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‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Delhi Violence: Prosecution opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea claiming protests were planned in detail

Prosecution says Shaheen Bagh protest was not an independent movement driven by Muslim women, and protests were planned in close proximity to Masjids

Karnataka: Bengaluru Students, Activists Raise Voice for Bilkis Bano

Protesters demand immediate withdrawal of remission of 11 convicts by Gujarat government who were sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-rape during the 2002 communal violence.

Signature campaign demanding justice for Bilkis Bano on Mumbai’s trains

First person account of the experience of concerned citizens and rights activists as they talked to commuters on Mumbai's local trains on August 21, about the Bilkis Bano case, and gathered signatures against the remission of sentence granted to the convicts

Azaan on loudspeakers does not violate fundamental rights of people of other faiths: Karnataka HC

The Court's observations come at a time when there have been repeated instances of right-wing fundamentalists targeting the Muslim call to prayer

Allahabad HC sentences Police Officer to 14 Day Imprisonment for violating ‘Arnesh Kumar Guidelines’

Police Officer held guilty of contempt for guidelines laid out by the Supreme Court pertaining to arrest and detention in the landmark case

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.

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