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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

Citizenship should be adjudicated on basis of merit, after hearing proceedee: Gauhati HC

The court, in a landmark order, upheld the importance of citizenship, and set aside an ex parte order declaring a woman 'foreigner' by Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri 

Jharkhand HC grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam

He will now be released from custody as he was already on bail in three other fodder scam cases

State is heading towards a health emergency: Jharkhand HC

The court observed that the unavailability of CT scan machines is a ‘serious concern’

Sitalkuchi firing: Calcutta HC seeks status report from CID

The HC was hearing pleas related to the firing by CISF on a polling day in Cooch Behar district on April 10 killing four people

Gujarat HC directs State to be honest about Covid data

The court has ordered the State to increase testing, not be ‘shy’ of actual positive cases, in order to reduce panic among citizens

‘Only males can apply’ employment condition discriminatory: Kerala HC

Court holds that protective provisions cannot stand in the way of a woman being considered for employment for which she is otherwise eligible

Bombay HC takes suo motu cognisance of Covid surge in prisons

Has directed the State to file an affidavit on the issue and the measures undertaken by them

Karnataka Prisons: HC seeks State’s response to overcrowding, medical facilities

The court is seized with a batch of pleas seeking to decongest prisons and to provide proper medical facilities to prisoners

Allahabad HC grants bail to rape accused citing prior consensual sexual relationship

The court also appeared to place onus on minor survivor saying she had "sufficient knowledge" of nature and consequence of sexual activity

Kerala HC reclaims right of extra-judicial divorce for Muslim women

The court asserted rights of Muslim women to seeks extra-judicial dissolution of marriage as per Shariat Act, and laid out guidelines for Family Courts to deal with such declarations.

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