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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman
Temple festivals used to display strength, perpetuate violence, better to have them closed: Madras HC
Hearing a petition seeking police protection for festival celebration, the Court remarked that the Police must dedicate their vital time and resources trying to settle disagreements between the groups
Delhi HC set aside trial court’s order for filing of FIR against VHP leader for allegedly delivering hate speech in 2019
Bench deems no incriminating evidence against Lok Kumar found, states petitioner, activist Harsh Mander, did not make any accusations against him in the police complaint
From “liable to be prosecuted” to “neither opposing nor supporting bail”: The curious case of Delhi Police
Delhi court grants bail to Brij Bhushan Singh and Vinod Tomar even as counsel for petitioners decry that “the accused was very influential”
Manipur Violence: Supreme Court warns union and state government to take action, or they will
Supreme Court takes suo-moto cognizance after video of two Kuki women being paraded naked surfaces, terms it to be "deeply disturbing", “gross constitutional failure” and "simply unacceptable"
Bombay HC: 2 weeks stay on order restraining offering of Namaz at an 800-year-old Jumma Masjid
Scheduling the hearing to be held after two weeks, the Bench also directed the Jalgaon district collector to hand over the mosque keys to Jumma Masjid Trust Committee
Sexual harassment, stalking and molestation accused Brij Bhushan granted two day interim bail by Delhi Court
Even as SPP points that Singh should be denied bail as he could influence the witnesses, Court grants him interim bail, regular bail hearing to be held on Thursday
J&K High Court: Preventive detention cannot be based on a stale incident
The Court made the observation while quashing a preventive detention order passed last year in connection to a case registered two years earlier, deems it to be a case of non-application of mind by the detaining authority
The laws against child marriage exist but are not enough
This legal exploration looks at the evolution of the laws on child marriage in India.
On UCC, personal law reform & the politics of competitive communalism
Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption need to bne initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the state’s backing, hardly has any reform taken place or allowed to prevail
Delhi HC rejects plea of State to condone a delay of 28 years days in filing appeal against the acquittal order in anti-Sikh riots...
The bench held that if the complainant was aggrieved by acquittal, there was nothing which prevented them from filing the appeal then
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