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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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Why are Indians denied ex gratia compensation for Covid-19?
The Supreme Court considered this issue while dealing with two petitions seeking ex gratia compensation for families of those who succumbed to Covid-19 and other related relief
Varanasi demands justice for Fr Stan Swamy
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Maharashtra: 580 sanitation workers made permanent on industrial court orders!
A decades-long struggle for basic human rights finally concludes, as over 500 people in Mumbai receive the title of permanent MCGM sanitation workers
Citizens condemn Fr. Stan’s institutional murder under UAPA
Individuals and groups carry forward Fr, Stan’s legacy and demand the release of all those arrested under the draconian UAPA law
Judiciary on trial!
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Meat politics and related jurisprudence in India
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Another bullet from Arsenal pierces through NIA’s Bhima Koregaon case!
Now evidence emerges of files being planted on Surendra Gadling’s hard drive using same malware as in the case of Rona Wilson
Capital Punishment without trial
It happened to Father Stan Swamy and it could happen to anyone who the regime feels is against their political ideology
Father Stan Swamy passes away waiting for bail
The ailing human rights defender was put on ventilator support on Saturday, and suffered a cardiac arrest early morning on Monday
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