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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

Assam Police Firing: Who are “encroachers” and who are “indigenous”?

CPIML delegation visits scene of shooting, meets victim’s family

Delhi Violence: Court drops arson charges against 10

The court observed that the Police had wrongly clubbed an incident which took place on February 24, 2020 with an incident which occurred the next day  

Gunbattle in Delhi Court, 3 dead, many injured

Gangster Jitender Gogi, and two members of a rival gang who came to kill him “dressed as lawyers” shot dead; police say gangsters killed “in immediate counterfire”

Jantar Mantar hate speech case: Delhi HC grants bail to accused Preet Singh

The district court had denied him bail in August after ruling that he was actively involved in incendiary speeches against the minority community

Assam Police Firing: Death toll rises, victim blaming rampant

Fearful of the growing support for the hapless victims of the indiscriminate police firing in Assam, the conversation is being changed to vilify the protesters, as if to suggest they had it coming

Police firing in Assam: Illegal and unforgivable

The law rarely holds the police accountable for Human right violations, but excessive use of power leaves the door open for prosecution. However, the judicial will to hold the police accountable is scarce and police brutality continues

Widows of three manual scavengers get compensation and rehabilitation from Bombay HC

In a year where the government refused to accept any deaths due to manual scavenging, the court stepped in to recognise their rights

Over 1.28 lakh cases of crime against children in 2020, yet there is eerie silence on issue 

Horrific details of the Dalit child’s rape and murder in Delhi crematorium by priest emerge, news of another child raped in Rajasthan reported

SC paves the way for women to take National Defence Academy exam in November 2021

The top court refused to entertain the centre’s notification to allow women candidates to take the entrance exam for entry into NDA only in May 2022

Bhima Koregaon: NIA Court rejects medical bail to Shoma Sen

She was arrested in June 2018, and has been in jail since then, with no relief

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