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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years
A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction
Allahabad HC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia
Kanojia was arrested on August 18 after an FIR was filed against him in Lucknow for allegedly “morphing” a social media post made by the member of an outfit called the Hindu Army, and then tweeting it; three months later he gets bail.
Accused of providing shelter to Tabhligi Jamaat members without permission, Jharkhand HC grants pre arrest bail to two mosque coordinators
The Single Bench noted that he was inclined to grant anticipatory bail privilege to the two petitioners under section 438 of Cr.PC on conditions that they should cooperate with the investigation of the case.
Activists, Opposition parties demand release of Bhima Koregaon accused
Condemn inhuman treatment of elderly accused like Fr. Stan Swamy, Varavara Rao and others
Stop harassment of Anuradha Bhasin and other independent voices in Kashmir: NWMI
Network of Women in Media, India, and Delhi Union of Journalists condemn the continued targeting of journalists
UP police personnel physically assault woman in her own house!
The police who had visited the area to settle a land dispute, claim the woman attacked one of the women constables.
Allahabad HC quashes Rape FIR as parties “settle” dispute by getting married
The Single Bench cited a previous SC ruling to use its inherent powers under section 482 of CrPC to secure the ends of justice and quash the rape and kidnapping proceedings against the alleged accused after an amicable settlement between him and the victim ignoring a 2015 ruling of the SC that rejected the idea of a “compromise” in cases of rape
Mumbai court acquits 20 Tablighi Jamaat members
Court finds no evidence against two sets of ten persons belonging to Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan
Delhi HC restrains defamatory content against TV Today Network
The High Court also directed Twitter and Google platforms to remove the defamatory content against the news agency.
SC: Women have a right to stay at marital home under domestic violence laws
The Apex Court recently held that women in domestic relationships shall have the right to reside in the shared household, whether or not she has any right, title or beneficial interest in the same under section 17 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Women lawyers move SC against Madhya Pradesh HC ‘Rakhi for Bail’ order
The petitioners have challenged the High Court order that caused further victimisation of the survivor by letting off her abuser easy
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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years
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A Salute across the skies, from Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan
The tragic death of 37-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who lost his life on Friday, November 21 when a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Mk-1) crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai air show, brought this moving response from Pakistani Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan from across the border
India
Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance
The opinion restores textual fidelity to Article 200, but its institutional hesitations risk enabling executive obstruction of democratically enacted State legislation
India
SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship
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Gender and Sexuality
Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
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Farm and Forest
Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS
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Politics
Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”
An interesting formation of citizens groups and people’s organisations has directly accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) as being responsible for a systemic assault on the Indian democratic framework