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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

Delhi court denies bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case

But the court said that his speech did not instigate rioters during the Delhi Violence of 2020, and also that the evidence against him in the riots matter, is ‘scanty and sketchy’

Karnataka HC glossed over core and tangible facts: SC in Kavitha Lankesh SLP

A brief analysis of the SC judgment that set aside the HC order that had previously dropped organised crime charges under KCOCA against an accused in the Gauri Lankesh assassination

Agra: Sanitation worker dies in police custody

Senior Superintendent of Police (Agra) Muniraj G said Arun Valmiki, who had been accused of stealing Rs 25 lakhs, suddenly fell ill on Tuesday night in police custody and was declared dead after he was taken to a hospital

Gauri Lankesh case: SC restores organised crime charges against Mohan Nayak

CJP had helped Gauri’s sister and filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh move SC against the Karnataka HC order that had previously dropped the charges

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: UP Police offers only excuses, sealed cover reports for SC

The Supreme Court expressed its discontent that statements of only four witnesses were recorded and questioned, and why all accused were not kept in police custody

Do not file FIR on “third party” complaint under SC/ST Act, without approval: Punjab & Haryana HC

The court issued a direction to the Punjab DGP to instruct all districts that approval of District Attorney should be sought before filing such complaints on the instance of third parties

Delhi Violence: Sessions Court stays Magistrate’s order imposing Rs. 25,000 costs on Delhi Police

The Magistrate had observed that repeated directions in the communal violence case have “fallen on deaf ears” of the senior police officials

Guj HC grants bail under “anti-love jihad law”, as couple reaches settlement

The couple were in a relationship before marriage and had even signed an affidavit that the marriage was without coercion

Delhi violence: Court imposes 25,000 costs on Police for causing “undue harassment” to accused

The court observed that the delay in moving an application regarding segregation of complaint caused undue harassment to the accused who are in jail

UP: Lawyer shot dead inside court premises

The advocate, who has been identified as Bhupendra Singh was shot inside the district court complex in Shahjahanpur

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