”, questioned the court

Uttar Pradesh: Where women live in fear

Complex hierarchies of caste and apathetic state machinery, are a vulgar display of India’s contempt towards women, especially Dalits

Why does UGC want herds of students to take ‘cow science’ exams?

Vice-chancellors have been told by the University Grants Commission to ‘encourage’ students to write Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog’s ‘cow science’ exam

Right of reputation can’t be protected at the cost of Right to life: Delhi court acquits Priya Ramani

The court held that the woman cannot be punished for raising voice against sexual abuse on the pretext of criminal complaint of defamation

Unnao: Dalit girls found tied up in fields; 2 dead, 1 critical

The district hospital doctor stated that there were indications that the girls brought in was poisoned

Consider issuing directions for implementing Manual Scavenging Rules: K’taka HC

The court also directed the government to consider directing authorities to ensure while appointing contractors that Rule 3 is incorporated in the contract for work order

SC admits CJP’s amendment petition including MP, HP in its Love Jihad plea

The original petition has challenged the constitutionality of anti-conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand  

Relationship with 16-year-old girl not unusual, POCSO accused adult gets bail

The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that it was a consensual relationship, and the girl left her parents house voluntarily

I feel vindicated: Priya Ramani acquitted in MJ Akbar defamation case

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate held that women should be able to take legal recourse even after decades

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