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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley

Doley was arrested in July this year for a protest against a hotel project near Kaziranga, and had been booked under the nefarious National Security Act (NSA) after a court granted him bail; Forum for Social Harmony, AMSU-AIKMS and BAA accuse the Assam government of criminalising land rights activism

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

Karnataka HC directs state to restart mid-day meals

The court was hearing a plea on whether meals are being served to children in schools and Anganwadis centres

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