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Parade of Public Shaming: How Rajasthan police’s illegal “arrest rituals” replace due process with public defilement

In open defiance of law, Supreme Court guidelines, and even their own DGP’s orders, Rajasthan Police have normalised the public parading of accused and suspects, turning due process into a degrading public spectacle—an illegality repeated through 2025 with the state’s top police office remaining silent

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

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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Parade of Public Shaming: How Rajasthan police’s illegal “arrest rituals” replace due process with public defilement

In open defiance of law, Supreme Court guidelines, and even their own DGP’s orders, Rajasthan Police have normalised the public parading of accused and suspects, turning due process into a degrading public spectacle—an illegality repeated through 2025 with the state’s top police office remaining silent

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