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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
Preventive detention is “jurisdiction of suspicion”: Kerala HC
The Court held that following due procedure as laid down under the Constitution was imperative in preventive detention as otherwise, the detention would get vitiated as the same violates the rights of the detenu.
Delhi violence: “Police on wrong side of law”, Court calls out Delhi police for incorrectly clubbing FIRs
The Sessions Court observed that that in Delhi riots cases there was complete lack of supervision of the investigations by the senior police officers of the District
Circulate decision that Covid+ result not mandatory for hospitalisation: Delhi HC to Gov’t
The AAP government had issued a circular on April 23 stating that hospitals need not ask for positive Covid results if patient shows Covid symptoms
Acute shortage of oxygen attributable to State inaction, Amicus Curiae moves Madhya Pradesh HC
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Election Commission officers should probably be booked for murder: Madras HC
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We have ensured nobody was left without oxygen in the country: Centre to Delhi HC
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Kotkapura police firing case: HC gives clean chit to Badals, notes the investigation suffered from malice
It held that the conclusion that people protesting desecration of their holy book were sitting peacefully when the police started firing, was incorrect
PUDR writes open letter to Delhi HC’s Chief Justice over Covid surge in prisons
There are presently 67 active cases of Covid infections among jail inmates and 11 among jail staff in Delhi
Vedanta’s plea to reopen Sterlite copper plant stirs unrest among locals!
Locals say they have no wish to use Sterlite’s oxygen, while the Court says the supply can be sent to other states of India.
Despite increase in oxygen supply, the problem appears to continue: Bombay HC
The Nagpur Bench has directed the State to use oxygen from different steel plants to attend to the Covid-19 emergency
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