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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

SC, once again, seeks DLSA intervention to ensure that under trials unable to provide surety are released from prison

A failure to provide bail bonds or surety is a common occurrence leading to many under trials languishing in jails, despite securing bail

Is the Centre overreaching itself in returning Collegium recommendations, again?

The Centre has, in the recent past, cherry picked recommendations and has defied the norm of approving reiterated names

Centre returns Saurabh Kirpal’s file to Collegium for the 5th time

If elevated as judge, he will become India’s first openly gay judge

“Every Indian citizen has the duty to prevent abuse of the Constitution”: Justice KM Joseph On Constitution Day

Defending the core values enshrined in our Constitution is the duty of every Indian citizen, said the fourth in seniority judge of the Supreme Court

Must take serious steps against ‘forced’ religious conversions: Centre Tells Supreme Court

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Centre has stated that it is aware of the grave issue of “forced conversions”

60 cops, a Dalit man on horseback in his wedding procession and a happy bride

The cops even gave the newly-wed couple Rs. 11,000 in cash as a wedding gift

Delhi High Court directs Delhi Police to handover keys of Markaz Nizamuddin to Maulana Saad

Delhi High Court grills Delhi Police for continuing with its restrictions at Markaz Nizamuddin premises since March 2020, says the case was registered under Epidemic Diseases Act.

“Only accommodation of differences can promote Unity in Diversity”: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Constitution Day

India’s 50th Chief Justice also emphasized that the people of India, in their interaction with one another, must "breathe life into the Constitution" by practising the democratic ideals of equality, liberty, and fraternity

Banda BJP MP RK Singh Patel gets one year in jail for 2009 protest case

Patel then with the Samajwadi Party when the BSP was in power was found guilty of leading a protest that “went beserk”; 18 others got lesser punishment

“It frustrates the whole system”: Supreme Court voices deep anguish against Centre sitting over Collegium recommendations

For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court today minced no words in expressing anguish towards Centre for sitting over proposals reiterated by the Collegium for appointment as judges.

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