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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

Jubilee Hills gang rape case: POCSO court to begin trial soon

Hyderabad: The trial in the sensational Jubilee Hills minor...

‘Essence of Tyranny is Harsh Laws Used Selectively Against Opponents’—Sanjay Hegde

Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde discusses the recent Supreme Court verdict on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

Delhi Police attacks terminated anganwadi workers and helpers

The Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union of Delhi in...

Bhima Koregaon case: SC grants Varavara Rao bail on medical grounds

SC deletes HC condition to surrender after three months

Gyanvapi case: Plea moved before SC challenging Allahabad HC’s order dismissing PIL to verify “Shivling” claims

Allahabad HC had dismissed a plea to appoint a commission headed by a judge to determine nature of structure found in the Gyanvapi mosque’s ablution tank

Gauri Lankesh Assassination Trial: Hearings to resume before KCOCA Court today

The case is being heard in the second week of every month for five days; last time Gauri’s sister Kavitha and a few eye-witnesses had given their testimony and been cross examined 

Unless society’s mindset changes, neither law nor society can be changed: Kapil Sibal

The Rajya Sabha Member and Senior Advocate was speaking at a People’s Tribunal in New Delhi

‘Grave Injustice’: People’s Tribunal on SC Judgements in Zakia Jafri, Himanshu Kumar’s Petitions

Speakers, including former judges, at the People’s Tribunal criticised the Supreme Court for putting down those who dared to raise questions over the government’s actions.

It is unfortunate that the petition was dismissed: Tanvir Jafri on Zakia Jafri case

The son of Zakia Jafri and slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri also lamented the Supreme Court’s observations about the NGO that helped them seek justice and whistleblower cops

Ahmedabad: Police detain man after meat-filled bags fall off his scooter

FSL confirms meat was not bovine, police say decapitated head was that of a goat

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Unpacking a Coded Defence: What an IIT Professor’s post reveals about attitudes in elite institutions

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SIR row: ‘Enough is enough’: Civil society demands rollback of voter revision, accountability from ECI

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Youth Congress escalates fight against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as SIR controversy fuels nationwide protests

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