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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

Plea in Bombay HC seeks CAG audit of PM CARES fund  

It also seeks disclosure of funds collected thus far by the fund, chaired by PM Modi

Delhi Police arrest Jamia Millia Islamia student leader Asif Iqbal Tanha 

The Persian Department student was arrested by the Crime Branch, on Saturday. Meanwhile, Gulfisha, Safoora and others remain in jail as they are charged under UAPA

Policing in the times of corona has many tones, depending on who you are

Delhi MP gets away with a ‘scolding’ for spreading rumours, tweeting fake video, but eminent intellectuals, activists, journalists must face the brunt of the law

UN raises concerns over exploitative provisions of UAPA

Sites labelling of people as terrorists, reversal of burden of proof, and prolonged pre-trial detention as inconsistent with international Human Rights and legal standards

Maharashtra gov’t to release 3,500 prisoners from Thane district

The government has announced that it will be releasing 17,000 inmates to decongest prisons in the state

U’khand HC: Children with no internet access cannot be forced to pay tuition fee

Unaided private schools in the state were charging fees and conducting online classes for KG level as well

Gujarat HC gives directions on affordable COVID19 treatment and for starving, helpless migrants

Guj HC goes big, takes cognizance of starving migrants, asks state to regulate fee structure of pvt hospitals

K’taka HC asks state to immediately take decision on payment of fares of migrants

In the precise words of the court, “no one should be deprived of an opportunity to go back to his own State only for the reason that he has no capacity to pay for the transport”  

Delhi HC again adjourns petition about police accountability for ‘indiscriminate’ arrests: Justice delayed?

​​​​​​​Brinda Karat’s petition urging transparency in arrests and detentions pushed to June 16

Tablighi Jamaat members still under the scanner

Pleas in courts, passport seizures, regime continues to keep a close watch

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