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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
High ranking officers’ plea for action against Hate speech unheeded: Zakia Jafri SLP
Petitioners’ counsel argues, “I am not concerned with prosecuting individuals. I deal with issues of polity, of how law deals with men who behaved like animals, when properties were burnt, when women were harassed. I am looking at my Constitution. Can this be allowed under rule of law?”
Gauhati HC asks Centre and Assam State gov’t to indicate stand on funding for Legal Aid
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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
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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
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