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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

SC defers plea against State Assemblies anti-CAA resolutions

The top court asked the petitioner NGO to do more research as it did not want to ‘create more problems than solving’

Kerala Police file FIR against Enforcement Directorate team probing gold smuggling case

Team is accused of pressuring key accused Swapna Suresh to falsely implicate CM Pinarayi Vijayan

25 arrests in three months under Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Love Jihad’ law

In all cases, the accused persons are from minority communities, including 15 cases against Muslims and six cases against Christians

Hathras case: Victim’s family and lawyers threatened inside court premises

The High Court has taken note of the affidavit filed by the victim’s family and ordered for an enquiry into the matter within 2 weeks

Madras HC refuses to entertain compromise of accused and complainant in POCSO case

The Court held that in a non-compoundable offence cannot be done away with even if a compromise is reached between the parties

SC to hear plea seeking stay on the sale of electoral bonds on March 24

The petitioners have alleged that the electoral bond scheme increases illegal and illicit funding of political parties

Delhi court issues notice to Arnab Goswami for PFI ‘sting operation’

Popular Front of India’s PR Director has filed a civil defamation suit against Republic TV for showing a doctored video that allegedly defames him

Navreet Singh’s death: Delhi HC orders a medical board to examine medical reports

The young deceased farmer’s grandfather has approached the court alleging that Navreet was shot dead by the Delhi Police

SC refuses to disclose probe report into ‘conspiracy’ against Judiciary

Recently, the SC cited this report, closing a suo motu case initiated to examine the sexual harassment allegations against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Delhi HC reserves order in Jamia student Asif Tanha’s bail plea

The district court had rejected his bail plea last year, noting that the agitation against the citizenship laws was meant to cause disaffection

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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley

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