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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

SC refuses to compound offences in a custodial death case

However, considering the former police officers’ age, the sentence was reduced and compensation to the deceased’s heirs was increased

Farmer’s death on R Day: Delhi HC seeks status report from Police

While Delhi Police claims that Navreet Singh died in an accident, his grandfather has alleged that Singh died due to bullet injuries

SC issues notice to Twitter for mechanism to check anti-India content

The plea sought directions to the Union Government and Twitter to screen fake news, since it is a threat to national security

Over 11,000 cases registered against Police officers in 2020: Centre to Rajya Sabha

Uttar Pradesh Police tops the list with maximum number of cases registered against it by the NHRC

Intimacies of marriage private, can’t be affected by matters of faith: SC

The court once again upheld the right to marry a person of choice, while holding right to privacy paramount

Mechanism for faster disposal of parole pleas needed: P&H High Court

The court was hearing a petition against inordinate delay in deciding parole plea in a prison in Punjab

Guj HC orders police protection to inter-faith couple wishing to solemnize marriage

In the Habeas corpus petition filed by the man, it was alleged that the woman was being illegally confined and was not permitted to use her cell phone

Delhi Court denies bail to accused in Suleman murder case

Suleman Yusuf was brutally murdered by an alleged riotous mob during the Delhi Riots last year

SC rejects Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea in UAPA case

The peasant activist was arrested in connection with anti-citizenship protests in 2019

UP: Charges filed against cop for custodial rape, after NHRC follows up

Departmental action has also been instituted against the then Additional Superintendent of Police and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Balrampur 

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