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From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh

CBI chargesheet confirms brutal torture on Jeyaraj and Bennicks

The CBI looked into material evidence from the Santhakulam PS and confirmed the use of wooden lathis by police officers.

Plea in Delhi HC seeks regulating news channels from broadcasting content on communal disharmony 

Plea moved in the Delhi High court after right wing news channel Sudarshan TV's show Bindas Bol called Tanishq ad ‘advertisement jihad’

Bilkis Bano case: Is the Government trying to hoodwink the SC on compensation?

The 2002 riot-survivor alleges that despite repeated directions of the SC she has not been given her proper dues

CRPF to provide protection to victims family in Hathras case: SC

The 3 Judge Bench also directed the HC to look into all aspects of the case as raised in the PIL and intervention applications and  erase all mention of the identity of the victim and her family from the previous High Court order and to wait for the CBI investigation to finish before thinking about transferring the trial to Delhi.

Allahabad HC to monitor probe in Hathras case: SC

The apex court also directed that all mention of victim’s identity as well as her family be removed from the HC order

Right to free speech does not mean a licence to promote hate speech: Editors Guild of India

Guild tells Republic TV to behave responsibly, asks police to ensure investigation does not become a tool to suppress media rights

No proof for UAPA charges, accused deserves bail: Delhi HC

The court observed that the investigating agency’s report does not disclose the commission of UAPA offences except some bald statements of the witnesses to keep Faizan in jail.

Act is being misused against innocent persons: Allahabad HC on UP law against cow slaughter

The High Court was hearing the bail plea of a man who was accused of taking a cow for slaughter

NRI quota in NLU are dubious, ‘reservation for elite’: Orissa HC

 In a pathbreaking judgement, a Division Bench of the Orissa High has observed that the NRI/NRI Sponsored quotas are an affront to meritorious kids; and a dubious category of quota is like ‘reservation for the elite’ and hence unconstitutional

Death Penalty for Rape: Karnataka HC

Observing that an attack on anybody’s daughter is an attack on ‘our own daughter’, the division bench made this suggestion keeping in mind the issue of women’s safety, to curb this menace in the society, as rape is a ‘crime against the entire society’ and not just the victim.

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