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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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Bilkis Bano case: Remission of convicts’ sentences challenged before SC
Advocate Aparna Bhat has sought an urgent listing for tomorrow
Gyanvapi case: Has the mosque committee’s new lawyer backed out?
Hearing to continue today in district court; AIM reiterates mosque is Waqf property
Teesta Setalvad bail: SC issues notice to State of Gujarat
Court to consider on Thursday matter pertaining to interim relief while bail remains pending before Gujarat HC
Bilkis Bano case: NHRC to discuss release of convicts?
The Commission had previously aided the survivor in seeking justice
Stay in Mumbai, No Gathering Visitors at Home, Don’t Contact Co-Accused: Varavara Rao Bail Terms
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The court has asked the octogenarian poet-activist to furnish a fresh bond of Rs 50,000 with two solvent sureties in the like amount.
A very bad precedent has been set: Judge who convicted 11 men in Bilkis Bano case
Rights groups and legal luminaries raise important questions about provisions of remission policy
Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court
Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release
Delhi violence case: Court penalises Prosecution for irrelevant witnesses
Court imposed costs worth Rs 5,000 on the Prosecution for disrespecting time of the court and public exchequer’s funds
Bhima Koregaon case: SC directs NIA court to decide on framing charges within three months
Court also directs that the trial of Vernon Gonsalves be segregated from that of other absconding accused
Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking
Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister
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