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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
Delhi court takes humanitarian approach, grants bail to woman incarcerated with toddler
The court observed that a system that assumes innocence of accused, cannot detain a child without case
Muzaffarnagar riots: 12 acquitted in arson and robbery cases
The court cited lack of evidence and discrepancies in prosecution witness statements as reasons for the acquittals in the two cases
Have the courts not learnt anything about medical bail?
Father Stan Swamy’s bail was rejected and he will have to undertake the tedious process that Dr. Varavara Rao went through
SC seeks affidavit from Tihar Jail authorities over police excesses
The Bench has asked important questions about where the CCTV cameras have been installed inside the premises
NIA raids activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for alleged Maoist links
Those raided include Chilika Chandrasekhar (Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee), and VS Krishna (Human Rights Forum)
HRDA condemns Trichy police’s failure to protect activist Ramachandran
The human right’s organisation alleges the police were complicit with the attackers since they failed to provide the protection that Ramachandran asked for repeatedly
Karnataka HC directs state to restart mid-day meals
The court was hearing a plea on whether meals are being served to children in schools and Anganwadis centres
CBI court discharges 3 police officers in Ishrat Jahan case
The court said there was nothing on record to say that it was a fake encounter, and no material to suggest that the victims were not terrorists
Delhi court denies bail to R-Day violence accused seen carrying national flag
The court observed that him carrying national flag “prima-facie show that he had an active role to instigate unruly mob”
MP govt notifies Freedom of Religion Act, 2021
The contentious anti-conversion law that has been challenged before the apex court, has now become operative in the state
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