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From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
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Deadline to challenge ex-parte FT decision valid only when notice is served: SC
Court was hearing plea of man declared foreigner when he failed to appear before FT as notice was served at a previous temporary address
Witnesses turn hostile, rape accused BJP MP Chinmayanand acquitted
The court also acquitted the complainant and others on charges of attempting to extort the former Union minister of Rs. 5 crores
BJP may have accessed personal information for votes in Puducherry: Madras HC
The court also expressed its shock over UIDAI’s failure to protect the data of citizens in its system
SC stays Calcutta HC order reviving Nandigram violence cases against Mamata Banerjee’s Election Agent
The HC had passed an ex-parte order on a PIL filed by BJP member Dipak Mishra re-opening criminal cases against SK Supian in which he was discharged last year
Bihar ADGP raps police force for slow progress in SC/ST cases
In the circular issued, glaring data reveals that in the last one year, a final report had been submitted in only 23 percent of cases, and no arrests have been made in 81 percent of cases
NHRC reminds MP govt to pay full compensation to families of tribal men who died in custody
The incident had taken place in 2019 where five tribal men were assaulted by policemen at Nanpur police station in Alirajpur District
Delhi Court questions improper maintenance of case files in Madina Masjid probe
The court has called for a status report and has also asked the SHO, Karawal Nagar police station and the IO of the case to be present at the next hearing
Delhi violence: Court questions credibility of police witness, grants bail to accused
The court questioned why the police witnesses waited two months before naming the accused, instead of taking immediate action when the incident happened.
Delhi Court rejects plea by Mehmood Pracha against raids at his office
The Magistrate held that the courts cannot interfere in data collection, holding that the objections raised by Pracha were baseless
SC reserves order in Gautam Navlakha’s plea for default bail
The top court is set to decide whether his house arrest period is part of the 90-day remand period
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