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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

Pegasus Snoopgate: RS MP, Journalists move SC for court monitored probe

Reports of alleged snooping of human rights activists, politicians and journalists, using Israeli spyware Pegasus, surfaced one day before the monsoon session

All eyes on Rakesh Asthana, the new Delhi Police Commissioner

Law and order in Delhi is top priority as Independence Day nears, farmers protests continue, neighbouring states prepare for Assembly elections 2022

No detention centres inside jail premises: Patna HC

While considering a petition of a Bangladeshi migrant, who has been housed in an After Care Home for many years, the court has raised some pertinent questions about illegal migrants crossing borders and how they are dealt with once caught. The court is considering how their human rights can be protected.

Beyond jurisdiction says Gauhati HC, case remanded back to Foreigner Tribunal

An order declaring Golapi Begum foreigner was set aside and the petitioner protected

UP’s damage to property law contravenes SC guidelines

The Supreme Court had, in a judgement in 2009, directed that for claiming compensation, the high court should appoint a Claims Commissioner and the court would finally decide the amount after hearing both parties.

No evidence of conspiracy against me: Ishrat Jahan to Delhi court

The Karkadooma sessions court is hearing lawyer-activist Ishrat Jahan’s bail application in the Delhi violence conspiracy case

High Court is parents patriae, father of deceased Fr Stan Swamy: Mihir Desai

The senior counsel was urging the court to ensure a just enquiry into the death of the activist Jesuit priest

Why has India still not ratified UN Convention against torture?

India still does not have a law condemning torture

No data on witnesses killed, turned hostile: Centre in Lok Sabha

The MoS Home Affairs, has answered in the Lok Sabha that data on witnesses killed is not centrally maintained

Guj gov’t faces heat for submitting report on fire safety in hospitals to SC in sealed cover

Pressure has been mounting to ensure higher safety standards since the tragic Shrey Hospital fire of August 2020

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