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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

Gauhati HC asks Centre and Assam State gov’t to indicate stand on funding for Legal Aid

CJP had moved petition to showcase inadequacy of competent legal aid for people excluded from NRC

SC issues notice in RB Sreekumar espionage case

CBI petition had challenged grant of Anticipatory Bail to the retired Gujarat DGP who was implicated in the 1994 case where he was accused of kidnapping and criminal conspiracy

Conversion approval not required for interfaith marriage registration: Allahabad HC

Court bats for interfaith unions; reiterates consent from family, clan State, not required before marriage between consenting adults of different faiths

Gov’t U-turn in Hyderpora encounter: Bodies of 2 Srinagar residents exhumed, to be returned to families

While the authorities had previously denied requests to return the remains claiming the deceased were militants, the gov't has now reversed the decision in what appears to be a victory for the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who have also demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings

Won’t allow Kashmir to be turned into a graveyard: PADG 

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings

UAPA is used as preventive detention law, without it being one: Ex-civil servants petition SC

Petitioners point out that abysmally low rates of successful prosecutions show that the Act is arbitrarily used more to quell dissent

Delhi: Police complaint against standup comedian Vir Das for ‘maligning India’s image’

Another police complaint has been lodged against Vir Das in Delhi by one Aditya Jha, said to be a BJP member 

Zakia Jafri SLP: Mass mobilization, hate speech, Intel warnings ignored in investigation

Petitioners delves into Intelligence agency messages which had warned the police to take preventive action, and also some transcripts of the Tehelka tapes

SC appoints retired P&H HC judge Rakesh Jain to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe

The apex court also included three IPS officers in the SIT, including one woman, after expressing dissatisfaction with the probe

No coercive steps to be taken against journalist, lawyers charged by Tripura Police: Supreme Court 

Supreme Court issues notice to the Tripura government on petition challenging FIR registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

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