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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

What is not obligatory is not essential: AG in Hijab ban case

He argued that if wearing hijab is freedom of expression that means it is optional and not obligatory

Hijab Ban case: Is it necessary to go into question of essential practice: HC asks AG

The AG told the court that the entire question revolves around whether wearing of hijab falls under Article 25

UP: 18 police officers face the music for alleged fake encounter

After well over a decade, officers in Uttar Pradesh, a state that has been in the news for a spate of encounters, now face charges for an alleged fake encounter

US Law Firm seeks action against Yogi Adityanath and top UP cops for ‘encounter killings’

The issue was addressed by the Guernica 37 to US and UK governments

Madras HC commends TN gov’t for new Police rules, glossary for referring to LGBTQIA+ persons

Court hails how this will ensure that media, press and the society will address such people in a more dignified and respectable manner

Kolkata: Student unions protest the alleged murder of activist Anis Khan

Khan had alerted police that his life was in danger, and was allegedly killed on Friday night

K’taka HC to consider mediation only if parties agree to it

The court has been engaging in marathon hearings and all petitioners are being represented by senior counsels

Under fire from SC, UP gov’t withdraws damage notices against anti-CAA protesters

SC had previously pulled up the state administration for violating set procedure; the court has now directed the UP gov't to refund amounts to people who had be forced to pay damages under the withdrawn notices

Anti-CAA-NRC protests in UP: Horrors of a police-state

APCR details an account of the victims of the police aggression against peaceful anti-CAA protesters in 2019

Ghaziabad: Police beat up Muslim women protesters, claim ‘scuffle’, but viral video shows otherwise

A first information report, has also been filed by the police against the protesters over the incident

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