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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’
Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection
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.
Mohsin Shaikh murder: All of the Hindu Rashtra Sena accused acquitted
The 28-year-old Pune techie was murdered while on his way home after offering namaz at a mosque
DGPs reports flag radical Hindu and Islamist outfits as issues in law and order
The reports which were available on the conference website until January 25, have now been taken down
Orissa HC stalls Collector’s salary for failure to process land compensation pending since 1961
The court order was dismayed to learn that no compensation was paid even 10 years after the petition was filed
21 years later, 14 acquitted for murder in one of the many 2002 Gujarat riots cases
They were accused of killing and burning bodies of 17 Muslims in one of the many incidents of widespread violence in Gujarat in 2002, in the aftermath of the burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra
Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to convicts could not be heard in SC
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Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gang-raped while fleeing the riots that broke out after the Godhra train burning incident. Her three-year-old daughter was among the seven family members killed.
How diverse and inclusive is the Indian judiciary?
Through this piece, we shed light on the existing predominance of caste men and the lack of marginalized and minority representation in the judiciary
Court orders 12 UP cops to be booked for murder of farmer: Cow Vigilantism
The order of the chief judicial magistrate directing registering of a case followed directions by the Allahabad High Court for early decision in the case
Gujarat HC: Mere filing of FIRs insufficient grounds for arrest under the Preventive Detention Act
While quashing the detention, the court observed that the FIR should have a connection with the violation of public order
Gujarat: ‘Cow Dung Protects From Atomic Radiation’, Says Local Court While Sentencing Youth to Life
“Widespread slaughter of the divine animal has caused several problems that exist on earth...resulting in increase in irascibility...,” says a loose translation of the judgement.
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