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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

Delhi Police bust hotel’s claim of “order” to not accept IDs from J&K

A Delhi hotel’s employee claimed that “special cell” and “Delhi Police had instructed” that J&K identity document holders should not be given rooms

Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC

Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90

UP: Jaunpur police allegedly flog Dalit women

Visual show women bearing reddened welts on their bodies but police say medical reports does not show any trauma

Karnataka HC refuses to drop rape charges against husband

“If it is punishable to a man, it should be punishable to a man albeit, the man being a husband,” observed the court

Delhi Violence case: Dr. Umar Khalid denied bail in UAPA case surrounding larger conspiracy

After deferring the bail order thrice, Delhi court denies bail to the scholar and socio-political activist

12 people died in police custody in 2021: Assam CM

Over a span of seven months, more than 60 incidents of custodial violence were reported last year

Delhi HC asks for Centre’s opinion on declaring the Child Marriage ‘void ab initio’

Court issues notice to Ministry of Law and Justice and National Commission for Women

UP Police harassing journalist Ashish Dixit?

The local journalist alleged that the police have filed fake FIRs against him due to his work as a journalist in the area

Gujarat HC rules on PASA Act, claims Preventive Detention untenable

In a landmark judgement, the court quashed the order of detention

SC questions Centre about man held in a Detention Centre for 7 years!

The 62-year-old man’s life was left in limbo after Pakistan refused to acknowledge him as its citizen

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

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

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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

From marches at Jantar Mantar to a demonstration outside the CEC’s residence, the Youth Congress is taking its campaign against Gyanesh Kumar into the streets, as opposition parties, students, trade unions and civil society groups prepare fresh protests