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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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Plea in SC asks no coercive action be taken on trivial violations amidst lockdown
This is on the ground that the police and courts should not be over-burdened with such cases and also to prevent police excesses
Do the dead have rights in India?
One is compelled to ask this question in the light of a recent incident in which a deceased doctor was denied burial because he succumbed to Covid-19
101 adults arrested, 9 minors detained in Palghar lynching case
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh warns against giving incident a communal colour
No reservation in promotions without adequate representation: SC
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FIR against 4 for attending Tablighi Jamaat
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Download Aarogya Setu app, donate to PM CARES: Jharkhand HC’s bizarre conditions for bail
The court granted bail to accused persons in two cases, on the condition that they should download the app after being released from custody
Is Justice Delivery not an Essential Commodity?
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Defend freedom of expression and respect individuals to build Fraternity
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SC permits conditional release for those who have completed 2 years in detention camps
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Bhima Koregaon case: Civil society members pen open letter to CJI
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