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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

CJP appeals to NHRC to provide justice and protection to Ram Puniyani

Academic and rationalist threatened over the phone, accused of...

War veteran declared ‘foreigner’ gets bail in Assam

52 year old Mohammed Sanaullah, a former army man...

‘73% Urban Indians Ignorant Of Legal Right To Living Will’

Delhi: On March 9, 2018, a Supreme Court of...

SC directs NRC authorities in Assam to ensure smooth disposal of Claims and Objections

The Supreme Court has directed the state coordinator of...

CBI Arrests Sanatan Sanstha Lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar in Dabholkar Murder Case

Punalekar was arrested along with his assistant, Vikram Bhave...

93 year old found dead in Assam after objection filed against his name in NRC

In a heartbreaking instance of man succumbing to hopelessness,...

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