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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

Resist before Delhi Police makes sexual assault their SoP for protesters: AISA

Students' group condemns Delhi police for allegedly sexually assaulting women who had gathered outside Home Minister Amit Shah’s house to protest the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri

Chargesheet against me looks like a film script: Umar Khalid to court

UAPA accused Khalid has alleged that the chargesheet against him is not consistent, and that planning a chakka jam is not an offence

After farmers, now protesting students face police brutality

Students in Delhi, especially women protesters demanding justice for Lakhimpur Kheri victims, reported severe physical abuse at the hands of city police

Gauhati HC grants bail to UAPA accused who said “Taliban are not terrorists”

Maulana Fazlul Karim was arrested after allegedly posting on Facebook that the Taliban in Afghanistan are not terrorists

Kerala HC upholds conviction of 4 policemen in custodial torture case

The court held that sanction u/s 197 CrPC is a protection reserved only for bonafide acts of public servant

Lakhimpur Kheri: Accused Ashish Mishra arrested on Saturday

After nearly 12 hours of interrogation, Mishra was arrested by the UP police

Delhi violence: Accused not visible in the videography conducted by Police, HC grants bail

The court ruled that the video footage relied on by the Police in the murder of one Musassir, does not show the accused, Mohd. Bilal

Delhi Violence case: Gulfisha Fatima completes 18 months of incarceration

The Delhi police have booked her under the stringent UAPA, and accused her of instigating people to be violent

Ashish Mishra arrives at Kheri for police questioning

While the Minister's son arrived on time for his second appointment, farmers remain unsure of an impartial investigation

Finally, FIRs filed in Dhalpur firing death cases

Gauhati HC directs Assam government to file affidavit pertaining to evictions

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