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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
Accused of providing shelter to Tabhligi Jamaat members without permission, Jharkhand HC grants pre arrest bail to two mosque coordinators
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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!
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Allahabad HC quashes Rape FIR as parties “settle” dispute by getting married
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Mumbai court acquits 20 Tablighi Jamaat members
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Delhi HC restrains defamatory content against TV Today Network
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SC: Women have a right to stay at marital home under domestic violence laws
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Women lawyers move SC against Madhya Pradesh HC ‘Rakhi for Bail’ order
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Delhi Police ACP thrashes journalist inside police station!
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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