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Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention of Aakriti Chaudhary, questions ‘concocted’ State narrative in Noida workers’ protest case

Court questions arrest chronology, missing video evidence and alleged procedural violations in Noida workers’ protest case  

Man who allegedly removed Sai Baba idol from Delhi temple, arrested

The idol was removed from a Shiv Mandir in Shahpur Jat on March 25, and has since been replaced by a Ganesh idol

Mumbai court takes cognisance of hate speech complaint against Payal Rohatgi 

The tweets in question were posted in June 2020 making objectionable comments about Muslim women and the Quran

Delhi HC raps govt for delay in paying salaries of employees

The court said that it will not pass any order that will continue to infringe the fundamental right of the employees to get their salaries and pensions

UP: More than a third of NSA cases about cow slaughter, majority quashed by HC

An investigation by the Indian Express into NSA cases in the state in the past two years reveals misuse of the law at the law enforcement and lower courts level

Bom HC orders another post mortem in custodial death of minor boy

The boy’s family insists that he died due to custodial torture inflicted upon him

The process itself is the punishment: HRF on NIA Raids

NIA had raised premises of several Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on April 1

Sessions court dismisses Kangana’s plea against Javed Akhtar’s defamation case

While the actress claimed violation of proper case proceedings, Mumbai’s court ruled that there was no irregularity in the process.

Gujarat hospital fire: HC sets aside order restraining commission from submitting report

Gujarat has seen multiple fire incidents in hospitals leaving several dead or injured, prompting the SC to take suo motu cognisance about fire safety

UP police file 5,000-page chargesheet against Siddique Kappan

The police have alleged that Kappan and others received about Rs. 80 lakhs from financial institutions in Doha and Muscat to create unrest in the state

On academic and other freedoms

Is it at all possible, also desirable, to divide freedom into compartments?

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Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention of Aakriti Chaudhary, questions ‘concocted’ State narrative in Noida workers’ protest case

Court questions arrest chronology, missing video evidence and alleged procedural violations in Noida workers’ protest case  

3,404 SIR Forms Found at Kharghar Xerox Shop: CJP, VFD and BCS demands answers from Maharashtra SEC

The discovery of original voter Enumeration Forms outside official custody, followed by the suspension of five BLOs, raises serious questions over the security and integrity of Maharashtra’s electoral-roll revision process; citizens groups demand a comprehensive inquiry

Adieu Comrade Thankappan – Javed Anand, Roma, Teesta Setalvad

Three associates of D Thankappan, Javed Anand, Roma and Teesta Setalvad pay their tributes to this man of action and intellect who was a leading light in India’s trade union movement. D Thankappan, ailing for some years, passed away early this morning, September 2, at his home in Airoli, New Bombay. He was 87.

Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours