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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

Can’t restrict circulation of fake news on social media: MP High Court

The HC dismissed a plea filed by a social worker stating that there are no statutory provisions for such censorship

Right to default bail: Not just statutory, but a fundamental right

It is a fundamental right by being an extension of Article 21: Right to Life and Personal Liberty

Disclose source of riot accused’s “confessional statement”: Delhi HC to Zee News

Delhi Police told the court none of the personnel leaked any details of the investigation to media

Hathras case: CJP moves MEITY against news channel for spreading hate and misinformation

‘Best Hindi News’ channel had shared abusive and inflammatory videos that promoted caste supremacy and anti-victim narrative on its social media platforms

Republic TV making TRP scam a “media spectacle”: Mumbai Police to SC

Supreme Court refuses to entertain Republic TV's petition, tells Arnab Goswami to approach Bombay High Court

Hathras case: 11 activists, journalists, academics file an Impleadment Application in SC

Women and queer persons from across the country have come together seeking CBI/SIT probe into the tragic death and cremation of a Dalit girl, also demand protection be provided to the family.

Appoint sitting & retired SC Judges to monitor Hathras probe: petitioner

Sitting and retired judges of the SC should be appointed for an impartial probe into the Hathras crime, says petitioner

BREAKING: A’bad HC summons suspended SP, Hathras on November 2, Victim was Entitled to Dignified Cremation

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC has said that the combined decision of the Uttar Pradesh Police and District Magistrate to go ahead with the cremation without the family’s consent has infringed the fundamental right to life to live with dignity and to exist with dignity even after death as well as right to decent burial/cremation, hurting the sentiments of not only the family members but of all persons and relatives assembled on the spot.

MJ Akbar defamation case against Priya Ramani transferred to District and Sessions Judge

Advocate Rebecca John had spent three months arguing the case, the final arguments will now be placed before the new judge

Accused in Payal Tadvi case return to studies; Left organisations question the decision

Members of AIDWA and DYFI express great disappointment at the SC decision to allow the three accused in the Payal Tadvi institutional murder case to continue their education.

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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