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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
Stay in Mumbai, No Gathering Visitors at Home, Don’t Contact Co-Accused: Varavara Rao Bail Terms
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The court has asked the octogenarian poet-activist to furnish a fresh bond of Rs 50,000 with two solvent sureties in the like amount.
A very bad precedent has been set: Judge who convicted 11 men in Bilkis Bano case
Rights groups and legal luminaries raise important questions about provisions of remission policy
Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court
Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release
Delhi violence case: Court penalises Prosecution for irrelevant witnesses
Court imposed costs worth Rs 5,000 on the Prosecution for disrespecting time of the court and public exchequer’s funds
Bhima Koregaon case: SC directs NIA court to decide on framing charges within three months
Court also directs that the trial of Vernon Gonsalves be segregated from that of other absconding accused
Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking
Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister
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
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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
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