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Screens of Silence: What NCRB Data Misses about Cybercrime in India

As India’s online world expands, so does the gap between crime and accountability. NCRB data records numbers, but not the reasons behind their soaring increase; besides erasure of reporting of gendered cybercrimes constitute a glaring gap: there is an absence of adequate reportage within NCRB on stalking, cyberbullying, morphing, which are show a mere 5 per cent of rise

Gauhati HC closes Habeas petition after Hasinur’s release from detention, declines compensation while acknowledging procedural default

Mozida Begum had sought compensation for son’s illegal re-arrest; Court acknowledges wrongful detention but refuses relief as FT challenge remains pending

Gauhati HC seeks report on detained Abdul Sheikh’s weekly police appearances in compliance with bail conditions

Court notes that State never moved to recall bail order before re-detention; directs SP (Border) Chirang to confirm weekly police reporting before re-detention

Gauhati HC orders state to explain how a man deemed to be “handed over to BSF” is found unconscious in a village in Assam

June 20 hearing reveals dramatic twist in Bakkar Ali case- Gauhati HC questions how Samsul Ali reappeared after official claims of BSF handover; directs petitioner to file affidavit, orders State to follow due process if deportation is attempted

The contested interpretation of the Immigrant Expulsion from Assam Act, 1950

The IEAA, 1950, the Foreigners Act, 1946 and orders thereto have to be read harmoniously with Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955: the former is a mere means of identification to be followed by adjudication by Foreigner’s Tribunals; hence the Supreme Court had emphasised following due process on the issue of deportation

Razed to the ground, taken to Court: The legal and social fallout of India’s demolition drives

Waves of demolitions in Delhi, Maharashtra, Telangana and beyond have left hundreds homeless, while High Courts and the Supreme Court weigh procedural lapses, land rights, and the limits of executive force in cases of demolitions

Bombay HC: No indication votes cast in name of dead in Dhule, 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former MP, Subhash Rao Bhamre of the BJP who had challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Indian National Congress (INC)

SC intervenes for personal liberty after HC adjourns a bail application 27 times!

SC grants bail to a man whose bail plea was adjourned 27 times in the Allahabad HC

Gauhati HC directs verification of police records to see if detained men were following bail conditions before re-arrest

State asked to file affidavit and report on police station attendance before next hearing; matter listed on June 20

Gauhati HC allows family visit after state confirms Doyjan Bibi’s detention in Kokrajhar centre

After weeks of silence, State verbally confirms she is at Kokrajhar Holding Centre; Court allows vakalatnama signing and lists matter for further hearing on June 25

“Illegal detention cannot be allowed even for a minute”: Gauhati HC orders release of Goalpara man picked up despite complying with bail conditions

After three hearings, Court finds continued detention of Hasinur “expressly illegal”, a result of State overreach; bench affirms liberty of man held despite pending writ and full bail compliance

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Screens of Silence: What NCRB Data Misses about Cybercrime in India

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