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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

When speeches are given a criminal colour & ‘conspiracy’ charges used to incarcerate: Gautam Bhatia on Umar Khalid, Jyoti Jagtap bail orders

Analysing a few recent judgements where constitutional courts have denied bail interpreting sections of the controversial UAPA, the PUCL brought together legal practioners on this crucial question

Right to Education under attack: Are the Courts misguided in treating the hijab ban case as simply a religious issue?

While the Karnataka High Court focused on the Essential Religious Practice issue, Justice Dhulia brings education of girl child into focus

Azam Khan gets three years in jail for hate speech against Yogi Adityanath

Currently serving as a lawmaker from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Khan is a top leader of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi party.

Gauri Lankesh Assassination: Accused denied bail by Aurangabad HC

Justice Suraj Govindaraj rejected the plea stating that the case's charge sheet had already been filed before the accused was arrested

Gauhati HC grants bail to Muslim individual declared foreigner in Assam

FT had declared him Foreigner despite having proper documents that were proof of citizenship

Assam: Gauhati HC orders eviction of “encroachers” from protected reserved forests

Landless People of Goalpara District demand justice and facilitation of relocation

Charges framed against Tahir Hussain and others, discharge from graver offence in the North-East Delhi riots

While pronouncing the discharge, the ASG observed that there was “No Due Application of Mind”

Lawyers must break the silence of complicity, question flaws of executive overreach: Kapil Sibal

In his speech at private event to commemorate five decades in the profession, senior counsel, Kapil Sibal urged advocates to encourage social mobilisation and ensure the delivery of unbiased justice

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