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Monitoring Torture: SC’s suo motu action on custodial deaths and CCTV camera non-compliance
The Court’s suo motu action highlights how weak compliance with its 2020 CCTV directions has left detainees vulnerable and accountability elusive.
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Free Teesta Setalvad: CJP trustees express solidarity and support
Issue statement calling all allegations against her preposterous
Lucknow: Four men arrested for Lulu Mall namaz video
Police clarify that previous arrest of Hindu men was for disrupting public order while trying to enter mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa
Muslim group switches sect, Kerala HC upholds their rights to prayer and burial
Court held that a Jama-ath cannot prevent Muslims belonging to other sects from offering prayers in the mosque or burying their dead in public kabristan on their property
Gyanvapi case: SC admits petition seeking permission to worship “Shivling”
Case to b heard on July 21, the same day as mosque committee’s plea against a survey of the premises will be heard by another SC bench
Babri Masjid demolition case: Allahabad High Court to hear plea against acquittal of 32 people
Leaders such as LK Advani, Uma Bharati and Murli Manohar Joshi had been acquitted in the criminal case surrounding the demolition
SC grants interim relief to former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma
Sharma had moved the Court seeking to revive the plea to club FIRs and stay arrest
‘Vicious cycle’ against Mohammed Zubair: SC
Court asks UP Police not to take ‘precipitative action’ against him until July 20
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Allahabad HC directs Mathura court to expeditiously decide on plea seeking scientific investigation of Shahi Idgah
Court directs Mathura court to decide matter preferably within three months
Arguments to continue in Teesta Setalvad’s bail application on July 20
Setalvad’s team has finished making their arguments, the State will now make their submissions
Freedom of Speech does not mean hurling abuses at the Prime Minister: Allahabad High Court
High Court refuses to quash FIR against man for derogatory remarks made on PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union Ministers.
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