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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
Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking release of over 200 “illegally detained” farmers
However, the court directed Delhi Police to conduct thorough investigation into the FIRs lodged, in a time-bound fashion
Sub-standard testimony of survivor, no scuffle: Bombay HC acquits rape accused
The trial court had acquitted the man under the POCSO Act but convicted him for rape under the Indian Penal Code
Jharkhand, Manipur case clearance rate of 100 per cent: IJR 2020
The report ranks states on various quantitative measurements of budgets, human resources, infrastructure, workload, diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid
Orissa High Court directs state to pay Rs. 5 lakhs for negligence causing custodial death
The court held that even if the injuries were not caused by the police, they failed to provide basic minimum standard of care to the detainee
If timely trial not possible and accused spent considerable time in jail, courts obligated to grant bail: SC in UAPA
The accused in the case had already spent more than 5 years in prison and trial had not even started; with more than 250 witnesses to be examined
Still no respite for Varavara Rao, Bombay HC reserves order
Dr. Rao’s lawyers have argued that he be granted bail and allowed to relocate to Hyderabad with his family for proper care
Bombay HC acquits husband accused of cruelty and abetment to suicide of wife
The High Court stated that the allegations of demand of money is a ‘vague term’, and that there was no specific instance of harassment
Madhya Pradesh HC issues notice in plea against Love Jihad Ordinance
The court has granted time to the state to file a counter affidavit and posted the matter for hearing after eight weeks
Publishing accused’s name on police station flyboards, violates privacy: Allahabad HC
The High Court has however held that such rule does not apply to proclaimed offenders and fugitives in law
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Two petitions state that NRC Coordinator's directive amounts to contempt, since it is in complete contravention of the Supreme Court’s previous orders
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