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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

Police cannot use power to summon to intimidate, harass, threaten: SC

The Apex Court said that it is entrusted with safeguarding the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.

SC refuses to interfere in Devangana Kalita’s bail order

The Top Court said it is just a grant of bail and that she won’t run away with the evidence

Right to default bail can’t be nullified by post facto complaint: SC

The Supreme Court has held that an accused cannot be continuously detained on account of a report seeking time extension

Gujarat: Dalit boy allegedly dies at observation home in Khanpur

The youth’s family alleges the boy was tortured during his detention which eventually resulted in his death

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

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