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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 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!
Punjab & Haryana HC seeks details of cases against MPs, MLAs
The information against sitting and former lawmakers has been sought from the Police and District Judges of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
Jaipur blast case: Rajasthan HC grants bail to undertrial jailed for 12 years
The court was surprised to find that he was re-arrested in the 9th FIR after he was found not guilty in other 8 FIRs and languished in jail since 2008
Delhi police were complicit with Red Fort rioters: SKM’s letter to Delhi CP
The farmers’ group demanded that the Delhi Police Commissioner cancel the show cause issued against SKM leaders and called for a judicial enquiry.
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The 25-year-old deceased farmer’s grandfather petitioned the court alleging that Navreet was shot dead by the Delhi Police
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