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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  

CBI to hold preliminary inquiry against Anil Deshmukh: Bombay HC

Agreeing that an independent probe will not be possible by the police, the court gave the CBI 15 days to finish initial inquiries

Need amendment in rape laws: Odisha High Court

The court observed that there is a need for amendment to define what constitutes valid sexual intercourse with the complainant on false promise to marry

Bombay HC warns father of action, if harms adult daughter for eloping

The court observed that his daughter and the respondent boy were adults and that she left home voluntarily

Domestic violence survivor rescued, AIUFWP thanks lawyers and activists

AIUFWP has claimed the UP police attempted to kidnap the woman-son duo from Kerala and forcefully take them to UP to the abusive husband

Delhi court takes humanitarian approach, grants bail to woman incarcerated with toddler

The court observed that a system that assumes innocence of accused, cannot detain a child without case

Muzaffarnagar riots: 12 acquitted in arson and robbery cases

The court cited lack of evidence and discrepancies in prosecution witness statements as reasons for the acquittals in the two cases

Have the courts not learnt anything about medical bail?

Father Stan Swamy’s bail was rejected and he will have to undertake the tedious process that Dr. Varavara Rao went through

SC seeks affidavit from Tihar Jail authorities over police excesses

The Bench has asked important questions about where the CCTV cameras have been installed inside the premises

NIA raids activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for alleged Maoist links

Those raided include Chilika Chandrasekhar (Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee), and VS Krishna (Human Rights Forum)

HRDA condemns Trichy police’s failure to protect activist Ramachandran

The human right’s organisation alleges the police were complicit with the attackers since they failed to provide the protection that Ramachandran asked for repeatedly

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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