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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

EC orders UP govt to suspend IAS officer for power misuse in Bengal polls

The Election Commission has said that disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against Narendra Prasad Pandey under India Service Rules

Uttarakhand HC raps government over incompetent committee for examining Van Gujjar rights

The Court directed the government to re-constitute the committee for examining the issues and for giving its recommendation within 3 months

Delhi HC vacates stay on trial of Delhi violence conspiracy case

The Delhi government withdrew its objection on providing hard copy of chargesheet to each of the 18 accused persons  

Delhi violence: Court directs police and jail authorities to ensure safety of Umar Khalid and other accused

As the stay on the FIR has been vacated, the accused persons, booked under UAPA will be required to be physically present in the court for the hearing

K’taka HC refrains from setting fixed time period for trial of UAPA cases

The court said that judicial officers are bound to make every endeavour to give utmost priority to disposal of UAPA cases

Delhi HC grants protection to Muslim-Dalit couple, allegedly attacked by violent mob

The court asked the police to file a status report of the incident

UP: ‘Unsuitable” to continue as public servants, 3 IPS officer get retirement orders

Inspector General Amitabh Thakur, currently posted as the Joint Director Civil Defence, two others have been retired

SC expresses concern over the possible misuse electoral bonds, reserves its order on the matter

Attorney General KK Venugopal, claims that after electoral bonds were launched in 2018, black money in election funding, has been kept under check

SC directs Param Bir Singh to approach Bombay HC

Singh had moved SC demanding an “unbiased, uninfluenced, impartial and fair investigation” into the allegedly “corrupt malpractices” of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh

CCTV was not working: Delhi Police to HC in Faizan death case

The incident where the grievously injured young man was forced to sing the national anthem was shot on video and went viral on social media; Faizan's mother had filed a plea seeking a probe into his death 

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