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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

J&K HC directs UT administration to identify and list all “illegal migrants” from Myanmar and Bangladesh

A 2017 PIL had sought court directions to eviction of all such migrants; it also wants to oust Rohingya refugees from the Union Territory

Delhi Violence: Shifa-Ur-Rehman denied bail again in UAPA case

The ex-Jamia Alumni association president has been implicated in the wider conspiracy behind the communal violence

Aakar Patel granted relief, free to travel, CBI ordered to withdraw Look out Circular

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted relief to former...

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC questions HC order granting bail to Ashish Mishra, reserves order on challenge

The apex court also questioned the examination of evidence while granting bail to Union Minister’s son Ashish Mishra

Bhima Koregaon: Bombay HC castigates prison authorities while hearing Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest plea

After multiple adjournments over the past six months, the High Court finally hears human rights defender and senior journalist Gautam Navlakha’s plea

Towards a Police State: Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2023

How the proposed Act could enable the State and its actors to abuse power

Gujarat HC grants protection to inter-caste couple

Parents had pressured the woman to divorce her husband, but she told the court she wanted to go back to him

Allahabad HC dismisses revision petition against discharge order of BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj

The High Court upheld the trial court’s order that discharged the accused from allegations of kidnapping, loot and rape

Kashi Vishwanath – Gyanvapi case a national dispute: Deity’s next friend to HC

Lord Vishweshwar’s next friend tells Allahabad High Court that emotions of millions are involved

Should Arya Samaj unions come under the Special Marriages Act?

The religious community argues before Supreme Court that the decision to impose SMA laws, infringes upon freedom or religion

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