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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
Acute shortage of oxygen attributable to State inaction, Amicus Curiae moves Madhya Pradesh HC
The HC had already issued directions for Covid management but the serious condition compelled the AC to file an application
Election Commission officers should probably be booked for murder: Madras HC
The court slammed the EC officials for allowing election rallies amid the deadly pandemic and failing to ensure Covid-19 protocol
We have ensured nobody was left without oxygen in the country: Centre to Delhi HC
The court was hearing another oxygen shortage plea filed by Maharaja Agrasen Hospitals; matter adjourned to April 26
Kotkapura police firing case: HC gives clean chit to Badals, notes the investigation suffered from malice
It held that the conclusion that people protesting desecration of their holy book were sitting peacefully when the police started firing, was incorrect
PUDR writes open letter to Delhi HC’s Chief Justice over Covid surge in prisons
There are presently 67 active cases of Covid infections among jail inmates and 11 among jail staff in Delhi
Vedanta’s plea to reopen Sterlite copper plant stirs unrest among locals!
Locals say they have no wish to use Sterlite’s oxygen, while the Court says the supply can be sent to other states of India.
Despite increase in oxygen supply, the problem appears to continue: Bombay HC
The Nagpur Bench has directed the State to use oxygen from different steel plants to attend to the Covid-19 emergency
Consider supplying oxygen to Delhi from nearby plants: Delhi HC to Centre
Two more hospitals came before the court seeking oxygen supply, and the court has directed that they should approach nodal officers
Move undertrials to less crowded prisons: Bom HC to State
The court made this direction while hearing a suo moto case which was taken up after media reports stating that Covid had spread among prisoners as well as prison staff across the state
Application for production of Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi in handcuffs ‘bereft of reasons’: Delhi Court
The court questioned the Delhi Police for filing an application calling them ‘high risk prisoners’ and handcuffing both their hands at the back
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