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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
Married woman has the autonomy to choose termination of pregnancy, not medical board: Bombay HC
A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.
Directions issued by the SC to prevent Delay in Release of Prisoners
The SC Bench suggested that the court should consider amending bail conditions that are causing delay in release
Siddique Kappan to finally walk out of Jail!
Imprisoned for over two years now, he had gotten bail in charges filed under both UAPA and PMLA
Gujarat policemen who flogged stone pelting accused found guilty in disciplinary inquiry
The inquiry instituted by the IG found that 5 policemen are found to be prima facie guilty for flogging the accused publicly
Protests on attack on JNU students: Mumbai police withdraws case against 36 protesters
Earlier this month, January 2023, the additional chief metropolitan magistrate allowed an application filed on behalf of the state government seeking to withdraw the plea and disposed of the case.
Allahabad HC grants bail to Javed Mohammad, alleged “Mastermind” of Prayagraj violence
Javed Mohammad (alias Javed Pump), leader of Welfare Party of India, was deemed as the “mastermind” behind the violence in Prayagraj and his house was demolished by the administration
K’taka HC says downtrodden still unable to do business like “upper caste”
The Court refused to quash a complaint against a man who threatened, harassed and used catiest slurs to intimidate the victim.
Arguments against capital punishment
People will support its abolition if they are exposed to a rational argument
Gauhati HC orders the Assam Govt to rehabilitate the remaining families rendered homeless in eviction drives
100 families remaining out of the 700 evicted will now get a chance to present their case and substantiate their claims for resettlement
Delhi HC Approached for Separate Public Job Vacancies for Transgender Persons
The petitioner, Jane Kaushik, a transgender woman, says she is qualified for a teaching job in a government school but has had to face multiple refusals.
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Dalits
The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen
Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile
Children
Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault
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Education
The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun
The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.
History
112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity
Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.
Communalism
Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India
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