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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

Domestic violence survivor rescued, AIUFWP thanks lawyers and activists

AIUFWP has claimed the UP police attempted to kidnap the woman-son duo from Kerala and forcefully take them to UP to the abusive husband

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”

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