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Akola 2023 targeted violence: Police officers must shed communal colours when they put on their uniforms says Supreme Court
The Hindu, New Indian Express and Indian Express all reported that the top court on Thursday, September 11, directed action against police who ignored a teenage Muslim assault victim and eyewitness to murder during the 2023 Akola communal riots; the SC ordered a probe by SIT comprising Muslim and Hindu officers
Supreme Court comes to the aid of woman facing deportation in Assam
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Putting a stay on the order of deportation, Supreme Court has directed the Assam government to file a reply explaining how Bhanu could be a foreigner if her parents, husband and siblings are Indians
Why society ‘needs to undertake’ a penance for what Bilkis Bano has had to suffer
It is a matter of shame for us as...
1986 Saka Nakodar Case: Long-awaited justice as Punjab & Haryana HC orders the formation of SIT
The HC order instructing the Punjab Government to investigate the missing report of the Justice Gurnam Sing Commission Report, bringing relief to the families of the four killed in unlawful police firing over three decades ago
We are living in constant fear of State: Kapil Sibal
New Delhi: Former Congress leader and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal...
Gyanvapi Case: Copy-Paste Pattern a la Babri Case – Not Just Legally But Politically, Too?
The Gyanvapi mosque case has triggered serious concerns among legal luminaries, historians, Muslim community and its religious leadership.
Madras HC directs TN Police to give permission to RSS march on Oct 2
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the...
Batadrava police station burning case: Absconding accused nabbed
Previously, another accused who had been arrested had died while allegedly trying to flee police custody while being transported
8 Mumbai cops charged with murder in Agnelo Valdaris custodial death case
A special POCSO judge has allowed the plea filed by Agnelo Valdaris’ family for prosecuting eight policemen for murder, a charge which was also resisted by CBI which probed the case
HRD Jeganathan allegedly killed for acting against illegal stone quarry, NHRC moved
In the last of several attacks on environmental activists in this part of Tamil Nadu, the environment activist was killed in a road accident that, according to a HRD Forum, was engineered to kill the activist for effectively speaking up against an illegal stone quarry and successfully getting it sealed on Independence Day
Ex-LU VC, Roop Rekha Verma stands as bail surety for journalist, Siddique Kappan
For ten days, getting someone to stand as surety had proven difficult for the family of Kappan
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