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After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

Domestic Violence Act, 2005: SC directs union to hold meetings with various ministries, states/UTs, address hopeless inadequacy of protection officers

In a significant order passed last week, Friday, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court directed the Secretary of the union ministry of Women and Child Development to convene a meeting with the various ministries including the ministry of finance, social justice and home affairs, Principal Secretaries of all states and Union Territories to, inter alia, look into the issue of inadequacy of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Noida cops suspended for inaction in 2 yr-old hate crime against elderly Muslim man

The man was attacked in July 2021 for his religious identity; he was reportedly stripped while derogatory anti-Muslim slurs were hurled at him by some goons in a car

Urging preventive action against hate offenders, Gandhiji’s grandson, Tushar urges Navi Mumbai police to act

The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation has urged preventive action from the Navi Mumbai Police that has now stated it will vido-graph the event

Citing that ‘research on Caste, Religion is sensitive’, the union govt defends academic Filippo Osella’s 2022 deportation: Delhi HC

Last year, in March 2022 the government had deported the anthropologist as he arrived to participate in a conference in Thiruvananthapuram. The academic challenged the government order in the Delhi high court.

Junaid Nasir murder: Magistrate summons relatives, villagers of victims for breach of peace

The Pahari (Bharatpur) Magistrate has summoned a few relatives of Junaid and Nasir to court for breach of peace and to execute a bond of Rs. 10,000 each

Bom HC issues notice, App-based workers Union files plea; seeks social security for drivers, delivery persons

The Union has demanded that rules be framed by the state government and include them under the Social Security Code

Pawan Khera granted interim bail after being arrested by Assam police over Modi jibe

The Congress leader had made a jibe at PM Modi over his acquaintance with Gautam Adani

In Affidavit to High Court, Kheda SP defends policemen who publicly flogged Muslims: Gujarat

“...it is only with a view to maintain peace and harmony that the suspects were cornered,” the SP's affidavit says.

Who are UP police officials who detained a young couple at midnight without informing Delhi Police, asks Delhi High Court

The Delhi HC has sought copies of the CCTV footage of the ‘operation’ to identify officials, LiveLaw reports

JJ Law makes no distinction between orphan & abandoned child: Bombay HC

The Bombay high court in a judgement pronounced recently reiterated that there is no distinction between orphaned and abandoned children under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

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After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

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