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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void
Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour
Sharjeel Imam accuses Delhi Police of hollow arguments, says government criticism important
The PhD student was arrested last year on sedition and terrorism charges in connection with his speeches against CAA
Assam Police Firing: Farmers and workers unions demand justice for victims and survivors
Team of representatives of various unions visits Dhalpur, demands rehabilitation and compensation for affected families
Lakhimpur Kheri deaths: A Timeline
Preceding and ensuing events of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident reject the notion that the violence was incited by protesting farmers
Madras HC quashes cases against anti-CAA protestors, says no prima facie case established
The court also observed that right to protest is recognised by law, and that no violation of law took place during the protest
Visit prisons, interview inmates, gauge prison conditions: MP High Court to CJMs, DLSA
The order was passed in a suo moto petition taken up by the court concerned with condition of overcrowded prisons during the second wave of Covid-19
K’taka HC directs state gov’t to come up with scholarship for children of manual scavengers
The court has given the government 30 days to come up with a uniform scheme for the same
Lakhimpur Kheri: Main accused yet to be arrested, Opposition leaders being detained
An FIR has been registered against Ashish Mishra, compensations for victims announced, as politics hots up over the issue
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC laments how nobody takes responsibility when such incidents happen
Last night, four farmers were killed when they were allegedly run over by Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra
Uttar Pradesh: Eight dead in violence at Lakhimpur Kheri, including four farmers after Minister’s son allegedly drives over them
Earlier, Haryana CM had told his followers to “pick up Lathis and “give it back” to the protesting farmers
Supreme Court raps UP, says ‘laxity’ in action against policemen: 2002 encounter killing
Noting that the father of the deceased has been pursuing justice for two decades, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose said, “The laxity with which state has proceeded in the present case speaks volumes of how state machinery is defending or protecting its own police officers.”
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