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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

Inform prisoners about rights, parole provisions: Rajasthan HC

Prison Watch: Court reminds Prison Superintendent of the duty to inform all eligible prisoners of their right to be considered for being released on parole as soon as their cause becomes ripe

Kaimur Police firing: 15 Adivasi-activists get bail for lack of evidence

During a sit in protest for forests and lands, the Bihar Police open fired, lathi charged and even arrested some of them in 2020 and 2021

Detention order of accused already in custody must justify preventive detention: MP High Court

The High Court set aside detention order deeming that the same was passed by non-application of mind as the detention of the person already in custody did not apprehend his possible release, and did not state he must be detained in order to prevent him from indulging in prejudicial activities

NIA court failed to take humanitarian approach: Bom HC grants temporary bail to Surendra Gadling

The court held that the judgement in the NIA Vs. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali case can be applied for regular bail, and Gadling’s circumstances needed a humanitarian approach, considering his mother had passed away. Even at this point NIA opposed the bail stating that the rituals can be carried out by other family members.

Gyan Vapi mosque and Kashi Vishwanath temple exchange land

Mosque authority's general secretary SM Yasin rubbishes rumours of handing over more land

ISRO espionage case: Kerala HC grants protection from arrest to R.B Sreekumar

Sreekumar was the deputy director with Intelligence Bureau when the spy case surfaced, and was later deputed to assist the Kerala police in the matter

Bhima Koregaon: Surendra Gadling gets interim bail to perform mother’s death anniversary rituals

In September last year, Special NIA Court had rejected his emergency bail application to perform the final rites of his mother

Only one woman judge in Supreme Court, 77 across all High Courts!

Law and Justice Minister, Kiren Rijiju, unable to provide information about female judges at the district level

Citizenship should ordinarily be decided on merit rather than by default: Gauhati HC

The court observed this while dealing with a petition challenging an ex parte order declaring the petitioner to be a foreigner and remanded the case for reconsideration

Gujarat cops booked for custodial death of tribal teenagers

The police had earlier claimed that the two boys had committed suicide as they were found hanging by computer wires in the police station premises. However, bandh observed in the Dangs district and pressure from Congress as well as BJP leaders led to filing of the case.

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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

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