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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
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MLA, HRD Akhil Gogoi to walk free, NIA court discharges him in last UAPA case
Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019, is likely to walk free, clear of all terror charges
Justice PB Sawant: A strong voice a social & political conscience
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CJP celebrated the extraordinary jurist’s life and legacy with his family and friends on what would have been his 91st birthday
Secularism and the Constitution
On his birth anniversary, we honour Justice PB Sawant by republishing this piece, that was authored by him as a part of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Crimes Against Humanity, Gujarat 2002
CJP assists sister Kavitha move SC in Gauri Lankesh murder case
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SLP filed opposing dropping of KCOCA charges against key accused, SC issues notice
Indian Police Force: Abusive and tyrannical?
Despite the shocking number of police and judicial custodial deaths, very little seems to have been done about it
Justice PB Sawant: Humanist, rationalist and impeccable jurist
Celebrating Justice PB Sawant’s life, legacy and remembering his prophetic words on his 91st birth anniversary
Prevention of torture Bill – the forgotten law
Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.
The UAPA noose
The phrasing of the act is so wide and sweeping, that it gives a government powers to practically put under arrest and detain anyone it finds inconvenient or an obstacle to its political aims
From newsrooms to courtrooms
When journalists have to face the court, it makes for different news, but recently, it is the courts that seem to have protected the pen
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