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Bombay High Court rejects State’s adjournment plea in Sangram Patil case; hearing to proceed on February 4

Court refuses to delay hearing, noting continued travel restriction due to Look Out Circular and absence of State’s reply

Karnataka HC: Petition by Twitter contesting centre’s blocking orders dismissed, Rs. 50 lakh fine imposed

Court held the company's argument to be "devoid of merits," orders payment of fine within 45 days

Tripura decides to release 5 convicts who completed 66% of their sentence

This, despite the prisons not being overcrowded in the state

Jharkhand: Court convicts 10 in mob lynching case, sentence to be pronounced on July 5

Conviction comes 4 years after Tabrez Ansari, a 22-year-old Muslim man, was tied to an electricity pole, assaulted, and made to shout religious slogans

Karnataka HC: Proceedings against Pramod Muthalik for delivering offensive statement quashed

The Bench noted lack of recording of independent eyewitness statements, no data to substantiate that accused made inflammatory statements as reasons

Eid-al-Azha: Jurisprudence on animal sacrifice, maintaining balance between customs & harmony

Even as the Courts have refused to entertain pleas on animal sacrifice, how necessary is it that we inclusively question its relevance in today’s world?

IMSD supports a religion-neutral, gender-just UCC

Ironically, in secular India the ulema continue to cling to medieval, patriarchal notions of gender relations in the name of Islam.

11 arrests in Nashik for killing man, brutally assaulting another for ‘transporting beef’

Police officers said members of a cow vigilante group assaulted the two men with iron rods and wooden sticks near Igatpuri.

Long way to go before promises are kept to India’s LGBTQIA+ communities

The legal win for decriminalising homosexuality in India is just the beginning of the ongoing struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights.

Curb prison suicides: NHRC advisory to Union, States

Jail authorities were asked to do regular check on bed sheets and blankets of inmates to ensure that these are not used for suicide attempts.

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