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State cannot escape liability for custodial suicide: Delhi HC

Court awards ₹18.44 Lakh Compensation to Father of 19-Year-Old Who Died in Police Custody, Rules that every unnatural custodial death, even if classified as suicide, raises constitutional liability

Recently released detention camp survivor from Assam recalls his ordeal

Sudhan Sarkar has just come home after being released...

A Prison with diminishing medical supplies, Kashmir Day 26

Diminishing medical supplies and shortage of life saving drugs...

Police Force sans Diversity: Poor rep of SCs, STs, Women, OBCs, Muslims Invisibilized

The representation of Muslims not analysed because of absence...

NRC authority releases guidelines on how to check names in final list

The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list is...

At least 10 people released from Detention Camps in Assam

Amidst the gloom and uncertainty in the run up...

No Detention of Persons excluded from NRC, Assam Government issues Public Notice

Additional chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna has, in a...

Rewarded with Bail, Seven Accused of Bulandshahr violence get Hero’s welcome

None less than Agarwal, who headed the BJP’s local...

‘They beat Chandrashekhar with lathis all night long’ – Bhim Army

Following the massive protests against the demolition of the...

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