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Not What the Court Decided: Re-reading the Bombay High Court’s passport judgment
The MEA's recent clarification on passport has centred on a single judicial decision that may not support the sweeping proposition now attributed to it
Municipal officials look other way while manual scavengers still engaged for work: Madras HC
The Court opined that heads of corporations and municipalities should be personally held responsible for deaths of manual scavengers
Kerala HC directs Water Authority to compensate families of manual scavengers who died cleaning manhole
The court directed the state to pay compensation of Rs. 10 lakh in addition to the compensation paid by the contractor
Gujarat reported highest number of police custodial deaths: Centre in LS
The statistics show that disciplinary action was taken in only 15 cases, with no prosecution between 2017 and 2021
Bhainsa communal riots triggered by Hindu Vahini: IGP Nagi Reddy
Impartial probe is being conducted, investigation is based on technical evidence, he says.
SC issues notice on plea against cancellation of 3 crore ration cards not linked to Aadhaar
The top court noted that it was a serious matter as it has led to alleged starvation deaths
Delhi HC issues notice on Natasha Narwal’s plea for admission in 3rd year of PhD
Narwal, who has been booked under UAPA for last year’s Delhi violence, has been pursuing her doctorate at JNU since 2018
Delhi HC grants bail to 4 accused in the 2020 violence
Justice Kait slammed the police constable for not making a DD entry or calling a PCR van during the violence
Punjab & Haryana HC directs no convicted/chargesheeted police officer be assigned public duty
The Court also pulled up an IAS officer for submitting incomplete information on affidavit and court directed notice of criminal case of perjury be issued to him
Right to Default bail is a valuable right: SC while granting bail to UAPA accused
The court held that the state cannot take advantage of filing one chargesheet and then extending time to file supplementary chargesheet
Independent probe into Shiv Kumar’s alleged custodial torture ordered by Punjab & Haryana HC
The Court observed that the SIT may continue to investigate the cases against Shiv Kumar and assigned the special inquiry to a Sessions Judge in Faridabad
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