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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

Delhi HC grants bail to 4 accused in the 2020 violence

Justice Kait slammed the police constable for not making a DD entry or calling a PCR van during the violence 

Punjab & Haryana HC directs no convicted/chargesheeted police officer be assigned public duty

The Court also pulled up an IAS officer for submitting incomplete information on affidavit and court directed notice of criminal case of perjury be issued to him

Right to Default bail is a valuable right: SC while granting bail to UAPA accused

The court held that the state cannot take advantage of filing one chargesheet and then extending time to file supplementary chargesheet

Independent probe into Shiv Kumar’s alleged custodial torture ordered by Punjab & Haryana HC

The Court observed that the SIT may continue to investigate the cases against Shiv Kumar and assigned the special inquiry to a Sessions Judge in Faridabad

Madras HC urges govt to suspended Special DGP in sexual harassment case

The court has been closely monitoring the investigation in the case and has noted that suspending the officer will ensure free and fair investigation

Madras HC quashes case against lawyer booked for anti-CAA protests

The court quashed the case in light of the State’s decision to withdraw all cases against anti-CAA protesters

JNU sedition case: Court directs police to supply chargesheet copies to Kanhaiya, Umar and 8 others

All 10 accused persons were present in court on March 15 following the summons issued by it after taking cognisance of the chargesheet

No coercive action against Sharjeel Usmani till March 22: State to Bombay HC

The State has submitted that the sedition accused Sharjeel Usmani will not be arrested if he cooperates in the probe

Batla House convict Ariz Khan gets death penalty

The Delhi court that imposed the penalty deemed it to be ‘rarest of rare case’

Uttar Pradesh: Three deaths, multiple theories, murder or accident?

Three young men were killed, in what the media says is a road accident, but locals fear may be a case of targeted communal violence Varanasi

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