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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

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

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

How the Delhi HC gave a fitting reply to criminalisation of dissent and protest

Teesta Setalvad analyses the orders passed by the court while granting bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha

Ratify the convention against custodial torture: SC Adv Nitya Ramakrishnan

On the one-year anniversary of the brutal incident of torture and custodial death in Tamil Nadu, the senior advocate calls for public campaign and speaks about a need to operationalise the right to denounce custodial violence

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