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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
Gujarat: Dalit boy allegedly dies at observation home in Khanpur
The youth’s family alleges the boy was tortured during his detention which eventually resulted in his death
CBI chargesheet confirms brutal torture on Jeyaraj and Bennicks
The CBI looked into material evidence from the Santhakulam PS and confirmed the use of wooden lathis by police officers.
Plea in Delhi HC seeks regulating news channels from broadcasting content on communal disharmony
Plea moved in the Delhi High court after right wing news channel Sudarshan TV's show Bindas Bol called Tanishq ad ‘advertisement jihad’
Bilkis Bano case: Is the Government trying to hoodwink the SC on compensation?
The 2002 riot-survivor alleges that despite repeated directions of the SC she has not been given her proper dues
CRPF to provide protection to victims family in Hathras case: SC
The 3 Judge Bench also directed the HC to look into all aspects of the case as raised in the PIL and intervention applications and erase all mention of the identity of the victim and her family from the previous High Court order and to wait for the CBI investigation to finish before thinking about transferring the trial to Delhi.
Allahabad HC to monitor probe in Hathras case: SC
The apex court also directed that all mention of victim’s identity as well as her family be removed from the HC order
Right to free speech does not mean a licence to promote hate speech: Editors Guild of India
Guild tells Republic TV to behave responsibly, asks police to ensure investigation does not become a tool to suppress media rights
No proof for UAPA charges, accused deserves bail: Delhi HC
The court observed that the investigating agency’s report does not disclose the commission of UAPA offences except some bald statements of the witnesses to keep Faizan in jail.
Act is being misused against innocent persons: Allahabad HC on UP law against cow slaughter
The High Court was hearing the bail plea of a man who was accused of taking a cow for slaughter
NRI quota in NLU are dubious, ‘reservation for elite’: Orissa HC
In a pathbreaking judgement, a Division Bench of the Orissa High has observed that the NRI/NRI Sponsored quotas are an affront to meritorious kids; and a dubious category of quota is like ‘reservation for the elite’ and hence unconstitutional
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