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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

BREAKING: Madhya Pradesh HC rejects comedian Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea

The Single-judge Bench of Justice Rohit Arya noted that there was enough incriminating evidence against the comedian and co performer

Holding hands and unzipping pants, not sexual assault under POCSO Act: Bombay HC

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala has held that such acts fall under the definition of sexual harassment under the Indian Penal Code

Sanjiv Bhatt case: SC adjourns matter for 6 weeks

Ex IPS officer who accused Prime Minister Modi of complicity during the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, has been in jail for over 2 years in an alleged custodial torture case

BREAKING: SC stays Bombay HC’s controversial POCSO judgment

The judgment had held that skin to skin contact is necessary to qualify as an offence of sexual assault under POCSO

Youth Bar Association petitions SC against Bombay High court’s POCSO judgment

The Bombay High Court has recently held that skin to skin/ direct physical contact without disrobing a minor will not constitute sexual assault under POCSO Act

SC allows declared foreigner to file review petition before Guwahati HC first

The court stated that she had liberty to approach the apex court again if favourable order not granted in review

Bom HC seeks inquiry documents in custodial death case of life convict found hanging in cell

A suicide note was allegedly found lodged in the victim’s stomach during post mortem, exposing custodial torture 

National commissions for women and child rights decry Bom HC POCSO judgment

The two commissions have taken cognisance of the controversial judgment and have called for an appeal against it

Why such exorbitant amounts sought in bonds and sureties from farmers: Allahabad HC asks State 

The court took up the instant petition and asked the district authorities of Sitapur district to explain the reason behind the orders issued

Such people must not be spared: MP HC on Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea

The Single-judge Bench of the High court has reserved its orders on the comedian and his co-accused’s bail applications

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