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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

Fact finding report reveals excesses by Meerut police against Muslims

Fact-finding report by activists alleges that Muslim neighbourhoods were targeted and violence may have been unleashed deliberately

“Are you going to ban each and every protest?” K’taka HC raps govt

The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled.

Gauhati HC checks legality of ED summons to Assam newspaper

The petitioner stated that the ED was trying to stop the true facts of the Assam agitation against CAA from being disseminated to the public

‘Protestors should pay’: Karnataka to seize properties of alleged ‘rioters’

K’taka is the 2nd state after UP to hold protestors liable for damage to public property

Ex-Indian Navy Chief Ramdas says Gen Rawat wrong in making political comments

Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas terms Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat's remarks against anti-citizenship law protests "wrong", says people in armed forces must follow decades-old principle of serving country and not any political forces, reports PTI.

AMU alumnus writes scathing letter to Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor

He said that had the VC not been an alumnus of the university, he would’ve filed a criminal case against him.

Sandeep Pandey, VP Socialist Party (India) writes to UP CM

In his open letter, he questions the assurance of the BJP towards Muslims and the arrests of peaceful protestors and activists

AMU admin complicity in police brutality on campus: AMUSU

Report by students’ union also alleges collusion between university authorities and security forces with the regime’s full blessings.

No post mortem report, media coverage for the dead in Meerut

Five people had been arbitrarily shot by the police in the wake of anti-CAA clashes in UP

Cops admit IAS aspirant amongst those killed in police firing on CAA protestors

Uttar Pradesh, under the Yogi Adityanath regime has proved to be fatal for people protesting against the divisive CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and the problematic NRC (National Register of Citizens)

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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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