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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
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Bombay HC grants Dr. Varavara Rao bail for six months
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HRDA condemns U’khand police’s plan to deny passport for “anti-national” social media posts
The DGP’s decision has received huge criticism from lawyers and activists, all of whom say it violates the fundamental rights to free speech and expression
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Delhi court reserves order on Disha Ravi’s bail plea
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Bar and Bench cannot watch silently: Women lawyers on Disha Ravi’s arrest
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