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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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Akhil Gogoi granted bail, Maha and Punjab to release prisoners on bail due to Covid-19
Maharashtra will release 11,000 inmates on emergency parole, Punjab to release 6,000 prisoners
Covid-19: Cops beat up bank employee, delivery boys and even a fire fighter!
The haphazard way of announcing the nationwide lockdown may have given local lower level cops a virtual carte blance to physically assault anyone on the street.
Assam detention camps: Plea in SC to release inmates amidst Covid-19 outbreak
The plea asks the court to consider the condition of detainees under “civil imprisonment”
SC suggests release of prisoners on parole, states yet to respond
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Kerala HC leads the way, only inevitable arrests to be made in the state
The court made it clear though that police are at liberty to act in respect of heinous crimes
Delhi HC asks govt to expedite DNA testing of Delhi riot victim
The government was unable to present legal provision which requires court orders to conduct DNA test
Post SC order, Tamil Nadu government releases 1,184 prisoners to curb n-Cov 19 spread
States like Maharashtra, Punjab and the UT of Delhi may soon follow suit to decongest prisons to curb Covid-19 there
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Over a week ago the Supreme Court of India decided to only hear urgent cases, and conduct court matters over video conferencing. On March 23 television news reports flashed that lawyers have been told not to visit judges chambers.
United against Hate condemns implication of Khalid Saifi and Ishrat Jahan in false charges
Saifi and Jahan were arrested during the anti-CAA protest in Delhi and were later falsely charged for being masterminds of the Delhi violence
Delhi rape case: Four convicts executed
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