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Delhi High Court rejects AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against peace-bond notice, directs police to disclose material

Justice Subramonium Prasad upholds preventive proceedings over Bora’s October 16 protest, but directs the Special Executive Magistrate to follow due process and independently decide whether an interim bond is necessary

Release Hany Babu: Professor tests Covid positive, eye infection gets worse

His family is struggling to secure his release and says, "A callous system is deaf and blind to our pain!"

Gauhati HC: Release all persons detained for more than 2 years in Assam detention camps

The court has directed authorities to forthwith release such detainees while further reducing number of sureties to just one to make it easier to secure release

Provide ration, transport, community kitchens for migrant workers: SC

The Supreme Court has directed Governments of Delhi, UP, Haryana to inform how they will address miseries of stranded migrant labourers

Maharashtra: HPC directs re-release of prisoners amid Covid-19

There are 12,571 interim bail pleas pending before courts, that need to be decided within the next one week

Yet another NRC reverification plea moved before SC

Assam NRC Coordinator moves SC seeking comprehensive and time bound reverification citing “glaring anomalies of a serious nature”

Death due to lack of timely medical aid is a violation of right to life: Patna HC

The court has sought more information about rural Bihar and response from DCs about the bodies floating in Ganga

Breaking: SC dismisses Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea

The top court has upheld the Bombay HC judgment, holding that Default bail period commences only from remand date

EC, courts and Government failed to see risk of polls during Covid-19: Allahabad HC

It remarked that the virus has now reached the villages, and that the State lacks preparation and resources to deal with the same

Delhi HC upholds detainee’s right to legal consultation, guaranteed by the Constitution

The court held that the right to consult a legal counsel is guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot be diluted by the State

Rs. 1 cr compensation should be given to families of polling officials who died of Covid: Allahabad HC

The court deemed the amount decided by the government to be very low, and directed that the same be revised

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Delhi High Court rejects AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against peace-bond notice, directs police to disclose material

Justice Subramonium Prasad upholds preventive proceedings over Bora’s October 16 protest, but directs the Special Executive Magistrate to follow due process and independently decide whether an interim bond is necessary

7,000 farmers and workers rally in Maharashtra as drought deepens agrarian crisis

With 265 of Maharashtra’s 358 talukas declared drought-affected, protesters in Akole demand immediate crop-loss compensation, insurance payouts and loan waivers

Assam must resist sir, defend voting rights, says Guwahati Citizens’ Forum

At a protest meeting organised by the Forum for Social Harmony, speakers criticise the Election Commission and demand a time-bound completion of the NRC; police prevent demonstrators from marching out of the Press Club

UP voter lists: Software manipulates Voter’s names, Pilibhit investigation finds 10,470 irregular entries

Software “translated” a voter Ramhit Yadav’s name into “Ram ne Yadav ko maara” in UP’s Legislative Council rolls! Separately, an inquiry found 10,470 irregular Pilibhit entries, while reports of duplicate IDs and deletion forms without reasons raise questions about scrutiny during and after SIR

People take to the streets to defend the right to vote and protest against SIR

From Delhi to Bengaluru and Mumbai, farmers, workers, students, women’s groups and citizens’ organisations came together on October 23 to demand the scrapping of the SIR of electoral rolls and the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Bombay High Court orders ₹5 lakh compensation for man illegally arrested, slams police-developer collusion

Court finds arrest arbitrary and mala fide, flags manipulation of police records and orders action against officers; judicial officers who authorised remand to face administrative scrutiny