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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
Communal violence cases nearly doubled in 2020: NCRB Report
The annual report states that a total of 71,107 cases of offences against public tranquillity were registered, out of which 51,606 cases pertain to rioting
Slamming delay in probe, Allahabad HC directs police to speed up sexual assault probe
The court reiterated section 173 of CrPC which was amended in 2018 to mandate that investigation in sexual violence cases should be completed within 2 months; yet in this case, the statements of the accused were recorded after 3 months of the FIR
IT Rules: Oversight mechanism may rob the media of its independence, says Madras HC
“Prima facie, there is substance in the petitioners' grievance that an oversight mechanism to control the media by the government may rob the media of its independence and the fourth pillar, so to say, of democracy may not at all be there,” the court said
Delhi Violence: Court frames charges against 5 men for shooting a Muslim man dead, setting body on fire
The Judge took notice of the blow-by-blow account by the deceased’s brother to prosecute the 5 accused men
Crimes against women highest in Uttar Pradesh: NCRB 2020 report
49,385 cases of crimes against women have been registered in UP; report has revealed that 2020 has seen a rise in crimes against SC/ST members
Two years after she was found dead, family of Mainpuri school girl awaits justice
In September 2019 the body of the class 11 student was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the hostel of Centre-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Delhi violence: Jailed activist Gulfisha Fatima accuses Delhi Police of diversionary tactics
This comes in the backdrop of the prosecution raising the issue of maintainability of bail plea filed by co-accused Ishrat Jahan in the same case
76 deaths in police custody, 20 human rights violation cases registered against Police: NCRB report
The 2020 report reveals that 4 policemen were charge- sheeted last year, 8 were arrested, but none have been convicted
Allahabad HC stays second suspension order against Dr. Kafeel Khan
In 2019, Khan was suspended for the second time while he was already under suspension following his arrest in 2017, after several children died due to oxygen disruption at the BRD Medical College Hospital
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