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Screens of Silence: What NCRB Data Misses about Cybercrime in India
As India’s online world expands, so does the gap between crime and accountability. NCRB data records numbers, but not the reasons behind their soaring increase; besides erasure of reporting of gendered cybercrimes constitute a glaring gap: there is an absence of adequate reportage within NCRB on stalking, cyberbullying, morphing, which are show a mere 5 per cent of rise
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97,000 persons convicted in UP under ‘operation conviction’: State Govt
Of this significant if not staggering number, 68 accused persons were sentenced to death, 8,172 received life imprisonment, 1,453 were sentenced to over 20 yrs., and 87,465 were sentenced up to 20 years’ states a report in The Hindustan Times.
“Bulldozer Justice” rebuked: Orissa High Court orders 10 lakh compensation for illegal demolition of community centre
In a searing indictment of executive overreach, the High Court slams the State for razing a publicly funded community centre in defiance of judicial orders, holding a Tahasildar personally liable and warning against the dangerous rise of “bulldozer justice.”
SC stays deportation of woman declared foreigner, issues notice on challenge to Gauhati HC Order
Granting interim relief to Jaynab Bibi, the Supreme Court halts deportation and questions the mechanical findings of the Tribunal and Gauhati High Court amid rising concerns over arbitrary expulsions in Assam
Doyjan Bibi not in Holding Centre, but handed to BSF: State tells Gauhati HC, taking departure from earlier stand
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State counsel admits earlier claim that she was at Kokrajhar Holding Centre was based on incorrect telephonic instruction; Court directs verification from BSF Panbari if she has not been deported
No breach, no recall, yet detained again: Gauhati HC seeks affidavit from State for re-detentions of COVID-era released detainees
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Admissions on bail compliance recorded in Abdul Sheikh and Majibur Rehman cases; High Court demands clarity on legality of renewed detention without recall of earlier orders
Pushed Back, Let Down: How the state has let down the marginalised in Assam
Assam is witnessing a sweeping and arbitrary deportation drive targeting "suspected" illegal immigrants. Justified through selective readings of Supreme Court orders, the campaign bypasses due process and violates fundamental rights under the Constitution and international law. This piece examines the legal flaws behind the drive and the troubling role of Foreigners Tribunals in enabling it.
Contradictory Calls: SC halts one Tamil refugee’s deportation, denies another citing ‘not a Dharamshala’
While the Viswanathan-Kotiswar bench of the Supreme Court on June 24 stayed the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee and entertained his plea to approach the Swiss Embassy, a different bench led by Justice Dipankar Datta had, on May 19, refused similar relief while asserting India cannot host refugees from across the globe
J&K High court orders repatriation of 63-year-old woman deported to Pakistan without due process
Court invokes humanitarian grounds and constitutional duty to direct urgent return of Long-Term Visa holder Rakshanda Rashid, citing her decades-long residence in India and deteriorating health
Gauhati HC Orders Verification of compliance with Bail Conditions in petition filed by Reijya Khatun for detained husband
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High Court notes husband of petitioner was released in 2021 under Supreme Court guidelines, directs State to confirm weekly reporting before recent re-detention
Visitation again allowed by Gauhati HC in Torap Ali petition as affidavit opposing claims of regular police reporting is filed
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Court records affidavit from SP (Border) opposing claim of regular police reporting; visitation allowed to meet two detained uncles at Kokrajhar Holding Centre; liberty granted for urgent mention if needed
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