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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
NRC officials awaiting SC order before issuing rejection slips
An official has said that the matter is sub-judice before the apex court and before the court gives such orders, rejection slips cannot be issued
Calcutta HC stays arrest of others involved in Nandigram violence of 2007
After the Calcutta HC re-opened the criminal case against West Bengal CM’s election agent, the SC had stayed the state court’s order
Mere presence of accused at Red Fort cannot justify incarceration: Delhi court on R-Day violence
The ASJ granted bail to the accused who was at Red Fort on January 26 and climbed up the wall of the monument
POCSO FIR cannot be quashed if survivor wants to compromise: Delhi HC
The accused sought quashing of FIR against him as the complainant reached a compromise with him after attaining majority
Trying to break preconceived notions about same sex relationships: Madras HC
The court was hearing a protection plea filed by a lesbian couple and referred them and the families to a counsellor, specialising in LGBTQI+ individuals
Petitions seeking probe against HM “filed for cheap publicity”: Bombay HC
The Court questioned the locus standi of the petitioner and also pointed towards the poorly drafted petition
P&H High Court refuses bail to rape accused despite survivor’s “no objection” to bail
The court refused to consider contradiction in statement and deposition during trial, as grounds for bail, even as complainant raised no objection to the bail
Trial in Dabholkar and Pansare murders to begin; Bombay HC to monitor
The CBI and the state SIT informed the court that they can begin trial but the probe into larger conspiracy will continue
Gauhati HC restores Indian citizenship of a woman declared a foreigner in 2017
The woman was declared Indian in 2013, but a foreigner in 2017 for dissimilarities in information
Publish details of police officers guilty of human rights violations: Kerala HC
The court clarified that non-publication would be allowed when a conclusive finding has not been established about an officer’s guilt
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