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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
K’taka HC extends stay on publication of draft EIA
The stay that was previously granted in August has been extended until further orders
UP Police arrest Odisha man for sedition after VHP member alleges threatening calls
Initially only a case of criminal intimidation was made but further investigation allegedly revealed, his social media posts had derogatory remarks against the PM
‘Delhi Police Has No Evidence So It’s Resorting to Fabricated Statements’: Umar Khalid
Here is the full text of the activist's letter to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi alleging acquaintances are being coerced into making statements implicating Khalid.
Local court drops Modi’s name from three Guj riots civil suits
Case related to killing of three British nationals in Pranjit taluka of Sabarkantha district
Stop coercing ‘confessional’ statements to manufacture evidence in Delhi Violence cases!
Eminent citizens raise objections to riots’ probe, ask Delhi Police to stop falsely implicating people, and wrongly invoking UAPA to fuel theories of anti-state ‘conspiracy’
Promoting fraternity: Courts to the rescue
Stay on transmission of hate programme of Sudarshan TV
Victim cannot appeal against inadequate sentence: SC
The victim’s right to appeal was enhanced by a 2009 amendment to CrPC, yet it comes with some restrictions
Justice for Namma Gauri
After the Karnataka SIT's stellar investigation in the Gauri Lankesh assassination conspiracy, 17 people were arrested and one is absconding
SC directs 48,000 shanties to be razed along railways track in Delhi
The order was in connection with a petition filed by MC Mehta in 1985 in which the court has been intermittently passing orders in the interest of control of pollution on Delhi
SC: Punjab SHO denied pre-arrest bail in custodial torture case
The petitioner had approached the apex court challenging the Punjab and Haryana HC order denying him anticipatory bail as the SIT found some truth in allegations
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