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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...

SC registry: Suo moto contempt against Rajdeep Sardesai erroneously listed

The case was shown to be registered based on a petition filed in September 2020 by Haryana resident Aastha Khurana through Advocate Omprakash Parihar 

Bhima Koregaon case: Chorus demanding release of activists grows

Legal and tech experts shed light on future course of case in wake of Arsenal revelations of planted evidence

Nikita Jacob’s pre arrest bail order reserved, Shantanu Muluk gets transit bail

Both activists approached the Bombay High Court in the Great Thunberg Toolkit case created for the farmers’ protests

Nodeep Kaur gets bail in second case, but remains in jail for now

This is the second of three cases in which she has been granted bail

SC issues notice on plea against WhatsApp’s privacy policy

The CJI also remarked that it may be a 2 to 3 trillion-dollar company, but people’s privacy is paramount

JNU Sedition case: Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others to face trial

The matter relates to alleged 'anti-national' slogans raised at the JNU campus in 2016 to mark the death anniversary of Afzal Guru

Rajasthan Govt amends Prison rules to prohibit religion & caste-based discrimination

The High Court had observed a research paper by CHRI to note the caste/religion-based allocation of labour in jails

Woman directly moves SC due to Patna HC’s high pendency rate

The woman’s case is in connection with sexual harassment and intimidation against some village musclemen

SC grants 5 days interim bail for Siddique Kappan to meet his ailing mother

However, the top court has imposed strict conditions barring him from interacting with any person except relatives and doctors

Nodeep Kaur’s ‘illegal confinement’: Punjab and Haryana HC take suo motu cognisance

The court directed the matter of the arrest of the Dalit activist to be listed in the urgent list and issued notice of motion to the State

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