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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
Jamia violence case: Delhi High Court overturns trial court order discharging Sharjeel Imam, Asif Tanha, Safoora Zargar and others
The Court, inter alia, observed that protests had turned violent and the accused continued to be part of the protests that had turned violent
Why did Delhi Police deny permission for Ram Navami procession in Jahangirpuri?
Ram Navami is going to be celebrated on March 30, however Delhi police wants to avoid a law and order situation in Jahangirpuri, given its ugly past
Lok Sabha Restores Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal’s Membership just ahead of Supreme Court hearing
Though his conviction had been suspended by the court two months and four days ago, this action comes now only when the parliamentarian’s challenge to the Lok Sabha Secretariat is to be heard by the Supreme Court
Triple Jeopardy! CJP wins legal battle for a Muslim daily wager who, after twice having proven his citizenship, received a third FT notice
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The CJP assists another Assam resident who had received, for the third time, an FT notice for being a suspected foreigner and wins! The constitutional battle against arbitrary legal malpractice for the marginalised continues
Sealed cover business: Is the Apex court ready to nip this in the bud?
Keeping in view the opinions expressed by present CJI Chandrachud over the past year, it appears that the SC is revising its previous practice, allowing for the sealed cover procedure only exceptional cases. Will this in any way change sealed cover jurisprudence?
‘Be ready with files’, SC warns as it issues notice to GoI, Gujarat govts on Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission of convicts
During the hearing, the bench observed that it would not be overwhelmed by emotions in the case and would only go into all aspects of the facts and law in the case
Illegal mining: Only 6% cases ended up as FIRs in 2022
The data provided for 16 states in the Rajya Sabha indicated that while incidents of illegal mining were substantial, the rate of registration of FIRs was abysmally low
‘Peaceful Protest a Constitutional Right, perpetual invocation of section 144 concerning”: Former CJI UU Lalit
In 2021, over 365 days, section 144 was invoked in Delhi a staggering 6,100 times, and this in perpetuity, use of essential an emergency power granted to the police authorities is unacceptable, the former CJI said in the capital
Bilkis Bano gang rape convict shares stage with BJP MP, MLA: Gujarat
On the day before the Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of all 11 convicts by the Gujarat government on March 27, an elected representative of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shares a stage with gang rape convict
Law Ministry data shows steady increase in release of Undertrial prisoners over 4 years
The UTRC was a concept formulated by the Supreme Court in a landmark case of 2015 where it took note of high number of undertrials in prisons
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