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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’
Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection
Relationship with 16-year-old girl not unusual, POCSO accused adult gets bail
The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that it was a consensual relationship, and the girl left her parents house voluntarily
I feel vindicated: Priya Ramani acquitted in MJ Akbar defamation case
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate held that women should be able to take legal recourse even after decades
Bombay HC grants 3 weeks anticipatory bail to Nikita Jacob in toolkit case
She has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and to promote enmity between groups
Toolkit content does not incite violence, not seditious: Former SC Judge Deepak Gupta
Several legal experts also weighed in on the arrest of Disha Ravi in the Greta Thunberg toolkit matter that invoked a slew of serious charges
Sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under pretence of muzzling miscreants: Delhi Court
The court granted bail to two accused who were charged with sedition for forwarding a misinformed post on their Facebook accounts
Delhi riots: Delhi HC grants bail to cab driver as witnesses did not mention his name
The court observed that the accused was not in the vicinity of the area where the alleged incident took place
DCW questions why Disha Ravi was not provided with lawyer of her choice in court
The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the case and has sought copy of FIR and questioned the Delhi cyber crime cell in the way the case is being handled
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
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