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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation
While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning
NRC officials awaiting SC order before issuing rejection slips
An official has said that the matter is sub-judice before the apex court and before the court gives such orders, rejection slips cannot be issued
Calcutta HC stays arrest of others involved in Nandigram violence of 2007
After the Calcutta HC re-opened the criminal case against West Bengal CM’s election agent, the SC had stayed the state court’s order
Mere presence of accused at Red Fort cannot justify incarceration: Delhi court on R-Day violence
The ASJ granted bail to the accused who was at Red Fort on January 26 and climbed up the wall of the monument
POCSO FIR cannot be quashed if survivor wants to compromise: Delhi HC
The accused sought quashing of FIR against him as the complainant reached a compromise with him after attaining majority
Trying to break preconceived notions about same sex relationships: Madras HC
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Petitions seeking probe against HM “filed for cheap publicity”: Bombay HC
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P&H High Court refuses bail to rape accused despite survivor’s “no objection” to bail
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Gauhati HC restores Indian citizenship of a woman declared a foreigner in 2017
The woman was declared Indian in 2013, but a foreigner in 2017 for dissimilarities in information
Publish details of police officers guilty of human rights violations: Kerala HC
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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation
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