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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

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

BREAKING: SC refuses to stay the sale of electoral bonds

The top court Bench said that there were sufficient safeguards and that it saw no justification for barring the sale

Madras HC expresses concern over plea alleging BJP Puducherry illegally using Aadhaar data for votes

The court told the Election Commission to not “pass the buck” and file a report in the matter

PIL filed for implementation of Manual Scavengers Act, Allahabad HC seeks State’s reply

The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers

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