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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years

A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction

NAPM condemns the alleged custodial torture and death of Jayaraj and Bennicks by TN police

The organization demands for the end the regime of police torture and custodial terror

Madras HC orders Judicial Magistrate to conduct inquiry into alleged custodial deaths in Tuticorin

Father-son duo Jayaraj and Bennicks who were allegedly tortured by the police for violating lockdown norms, died four days after being taken into custody

Supreme Court stays coercive action on multiple FIRs against Amish Devgan

The apex court also stayed FIRs on OpIndia registered against it by the West Bengal police

Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha demands probe into activist Ramji Munda’s murder

The activist had exposed the alleged state and police repression during the Pathalgadi movement in Ghaghara in 2018

K’taka HC’s bail order questioning morality of rape survivor prompts open letter from civil society

Concerned citizens and civil society organisations write that the order brings back memories of Mathura and Bhanwari Devi's cases

Covid-19: Allahabad HC asks police to spread awareness rather than arresting people

The court noted that the offence was of overcrowding and asked the police to reconsider the case

Delhi HC reserves order on Sharjeel Imam’s plea against trial court order denying default bail

He has been under arrest since January and the lower court extended time for filing chargesheet beyond the 90 days stipulated time.

Ahmedabad Jagannath Temple head priest upset with Guj HC decision against holding the yatra

He accused that the temple committee hadn’t received any official news of the stay order else it would have approached the court

MTP Act: Women’s rights campaigners advocate for a rights based abortion law

A coalition of civil rights and feminist organizations has prepared a comprehensive list of recommendations for the consideration of legislators so that the pregnancy termination law recognizes women’s rights

Falling asleep after ‘being ravished’, very unbecoming of an Indian woman: K’taka HC

This was a part of the rationale given while granting pre arrest bail to a rape accused

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