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Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
‘Astonishing’, Need White Paper on Remission in Bilkis Bano: Justice Madan Lokur
The former justice of the Supreme Court says how the remission came about needs to be closely examined.
Nearly 9,000 people participate in signature campaign to demand justice for Bilkis Bano
Feminist groups had sent 8,320 signatures to the Supreme Court Chief Justice on Tuesday; now with 630 new signatures, the tally is now close to 9,000 and growing
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Supreme Court issues notice to UP government on Ashish Mishra’s bail plea
Matter to be heard on September 26; high court had previously dubbed the killings as "cruel and inhuman"
Bilkis Bano case: Convicts’ whereabouts unknown even as SC prepares to hear petitions challenging remission of sentences
Meanwhile, lawyer of convicts claims Centre enabled grant of remission of sentences to 11 convicts
Babri Mosque demolition case: CBI files objections in acquittal matter
Says petitioners don’t have right to appeal as they were not victims
Elgar Case: Special NIA Court Denies Bail to Activist Gautam Navlakha
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Navlakha pleas says he has been in jail since April 14, 2020, and there was no need to keep him in custody as the probe into the case has been completed.
Signatures collected in support of justice for Bilkis Bano to be sent to the Chief Justice of India
Citizens’ signatures were collected to demand cancellation of remission of sentence granted by Gujarat Government to 11 people convicted in the Bilkis Bano case
Essential ingredients of investigation, including custodial interrogation, have been completed: SC on granting Teesta Setalvad interim bail
Order sheds light on key observations of the court and the reasoning behind the order
Centre opposes Twitter’s plea to set aside blocking orders under Section 69A of the IT Act
Says Twitter is habitually non-compliant and does not have the authority to decide whether a content threatens national security
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