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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish
Right to free speech does not mean a licence to promote hate speech: Editors Guild of India
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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
Death Penalty for Rape: Karnataka HC
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Medical corroboration in rape cases not pre-requisite, bail denied to accused: MP HC
The Single Bench has held that delay in filing FIR by the victim is no ground to throw away the prosecutrix’s case and that medical corroboration is not an absolute necessity while assessing gang rape cases.
Books, winter clothes, fresh air for Umar Khalid; but it took a Court to direct police to do so
Khalid had told court he was being treated like a zoo animal in solitary confinement, court tells police to give him what he needs, extended judicial judicial remand till November 20
Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea rejected
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Against the country’s secular structure: Court denies bail to man accused of damaging Masjid
Considering the gravity of allegations, large-scale involvement of the applicant in the North East Delhi riots, court do not find it to be a fit case for grant of bail
Umar Khalid alleges forced solitary confinement by jail authorities
The activist alleged that his request for adequate security had been distorted to extreme proportions by jail authorities who confined him to a cell
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish