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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley

Doley was arrested in July this year for a protest against a hotel project near Kaziranga, and had been booked under the nefarious National Security Act (NSA) after a court granted him bail; Forum for Social Harmony, AMSU-AIKMS and BAA accuse the Assam government of criminalising land rights activism

Delhi violence: What is happening in case involving the conspiracy FIR under UAPA?

Delays in hearings have occurred after the Delhi Police raised a maintainability issue of the bail plea filed by accused lawyer-activist Ishrat Jahan

Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention due to MHA’s delay in deciding detenue’s representation

The accused was detained in September 2020 for an allegedly provocative Facebook post and has been in detention ever since

Bombay HC extends Varavara Rao’s time to surrender to custody until Sept 25

The NIA has opposed Rao’s plea seeking extension of his medical bail

Bhima Koregaon: Rona Wilson gets interim bail to attend father’s funeral ritual

The NIA opposed his bail plea on grounds that the prayer could be done by Wilson’s brother and other family members

Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan HC issues bailable warrants against 6 accused

Pehlu Khan’s family has challenged the Alwar court’s 2019 order acquitting the 6 accused persons

Umar Khalid files fresh bail plea, opposes State’s “dilatory tactics”

This comes in the backdrop of the prosecution raising the issue of maintainability of bail plea filed by co-accused Ishrat Jahan in the Delhi violence case

Delhi Violence: Courts call Delhi Police’s investigation ‘callous, inefficient, indolent and lackadaisical’

An analysis of over 10 orders shows shoddy investigations by the Delhi Police which implicated and jailed people with impunity

Another rape and murder in India’s capital city!

Since September 4, citizens have voiced their rage against the brutal murder and sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman in Delhi

Human rights of Women in mental health institutions violated: SC

The court was hearing a petition concerned with treatment of persons in mental health institutions and has issued a slew of directions to states

Visva Bharti college row: Calcutta HC orders no protests within 50 metres of campus

University students have been protesting the decision to expel three students on disciplinary grounds

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