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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 Police opposes bail granted to riot accused Jamia student to write exams
The State argued that many people study in jails and that Asif Tanha in the interim can be shifted to a guesthouse near the exam centre
Rakhi for bail order: Petitioners move SC for directions
The petitioners submitted before the SC that such orders may result in normalising and trivialising what is essentially a crime
Dedicated courts set up to address Human Rights cases in Delhi
Very few states in the country have human rights courts as mandated by the law and the ones designated as such, are unclear about their jurisdiction and scope
End Custodial Torture: SC’s new comprehensive directions on CCTVs in police stations
The court has directed strict compliance in this regard while also passing specific directions pertaining to position of CCTVs, storage of recorded data, accessibility to the victim and so on
Delhi Riots accused granted bail: Court asks why constable waited until arrest to name him
Applicant cannot be made to incarcerate in jail for infinity merely other accused are yet to be identified and arrested in the matter, said the court
State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC
The high court was told by the State that transferring the DM was a mere political issue and that he did nothing wrong in ordering the cremation of the victim
CPI (M) leader moves SC against order allowing non-locals to buy J&K land
The plea has sought the top court’s intervention and a stay on Centre's order until the petitions challenging changes to Article 370 are heard
Stick figure cartoons are a contempt of the Supreme Court!
Attorney General of india has consented to contempt proceedings against cartoonist Rachita Taneja for illustrations after Arnab Goswami case
TN custodial death report indicts police, hospital staff and jail authorities
The report was submitted to the Chief Judicial Magistrate in August, after which the case was taken over by the CBI, but the report reveals it all; the brazen dereliction of duty of the police, complicity of government hospital staff; tardiness and callous behaviour of jail authorities and more
Online post against SC and Muslim women, P&H High Court refuses bail
The HC noted that free speech does not entitle the accused to make derogatory remarks against any community or gender
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