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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

No auctioning yet: Madras HC stays state tenders for mining in Dharmapuri

Observing the plea of a former MP, Madras High Court stayed the state government’s plan to confirm auctioning of black granite mining rights

Activists denounce Babri Masjid demolition judgment

Come together for online press conference to demand CBI appeals against it in HC

This judgment is far from justice: AIMPL Board

Muslim Personal Law Board denounces judgment in Babri Masjid demolition case

Babri Masjid demolition judgment shocks India!

LK Advani says he stands vindicated, others condemn it as ‘travesty of justice’

No one conspired to demolish Babri Masjid?

All accused acquitted by Lucknow court in case surrounding criminal conspiracy to demolish the 16th century mosque

Shocking: Satara police blame Dalit activist for being assaulted!

The HRDA and the NDMJ condemned the apathetic behaviour of the rural police in handling the physical assault case of a Dalit rights activist.

Delhi Police ‘conspirators list’ is to save actual perpetrators of violence, suppress all dissent: Gauhar Raza

Raza is among the latest names added to the long scarf-like list of ‘conspirators’, that is being woven by the police

Courts upholds dignity of sex-workers in two important orders

First the SC directed the government to provide Monetary assistance and rations to them without demanding IDs, and now Bombay HC set three of them free recognising prostitution is not an offence

Sudha Bharadwaj’s health stable and satisfactory: Dubious submission of jail authorities

Despite the many ailments listed in Bharadwaj’s medical reports, the apex court decides to deny her medical bail based on one officer’s statement.

Bombay HC quashes Tablighi Jamaat FIR;  says trial would be abuse of process of law

The Nagpur bench of the High Court also quashed the chargesheet filed against 8 Myanmar nationals

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‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

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