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Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

Crime against women: Allahabad HC questions delay in registering cases

Court told the state government that sometimes it takes over six months to register a case

Over 6,000 Citizens Urge SC to Revoke Remission of Convicts in Bilkis Bano Case

We demand that women’s faith in justice be restored, said a statement by grassroot workers, women’s orgnaisations, human rights activists among others.

Bhima Koregaon case: ED to question Surendra Gadling about allegedly funding Maoists

A special NIA court had granted permission to the ED to conduct questioning between Aug 17 and 19

Delhi HC expresses concerns over presence of CSA survivor at the time of POCSO bail hearings

Concerns about the possible impact of such allegedly forced interaction between the survivor and the alleged abuser have been raised by rights groups

Karnataka HC bats for Lokayukta, abolishes state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau

Court orders all cases pending with the ACB to be handed over to the Lokayukta 

Kannauj: Police unmask mastermind behind incident of meat thrown outside temple

Kanchan Tripathi had allegedly paid two Muslim men to place meat outside a temple in an elaborate bid to have local SHO transferred

Gauri Lankesh case: Neighbour identifies bike used by shooters

Four witnesses deposed before the special KCOCA court this month

Unnao rape survivor moves SC seeking transfer of case to Delhi

The woman was kidnapped and raped by former BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh in 2017 when she was a minor.

Jubilee Hills gang rape case: POCSO court to begin trial soon

Hyderabad: The trial in the sensational Jubilee Hills minor...

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Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

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