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Monitoring Torture: SC’s suo motu action on custodial deaths and CCTV camera non-compliance
The Court’s suo motu action highlights how weak compliance with its 2020 CCTV directions has left detainees vulnerable and accountability elusive.
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Hijab Ban case: Supreme Court pulls up petitioners for seeking adjournment
Supreme Court has set the next hearing date set to September 5
Rectify this horrendously wrong decision: Ex-bureaucrats to SC on remission to convicts in Bilkis Bano case
134 former civil servants under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group urge Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentence granted to convicts
UP: 26 booked for holding ‘unlawful’ assembly for namaz at home
Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media
Bilkis Bano: Hundreds Gather at Jantar Mantar Against Remission of Sentence to 11 Convicts
Protests were held across cities by rights groups, academicians and students.
Delhi Police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui’s show
There were possibilities that the VHP would protest against the show
Remission to Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Offends Gandhi’s Ideas of Swaraj
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There are many reasons why the remission in the Bilkis Bano rape-murder cases stand apart. Not least is the need to bring consistency in the State’s words and deeds, and correct arbitary actions.
No Permit required for transportation of cow, its progeny within Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court
Court held that mere transportation of a cow and its progeny within states is not a violation of the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act
Pegasus case: SC appointed Committee says GoI not cooperating
Committee examined 29 mobile phones and found malware on five devices
Jahangirpuri Communal Violence: Delhi High Court grants bail to ragpicker accused in the riots
The accused teenager was in custody for four months!
Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice in petition challenging remission of convicts’ sentences
Subhashini Ali, Revati Laul and Prof. Roop Rekha Verma had moved petition demanding cancellation of remission granted
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