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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

Guj HC slams state gov’t for lax attitude to fire safety

Seeks compliance report from state gov’t and municipal corporations on directives issued previously

SC stays Rajasthan HC order restraining arrests in offences with up to 3 years punishment

The order was stayed in a petition filed by the Rajasthan high court which submitted that the directions in the order are problematic.

113 faulty ventilators provided under PM CARES fund: Bom HC questions Centre

The court also commented on local politicians visiting hospitals and inspecting these ventilators, calling such statements distasteful

Delhi violence: HC grants bail as CCTV video to identify accused differs from video shown in trial court

The accused was granted bail in another FIR by trial court, where a certain video was shown to prove his presence at the scene, but the video shown in high court was different!

K’taka HC raps Commissioner for not registering FIR against people in Amit Shah’s rally

The court had, in one of its earlier hearings, held that prima facie, Covid related regulations were violated

SC stays Allahabad HC order granting bail on apprehension of death due to Covid

The vacation bench of the apex court emphasised that courts should decide such cases on merits of each case, and not grant bail on ground of possibility of contracting Covid alone

Narada case: CBI withdraws appeal against Calcutta HC order granting house arrest to TMC leaders

The SC refused to accept CBI’s argument that the atmosphere in Calcutta and the dharna by the CM impacted the grant of bail by the CBI court on May 17

Patna High Court acquits 13 previously convicted in the Senari massacre

The court found that the police did not provide convincing evidence against the accused who were charged with either a death sentence or a life imprisonment

CJP demands justice, reparations for Faisal’s family

The 17-year-old was picked up by the Unnao Police and brutally thrashed for flouting Covid Curfew; he died of a head injury

Delhi violence: HC denies bail to murder accused part of ‘Kattar Hindu Ekta’ Whatsapp group

The Whatsapp group was created on February 25, 2020 and the petitioner was one of the members who was allegedly involved in killing 9 persons of the other community

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