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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

Rajasthan Police files chargesheet in minor Dalit boy’s alleged murder by teacher

The Dalit boy was allegedly beaten ruthlessly by a teacher for drinking water from a Matka meant for the Upper Caste

The folly of Supercop characters: A look at how films propagate the normalisation of Police Excess

If there is one film genre that gives a film more than some decent chances at the box office even if it is made with a mediocre script is a Cop Story. Examples include the Dabangg and Singham franchises.

Those in India must act as per its culture: Supreme Court on PIL against religious conversion

The Court refused to entertain objections raised against the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking steps against forced religious conversion, despite the fact that established law precludes a petitioner who has petitioned courts as many as four times is not entitled to do so, again

When silence is eloquent

The tortuous course of the law

Students cut hair in protest against moral policing in Kerala

Students stated that the protest was held to express solidarity with the students who suffered the moral policing attack

Bulldozer injustice: this will only stop when a police officer is sent to jail, says Patna HC

The court said that it will make sure that the petitioner gets compensation from the perpetrators

Does paying salaries to Imams amount to ‘betraying’ the Hindu community’?

Remarks of Central Information Commissioner (CIC), Mahurkar followed the Delhi Waqf Board submitted data that revealed that the wages of imams and mosque helpers increased four-fold since 2014 after the Kejriwal-lef AAP government came to power in the national capital.

Bilkis Bano approaches Supreme Court to contest premature release of rape convicts

Survivor of Gujarat Riots Gang Rape Demands Justice, files petition against remission granted on August 15

CAA discriminatory against Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka: DMK

The party, which is one of the 200 petitioners before the apex court challenging CAA, has now filed an additional affidavit

Why Judiciary and Executive must heed President Murmu’s serious concerns on prisoners’ rights

Appalled at the government’s talk of building more jails, President Murmu made a strong appeal that the governments and judiciary should work together to tackle problems like poor legal aid, pre-trial detentions and the over-representation of marginalised communities inside jails.

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