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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman
Honouring plurality key to sustenance of democracy: CJI Ramana at OU
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Speaking at the 82nd convocation of Osmania University, Justice Ramana also said it is high time for all institutions to introduce a subject on the basic ideas about the Constitution and governance, irrespective of the stream of learning.
He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan
Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman
Cannot evict persons with “Bulldozer” and leave them shelterless without any notice: Delhi HC
Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided
Kerala HC demands report on incident where female examinees were forced to remove undergarments
Girl students appearing for NEET at a test centre in Kannur reported that they were only allowed to write the exam if they took off their bras
Process should not become the punishment, keeping people behind the bars can’t be the solution: SC judge SK Kaul
Justice Kaul advised Trial Court Judges to handle bail pleas with urgency
Article 32 cannot be invoked to enforce all disputes relating to the Places of Worship Act: SC
In case of disputes among same religious denomination, Trial Courts to be approached to seek remedy
Right to free speech and expression includes the right to publish and circulate one’s opinions: Delhi HC
Court held that right to free speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) includes the right to comment on content created on social media or on television channels
Gyanvapi case: Arguments continue in Allahabad HC
Case adjourned by HC to August 17; hearing expected to take place today before district judge in Shringar Gauri case
Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Allahabad HC stays case seeking removal of Shahi Idgah
Respondents issued notice and given eight weeks to file counter affidavits, and petitioners four weeks after that to file rejoinders
Undertrials three times the number of convicts in UP jails
Nearly 850 undertrials have been behind bars for over 10 years without being pronounced guilty
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