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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 HC quashes defamation case against Mitali Saran over RSS article

The complainant who claimed to be an RSS member, had alleged that the article had lowered his reputation

Hathras: Man accused of sexual assault, shoots father outside village temple

A video of the survivor who witnessed the shooting is being circulated on social media, wherein the girl demands justice for her ordeals

Farmers’ tractor rally: Delhi court grants bail to man accused of attempting to run over the Police

The court observed that “no specific role” can be assigned to him and that he has been in jail since January 26

Death of manual scavengers: Karnataka HC takes note of the grim situation

The High Court has said that it is ‘crystal clear’ that the manual scavenging act has not been implemented properly in the state

SC grants bail to murder undertrial jailed for 9 years

The top court opined that there was no likelihood of the trial being completed soon

Madras HC takes cognisance of officer threatened for filing sexual harassment complaint

If that is the position in which lady officers are placed, it is hard to think as to what will happen if it’s an ordinary lady, the court said

SC stirs the hornet’s nest on rape by intimate partner

The court also said that making false promise of marriage is wrong

‘Toolkit’ case: Nikita Jacob moves Delhi HC for pre-arrest bail

Nikita was granted 3 weeks transit anticipatory bail by Bombay High Court on February 17

Delhi HC slams police for ‘half baked’ report in Asif Tanha case

The court reprimanded Delhi Police for submitting a report that failed to identify the source of the leak of Tanha’s disclosure statement

Do courts still see marriage as resolution for rape?

The Bombay HC had set aside the ‘atrocious’ order of the Sessions court granting the accused pre arrest bail, but SC reportedly stayed his arrest for 4 weeks!

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