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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
Lucknow police stop interfaith wedding citing conversion laws!
Days after the UP’s Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Ordinance is passed, right-wing elements begin using the law to prevent peaceful weddings.
Siddique Kappan’s arrest matter of ‘personal liberty’: Kapil Sibal to SC
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal also offered to implead Kappan’s wife and daughter when the CJI wondered if a third-party organisation can espouse his cause
Delhi Police opposes bail granted to riot accused Jamia student to write exams
The State argued that many people study in jails and that Asif Tanha in the interim can be shifted to a guesthouse near the exam centre
Rakhi for bail order: Petitioners move SC for directions
The petitioners submitted before the SC that such orders may result in normalising and trivialising what is essentially a crime
Dedicated courts set up to address Human Rights cases in Delhi
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End Custodial Torture: SC’s new comprehensive directions on CCTVs in police stations
The court has directed strict compliance in this regard while also passing specific directions pertaining to position of CCTVs, storage of recorded data, accessibility to the victim and so on
Delhi Riots accused granted bail: Court asks why constable waited until arrest to name him
Applicant cannot be made to incarcerate in jail for infinity merely other accused are yet to be identified and arrested in the matter, said the court
State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC
The high court was told by the State that transferring the DM was a mere political issue and that he did nothing wrong in ordering the cremation of the victim
CPI (M) leader moves SC against order allowing non-locals to buy J&K land
The plea has sought the top court’s intervention and a stay on Centre's order until the petitions challenging changes to Article 370 are heard
Stick figure cartoons are a contempt of the Supreme Court!
Attorney General of india has consented to contempt proceedings against cartoonist Rachita Taneja for illustrations after Arnab Goswami case
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