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When Criminal Law Becomes a Weapon: Justice Bhatia’s Reminder on Power, Process and Fairness
In an age where criminal law is increasingly deployed as an instrument of pressure rather than a pursuit of truth, judicial interventions that return us to first principles assume...
Delhi violence: Court directs police and jail authorities to ensure safety of Umar Khalid and other accused
As the stay on the FIR has been vacated, the accused persons, booked under UAPA will be required to be physically present in the court for the hearing
K’taka HC refrains from setting fixed time period for trial of UAPA cases
The court said that judicial officers are bound to make every endeavour to give utmost priority to disposal of UAPA cases
Delhi HC grants protection to Muslim-Dalit couple, allegedly attacked by violent mob
The court asked the police to file a status report of the incident
UP: ‘Unsuitable” to continue as public servants, 3 IPS officer get retirement orders
Inspector General Amitabh Thakur, currently posted as the Joint Director Civil Defence, two others have been retired
SC expresses concern over the possible misuse electoral bonds, reserves its order on the matter
Attorney General KK Venugopal, claims that after electoral bonds were launched in 2018, black money in election funding, has been kept under check
SC directs Param Bir Singh to approach Bombay HC
Singh had moved SC demanding an “unbiased, uninfluenced, impartial and fair investigation” into the allegedly “corrupt malpractices” of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
CCTV was not working: Delhi Police to HC in Faizan death case
The incident where the grievously injured young man was forced to sing the national anthem was shot on video and went viral on social media; Faizan's mother had filed a plea seeking a probe into his death
TN: Special DGP accused of sexual harassment, suspended
The Madras High Court, monitoring the investigation, had urged the government to take action against the accused
Bombay HC refuses to accept compromise affidavit in a sexual assault case
The Bench noted that the aim and objective of Vishakha guidelines will remain defeated if the complainant is coerced to withdraw her complaint
Plea in SC to allow consensual teenage relationships under POCSO Act
The Act is silent on the aspect where two minor individuals enter into a consensual relationship
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