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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

SC petition challenging criminal contempt withdrawn

Petitioners denied liberty to approach the apex court again, but are at liberty to file petition before HC

J&K: 4G will be restored on trial basis in two districts for limited period

This submission was made in SC after the court pushed the Centre to make a decision on restoration of 4G

Officers investigating Bhima Koregaon, NE Delhi riots get Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence

Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation, 2020, winners include Dy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajesh Deo,Vikram Khalate, SP, NIA, 

Tablighi Jamaat: K’taka HC conditionally quashes criminal cases against 9 foreigners

They are to leave the country immediately and not to return to India for a decade

SC directs Allahabad HC to decide on Kafeel Khan’s habeas corpus plea in 15 days

The bench lead by the Chief Justice of India said that personal liberty has always been a priority

NFIW report on Jamia violence finds men and women were sexually assaulted

Even a chemical gas that left people unconscious and immobile was also used but was unidentified as no blood test was carried out to ascertain its properties

UP’s crime graph rises further, BJP politician Sanjay Khokhar shot dead

The former district president was out for a morning walk in his own farm in Baghpat when he was killed

Bom HC questions how Raut and Teltumbde can have same blood pressure and pulse rate

The medical reports submitted by Taloja jail authorities mention the same height, weight, BMI and other health parameters.

Tribunal Rules 2020 violate basic structure of Constitution: Madras Bar Association

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court for setting aside the rules for being in contravention of the apex court’s previous judgment as well

SC to hear 2009 contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan on merits

Bhushan has said that he used the word ‘corruption’ to describe lack of propriety among SC judges in an interview to Tehelka

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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley

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