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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

Jamia Violence 2019: Division Bench headed by Justice Sidharth Mridul to hear the petitions against police brutality in Jamia

SC urges Delhi HC for early hearing in the case, petitions to be heard along with hate speech case

‘Married woman told to do household work will not be seen as maid servant’: Bombay HC

While quashing a FIR filed against husband and family, the Bombay HC remarked that household work done for the family does not make the wife a maid

Should any person saying “Murdabad” be behind bars, asks senior advocate Mihir Desai critiquing recent judgements denying bail

The misinterpretation of terms like ‘comrade’ even in the judiciary makes it hard for advocates of personal liberty says the advocate speaking on recent judicial orders staying acquittal of professor GN Saibaba and refusing bail to Umar Khalid and Jyoti Jagtap

When speeches are given a criminal colour & ‘conspiracy’ charges used to incarcerate: Gautam Bhatia on Umar Khalid, Jyoti Jagtap bail orders

Analysing a few recent judgements where constitutional courts have denied bail interpreting sections of the controversial UAPA, the PUCL brought together legal practioners on this crucial question

Right to Education under attack: Are the Courts misguided in treating the hijab ban case as simply a religious issue?

While the Karnataka High Court focused on the Essential Religious Practice issue, Justice Dhulia brings education of girl child into focus

Azam Khan gets three years in jail for hate speech against Yogi Adityanath

Currently serving as a lawmaker from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Khan is a top leader of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi party.

Gauri Lankesh Assassination: Accused denied bail by Aurangabad HC

Justice Suraj Govindaraj rejected the plea stating that the case's charge sheet had already been filed before the accused was arrested

Gauhati HC grants bail to Muslim individual declared foreigner in Assam

FT had declared him Foreigner despite having proper documents that were proof of citizenship

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