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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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Uttarakhand HC recognises difference between Hate Speech and Free Speech
Refusing bail to Jitendra Tyagi alias Waseem Rizvi, the Uttarakhand HC has balanced the right to individual liberty and a community’s right to live with security and dignity
Delhi Violence: Court dismisses Gulfisha Fatima, Tasleem Ahmed’s bail pleas
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Delhi HC allows re-opening Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-E-Baraat
The High Court bench observed that the management will ensure proper social distancing guidelines and does not deserve exhaustive conditions for re-opening
Delhi Violence: Ishrat Jahan granted bail in wider conspiracy case
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UP state to ensure witness protection and file counter affidavit by March 24, 2022
Walkouts, objections, after Karnataka HC verdict on Hijab, but BJP netas hail it
Students of a Govt PU college in Karnataka walked out in protest, boycotting classes and exams as soon as the Karnataka high court pronounced its verdict
Jitendra Tyagi’s Dharam Sansad hate speech intended to wage war: Uttarakhand High Court
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SC to hear plea challenging Ashish Mishra’s bail tomorrow
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The court’s judgement therefore did not enable lifting of the virtual ban on hijabs in Karnataka’s public education institutions
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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