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From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
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SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC
Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national
Journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha granted bail
They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony"
Term extension of ED, CBI chiefs: Centre playing puppet-master?
Move being condemned as yet another example of the regime's ploy to further undermine autonomy of investigative agencies
Air pollution: Is Delhi heading towards “pollution control” lockdown?
SC pulls up the state government, asks for a plan of action; Delhi orders work from home policy, ban on construction sites, no schools for a week
Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC directs UP gov’t to “upgrade” SIT with non-native higher-grade officers
The state government agreed to probe monitoring by a retired High Court judge
Nativist Drama
The chain of incidents in the firing case of December 12, also lays bare the hypocrisy and fraud of many who try to pass off as true-blue nationalists but exploit public sentiment to cozy up to those who wield power for personal gain
CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC
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The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case
Sitalkuchi firing: CISF personnel dodge CID questioning repeatedly
The CID submitted an interim report before the Calcutta High Court on November 11 stating how the men are yet to present themselves
SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements
UP: How did a 5.6 foot Altaf ‘hang himself’ to death from a 2 foot pipe in a police lockup toilet?
Questions are being raised over UP Police’s lock up suicide theory in custodial death of Muslim youth; victim’s father now says he’s ‘satisfied’ with police
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