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Bombay High Court orders ₹5 lakh compensation for man illegally arrested, slams police-developer collusion
Court finds arrest arbitrary and mala fide, flags manipulation of police records and orders action against officers; judicial officers who authorised remand to face administrative scrutiny
Supreme Court directs Uttarakhand Govt to file status report on FIRs in ‘Dharam Sansad’ meet
Petitioners allege laxity on part of Uttarakhand and Delhi police, point out next ‘Sansad’ meet due on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh
Revolutionary poet activist Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended by 3 months
Bombay HC grants medical bail extension but refuses permanent bail and disallows travel to Hyderabad
Emergence of ‘Super States’ in India
What happens when we allow our elected representatives to violate human rights in the name of “national security”?
Delhi court stays order directing withdrawal of Look Out circular against Aakar Patel
Court asks Patel to seek Court’s permission before leaving the country
Activists claim Karnataka police under tremendous political pressure
Tired of appealing to various police officials, activists openly call out the political pressure preventing the executive from performing its duties
Ajmer Collector bans crowds, religious flags and loudspeakers after Karauli violence
Fearing violence during religious festivals, the Ajmer administration calls for a slew of bans and restrictions until May 7
Does news of assaults on journalists not reach any minister’s reading list?
Journalists have allegedly been arrested, stripped, assaulted and intimidated in different states across the country, all for speaking truth to power
Karnataka police allegedly delays FIR against claim of “spitting jihad”
Activists eager for police action against hate-spreader criticise officials for their inefficiency in lodging an FIR against a reported hate-monger
J&K HC directs UT administration to identify and list all “illegal migrants” from Myanmar and Bangladesh
A 2017 PIL had sought court directions to eviction of all such migrants; it also wants to oust Rohingya refugees from the Union Territory
Delhi Violence: Shifa-Ur-Rehman denied bail again in UAPA case
The ex-Jamia Alumni association president has been implicated in the wider conspiracy behind the communal violence
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Software “translated” a voter Ramhit Yadav’s name into “Ram ne Yadav ko maara” in UP’s Legislative Council rolls! Separately, an inquiry found 10,470 irregular Pilibhit entries, while reports of duplicate IDs and deletion forms without reasons raise questions about scrutiny during and after SIR
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From Delhi to Bengaluru and Mumbai, farmers, workers, students, women’s groups and citizens’ organisations came together on October 23 to demand the scrapping of the SIR of electoral rolls and the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Rule of Law
Bombay High Court orders ₹5 lakh compensation for man illegally arrested, slams police-developer collusion
Court finds arrest arbitrary and mala fide, flags manipulation of police records and orders action against officers; judicial officers who authorised remand to face administrative scrutiny
India
SKM calls for scrapping SIR, removal of Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of voting rights
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) sent a memorandum to the President demanding restoration of voting rights for 13.41 crore citizens, electoral reforms and action over alleged police violence against students, women journalists and protesters
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Dalit Class XI student dies by suicide after alleged casteist harassment in Coimbatore School
Family had reportedly complained to school management about caste-based taunts over food choices; headmaster, teacher and two students booked
India
Bikaner House censors 75 photographs of Delhi protests from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition, leaving empty walls behind
The photographs documenting youth-led protests were removed hours before the exhibition opened, with the venue reportedly threatening cancellation
Rights
CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka released on ₹50,000 bonds, undertake not to call protests at Jantar Mantar
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