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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

There was evidence for Magistrate to issue process: Zakia Jafri SLP

The petitioners made counter-submissions to the effect that the SIT did not make any submissions in response to what the petitioners had said before the court, and invoked parts of the complaint that were not urged before the court at all

Indore bench of MP High Court grants bail to bangle-seller Taslim Ali

The hate crime survivor has been in jail for 115 days; he was beaten up by a mob who accused him of making inappropriate advances on underage girls, the lynching video had gone viral

Nagaland Killings: NHRC takes suo motu cognisance

Notice issued to Union Home Secretary, Union Defence Secretary, Chief Secretary and DGP, Nagaland

Bengaluru: Muslim youth allegedly tortured by cop, made to drink urine

The accused policeman has reportedly been suspended for “dereliction of duty, not reporting to the police station, and for not registering the case”

Sudha Bharadwaj bail: SC dismisses NIA plea against Bombay HC order

The trade unionist will now walk free after terms of bail are finalized on December 8

Nagaland killings: Chorus grows for repeal of AFSPA

As death toll rises, everyone from the NNPG to the Nagaland Chief Minister, advocates that the draconian law be no longer allowed to terrorise people in the region

Install CCTVs in police stations: CJP to Assam Police

Memorandum backed by organisations of lawyers, farmers and workers highlights SC directives from a year ago

Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT stands by Magistrate court’s decision

The SIT submitted that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction in this matter as it would put the criminal justice in a fix.

Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor of Barak Bulletin, accused of Sedition

An FIR has been registered U/S 153 - A, 124 -A, 501 and 505 of Indian Penal Code, for an editorial published on November 28; Choudhury is expected to report to Silchar Sadar Police Station today

Failure to take cognisance of chargesheet does not entail default bail under UAPA: Bombay HC

A closer look at why the court granted bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, but denied it to her eight co-accused in the Bhima Koregaon case

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