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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
What’s going to happen to CAA now?
Deadline to fix rules for implementation of the act lapses at it has been over 6-months since the passage of the act and issue of notification
Stunned, speechless and ashamed: Lalita Ramdas reacts to NIA comments on Varavara Rao
NIA told Bombay High Court that Rao is trying to take undue advantage of Covid-19 and his old age to seek bail
Araria rape survivor granted bail, activist-supporters still in jail
A judge had sent her to judicial custody along with two women’s rights activists for ‘contempt of court’
“No place for encounter in a country governed by rule of law”: Justice Deepak Gupta
In an online interview with The Wire, the recently retired judge of the Supreme Court indicated how all pillars of a democracy have a part to play in re-instilling people’s faith in law
UP’s ‘Name and shame ordinance’ against all canons of justice: PIL in Allahabad HC
This is the second PIL against this ordinance to be filed before the High Court
SC decision quashing ST reservation reflects Manuwadi mindset: Review petition
The petition filed by social organisations and activists states that the reservation will undo the wrong that has been meted out to the oppressed for centuries
Rape survivor jailed in Bihar, Human Rights groups write to Patna HC
A lower court judge in Araria had sent the survivor and two women's rights activists helping her to judicial custody after accusing them of 'contempt of court'
Will Delhi Police now handle cases of Hindus arrested for communal riots differently?
Orders “due care and precaution” while arresting, senior officers asked “suitably” guide Investigating Officers (IOs)
Don’t Kill Varavara Rao in Jail!
Family members of the noted Telugu poet say he is incoherent, and his health is deteriorating fast
Foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz pay small fine, may go home soon
Delhi Police say that none of the 956 foreigners were charged with serious crimes, yet Indian Muslims however continue to deal with hate
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