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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
Gujarat HC suggests the State to prohibit social exclusion of menstruating women
The court has proposed a set of directions that the Government should follow to end menstruation taboo, affecting women’s mental and fundamental rights
Delhi HC slams Centre for ‘unsatisfactory response’ to plea seeking appointing members to NCM
The Court asked the Centre to file another affidavit giving proper timelines for appointment of the Commission that is functioning with a lone member
SC allows States to be impleaded in plea seeking protection of rights of migrant children
The apex court was hearing a plea filed by a lawyer highlighting that during the pandemic, children of migrant workers have been pushed into child labour, and steps need to be taken for their access to education and health care
Delhi Violence: Court grants bail to two accused of being present at crime scene
The district court observed that they lived in the vicinity of the crime scene, and hence their presence was “but natural”
Madras HC allows display boards that mention caste names
Says that every individual has the freedom and choice to put up display boards as long as it is not offensive or obscene
Surat Court acquits 122 alleged SIMI members after 20 years!
They were arrested in December 2001 and booked under UAPA, for allegedly being part of Students’ Islamic Movement of India
Unwitting and careless insults to religion, not an offence under IPC: Tripura HC
The Chief Justice held that only aggravated and deliberate form of insult to religion attracts punishment under section 295A of IPC
Dalit activist Shiv Kumar says he was tortured in Haryana jail
Says he will return to continue fighting for the rights of the marginalised, brutalised but not defeated says from hospital he will keep fighting for labour rights
Sharjeel Usmani moves Bombay HC against FIR for Elgar Parishad speech
The former AMU student said that his speech was not offensive, and was taken “out of context”
Speech against political party, not unlawful activity under UAPA: J&K Court
The ASJ granted bail to NC leader Hilal Lone, noting that he did not call for cessation from the Union of India
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