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Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

Court reminds hate mongers, India is not a Taliban State

A Delhi Court while denying bail to hate monger Pinky Chaudhary, also pointed out that such incidents of hate speech have flared communal tensions

ADG Ritesh Kumar becomes new chief of Maharashtra CID

The major shuffle on Monday involved many senior police officials of the state

West Bengal cops allegedly thrash Muslim contable, family

Policemen kept calling him ‘molla’ and kept hitting him on his genitals alleged his family, the victim was also booked on multiple charges; his pregnant wife reportedly suffered a miscarriage

UAPA case is to selectively target people who oppose CAA: Dr. Umar Khalid

The activist was appearing before a District court for a hearing of his bail plea in the Delhi violence case where has been booked under UAPA

Guj HC restrains state from passing detention orders under PASA

The court said that the citizens cannot be left in a lurch like this, and that in such cases of GST offences, PASA cannot be invoked against similarly placed traders

Gauhati HC grants 45 days to state gov’t to complete construction of Goalpara detention centre

The government had earlier sought time until end of September. hit has now sought extension of additional 2 weeks to move detainees to an actual detention centre, or what the government is now calling ‘transit camps’

Allahabad HC slams DM for declaring a woman “gangster” for having 2 FIRs against her

The court said that the act of police functionaries smacks of prejudice and malafide

Sec 170 of CrPC does not require arrest of accused while filing chargesheet: SC

The court clarified that arrest is not necessary unless it is a heinous crime or where there is a possibility of influencing the witnesses, or accused may abscond

Anti-conversion law will not apply to inter-faith marriages unless there is force, fraud, allurement: Gujarat HC

This interim order has been passed to protect interfaith couples from being unnecessarily harassed

Give autonomy to CBI: Madras HC to GoI

The High Court has issued a slew of directions to increase the number of CBI’s personnel and other infrastructural resources

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