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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

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

Bombay court convicts man for sexual harassment in one of the shortest trials!

The case was registered on September 28 and the court delivered its verdict on October 5

Kundli murder accused remanded to week-long custody

Nihangs' justification of the murdering the man on account of religious sacrilege has angered many netizens and Dalit rights activists

UP: BJP workers threaten SHO, create ruckus in police station

The video of the incident was shot by other police personnel, where the BJP workers can be clearly seen misbehaving and shouting at the police officer

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