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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

The era of the SC’s glorious jurisprudence has vanished: Justice AP Shah

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Brinda Karat asks Police Commissioner to act against communal activity in Shiv Vihar

Non-festive, aggressive processions sloganeering ‘Jai Shri Ram, Har Har Mahadev’ taken out after dark, in sensitive area of North East Delhi

Natasha Narwal of Pinjra Tod gets bail in Delhi riots case

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Sudarshan News defends show calling it investigative journalism; Centre says regulate digital media first

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K’taka HC pulls up state govt for delays in investigating SC/ST Act cases

The court sought several details from the state to check the implementation of the provisions of the Act

Over 3,000 UAPA cases and only 821 chargesheets!

MHA submission in Rajya Sabha also reveals shocking figures of detentions under draconian provisions of UAPA and NSA.

Order a judicial probe into Delhi riots: Opposition leaders to President Kovind  

Senior Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind, and demanded judicial probe by sitting or retired Judge

SC asks states about CCTV cameras in police stations

The directions about CCTV cameras and an oversight committee were earlier issued in a 2018 case decided by the apex court

I should have remembered Gandhians have lost favour with this regime: Julio Ribeiro

Retired top-cop Ribeiro reads the riot act to, and shares policing lessons with  ‘brother officer’, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava

Do not be scared, raise your voice against injustice: Dr Umar Khalid

Dr Umar Khalid recorded this video statement just before his arrest on Sunday

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