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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
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Allahabad HC protects septuagenarian lawyer from arrest in anti-CAA protest case
Mohammed Shoaib has been on the state government’s radar since December 2019 and has been engaging all means to keep him behind bars
Chhattisgarh lawyer allegedly assaulted by cops, WCD officials
Incident took place when officials visited a shelter home for HIV positive minor girls to forcibly evict them; the organisation is now being systematically vilified along communal lines
JNU PhD scholar Sharjeel Imam arrested again, now for Delhi riots
Supreme Court adjourns hearing on plea to club FIRs against Sharjeel Imam, by two weeks
Bom HC slams gov’t for malice in acting against Tablighi members; quashes 3 FIRs
When the prosecutor asked for stay, the court said there’s no question of granting stay after cases have been quashed, and asked the government to arrange for their return.
SC dismisses plea seeking uniform compensation for kin of Covid victims
The court stated that each state has its own policy as per its financial capacity and hence a uniform policy cannot be imposed
Chhattisgarh police brutality against advocate demands strict action: HRDA
HRD Alert, has in a letter letter to the NHRC, demanded justice for a human rights lawyer who was brutally assaulted by the State police, while trying to protect girl children from harm
Prashant Bhushan 2009 contempt case to be heard by another bench
As Justice Mishra is retiring from office soon, he has referred the case to CJI to assign it to an appropriate bench
Is the new criminal reforms committee problematic and hasty?
The committee is going to report on changes in procedural law, substantial law as well as law of evidence but it has met with criticisms for not having an inclusive consultation process
Hum Dekhenge: Nation stands for freedom of speech, expression and conscience
The congregation organized by Swaraj Abhiyan of Yogendra Yadav saw several speakers expressing their solidarity with Prashant Bhushan as his sentence proceeding transpired in the court.
Delhi HC directs Police Commissioner to initiate disciplinary action against SHO Bhajanpura
Move comes after complaint by a woman resident of assault and harassment by cops
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