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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

MLA, HRD Akhil Gogoi to walk free, NIA court discharges him in last UAPA case

Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019, is likely to walk free, clear of all terror charges

Justice PB Sawant: A strong voice a social & political conscience

CJP celebrated the extraordinary jurist’s life and legacy with his family and friends on what would have been his 91st birthday

Secularism and the Constitution

On his birth anniversary, we honour Justice PB Sawant by republishing this piece, that was authored by him as a part of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Crimes Against Humanity, Gujarat 2002

CJP assists sister Kavitha move SC in Gauri Lankesh murder case

SLP filed opposing dropping of KCOCA charges against key accused, SC issues notice

Indian Police Force: Abusive and tyrannical?

Despite the shocking number of police and judicial custodial deaths, very little seems to have been done about it

Justice PB Sawant: Humanist, rationalist and impeccable jurist

Celebrating Justice PB Sawant’s life, legacy and remembering his prophetic words on his 91st birth anniversary

Prevention of torture Bill – the forgotten law

Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.

The UAPA noose

The phrasing of the act is so wide and sweeping, that it gives a government powers to practically put under arrest and detain anyone it finds inconvenient or an obstacle to its political aims

From newsrooms to courtrooms

When journalists have to face the court, it makes for different news, but recently, it is the courts that seem to have protected the pen

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