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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
Survey: Gujarat tops in ‘supporting’ digital surveillance to curb opposition, protests
In a surprise revelation, which may send shock wave...
India’s Justice Delivery System Exposed: Startling Statistics Revealed in 2022 Justice Report
The report is a culmination of quantitative research carried out over 24 months, based on data and official statistics collected from government sources
SC for freedom of expression: Strikes down ban on Media One
In a decisive 133 page judgement the apex court lifted the ban that had been suddenly imposed on January 31, 2023 brushing aside “national security concerns@ cited by the union government and upheld by the Kerala High Court
Long Delayed Justice: Retired Police SI guilty of extra-judicial killing 31 years down, sentenced to life imprisonment
In this case, the officer had shot a 21 year old student, claimed that he had acted in self-defence
Maliana acquittals 36 years after 72 Muslims massacred in cold blood, abysmal failure of justice, substantive & procedural
The acquittals took place despite directions by the High Court being seized of the matter since 2021 where the issue raised is of crucial documents including the FIR and other evidence had “gone missing”, of strict and fair procedures that need to be followed; this 2021 legal intervention by a journalist Qurban Ali, who covered the cold blooded massacre in 1987 and Vibhuti Narain Rai, an IPS officer who, as SP Ghaziabad had filed the FIR in the Hashimpura carnage the day before, in the High Court will now be heard with the judgement of acquittal being passed without completion of trial procedure
21 years down, ‘Lack of Evidence’, says Gujarat Court and Acquits 27 Accused of Gang Rape, Murder During 2002 Violence
The court in Panchmahal district said that the 190...
A right half won, evolution of women’s right to property under the Hindu Succession Act
Despite several attempts in the previous century the real change came 50 years later, in 2005. However lack of implementation and societal patriarchy has still not meant that property rights have been realised by Indian Hindu women.
9 years since the passing of the NALSA judgment, has the cycle of discrimination and ostracism finally been broken for the transgender community?
On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, CJP examines the Indian state's failures and successes in advancing the welfare of the transgender community
2008 Jaipur blasts: Rajasthan HC acquits all four who were given death penalty
The High Court found significant faults in the police investigation and has urged prosecution of the errant officers who investigated the case
Police to closely monitor Ram Navami processions in Hyderabad and Mumbai
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CJP wrote to the local police in both cities and sought preventive action against these rallies organised by right wing groups, whoever the police assured strict vigilance
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