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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

The curious case of four men accused of theft, but slapped with attempt to murder!

Azamgarh police arrest four people from Jaunpur district, accuse them of being gang of looters stealing poultry, cattle

Delhi HC directs police protection for Lesbian married against her will

The 23-year-old woman said she is cognisant of her orientation and escaped her home as her parents tried to ‘cure’ her using ‘psychic interventions’

Prof. Saibaba’s health worsening after Covid-19: Wife Vasantha demands his release

Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. GN Saibaba said denying him his rights, amounted to torture behind bars

K’taka HC likely to issue directions for rehabilitation of Urban Homeless

The court observed that the guidelines under the central scheme, National Urban Livelihoods Mission needed to be implemented

UP: Father of gang-rape survivor dies in alleged accident

Alleging the accident to be a murder, family and members demonstrated on the Kanpur-Sagar highway demanding swift action against the accused.

Anti-CAA protests: Allahabad HC grants bail to student activist

 The Single-judge Bench observed that the State’s counter affidavit against him does not mention any unsocial and unlawful activity

Uttarakhand HC raises concern over “medieval age” condition of prisons, calls for report

The court observed that it was important to wean away undertrials from criminal life and to reform convicts

SC to examine whether gold smuggling is terrorist act under UAPA

Kerala High Court had held in February that gold smuggling with a mere intent of illegal profit cannot be a terrorist act

Gujarat HC suggests the State to prohibit social exclusion of menstruating women

The court has proposed a set of directions that the Government should follow to end menstruation taboo, affecting women’s mental and fundamental rights

Delhi HC slams Centre for ‘unsatisfactory response’ to plea seeking appointing members to NCM

The Court asked the Centre to file another affidavit giving proper timelines for appointment of the Commission that is functioning with a lone member

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