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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

Shocks the judicial conscience: Odisha HC on death of four manual scavengers

The High Court has directed Rs. 10 lakh compensation to manual scavengers’ family who died due to asphyxiation

Article 21 casts duty on state to provide life saving means such as oxygen and drugs: MP High Court

The Court has issued specific directions to the government to cope with supply of oxygen, overcharging by private hospitals and illegal trade of Remdesivir drug

Covid-19: Telangana HC gives state gov’t 48 hrs to submit plan to control movement in public places

The court has also asked what steps were being taken to monitor people entering the state via road and railways

Unregistered hospitals allowed to function as Covid hospitals, Patna HC questions move

The court took on record a note filed by the amicus curiae which highlighted how the Bihar government had flouted rules while designating hospitals as Covid centres

It’s a shame govt did not plan things in advance: Allahabad HC

The court directs lockdown for 5 cities, but the state government govt refuses to implement the court’s orders

Murder convict spends 18 years in jail, Odisha HC orders new trial

The Bench opined that the convicted appellant was denied a fair trial and proper legal representation

State courts revert to virtual hearings amid Covid-19 surge

The exponential rise in Covid infections and deaths have compelled the courts to re-start online hearings

Citizenship should be adjudicated on basis of merit, after hearing proceedee: Gauhati HC

The court, in a landmark order, upheld the importance of citizenship, and set aside an ex parte order declaring a woman 'foreigner' by Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri 

Jharkhand HC grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam

He will now be released from custody as he was already on bail in three other fodder scam cases

State is heading towards a health emergency: Jharkhand HC

The court observed that the unavailability of CT scan machines is a ‘serious concern’

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