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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

Witnesses seem to be planted: Delhi HC

Court grants bail to man accused of being involved in the Tahir Hussain case in connection with the Delhi pogrom

Madras High Court directs TN government to consider CCTV protection laws

A PIL demanded that the state government frame CCTV footage protection laws to protect possible evidence for future cases.

Register ‘Zero FIR’ in case of the crime against women: MHA reminds states

Advisory comes in the wake of national outrage over the Hathras case, mentions ‘dying declarations’, and action against police failure 

Funeral or destruction of evidence: Why did the UP police light Hathras victim’s pyre?

Footage of cops surrounding the burning pyre shows how the victim's immediate family was shut out of the last rites 

SC quashed Guj government’s anti-worker notification

In a victory for the principle of a dignified wage, the Court quashed the Notification that denied humane working conditions and overtime wages, while stating that it was an affront to the workers Right to Life and the right against forced labour.

Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case

The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case  

83-year-old human rights defender Father Stan Swamy sent to Taloja Jail!

The Jesuit Priest was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from his from his home in Bagaicha, Ranchi, at night on October 8 on trumped up charges of involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case

Conduct ‘independent and impartial investigation’ into role of police in Delhi violence: European Parliament

Human Rights Subcommittee chair expresses concerns about deteriorating rule of law, excesses by law-enforcement authorities, targeting of minorities and clampdown on dissent

Fr. Stan Swamy’s arrest malicious and spiteful: PUCL

The 83-year-old human rights defender was picked up by the NIA from Ranchi in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case yesterday

Engineers and post-grads in UP jails: Doesn’t education prevent crime? 

The NCRB data of 2019 reports that the state's prisons have the maximum number of post-graduates and degree holders in the country.

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