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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

Natasha Narwal of Pinjra Tod gets bail in Delhi riots case

Narwal has been accused of various offences under the Indian Penal Code as well as the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

Sudarshan News defends show calling it investigative journalism; Centre says regulate digital media first

The Centre submitted in its affidavit that electronic media already has sufficient framework to follow

K’taka HC pulls up state govt for delays in investigating SC/ST Act cases

The court sought several details from the state to check the implementation of the provisions of the Act

Over 3,000 UAPA cases and only 821 chargesheets!

MHA submission in Rajya Sabha also reveals shocking figures of detentions under draconian provisions of UAPA and NSA.

Order a judicial probe into Delhi riots: Opposition leaders to President Kovind  

Senior Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind, and demanded judicial probe by sitting or retired Judge

SC asks states about CCTV cameras in police stations

The directions about CCTV cameras and an oversight committee were earlier issued in a 2018 case decided by the apex court

I should have remembered Gandhians have lost favour with this regime: Julio Ribeiro

Retired top-cop Ribeiro reads the riot act to, and shares policing lessons with  ‘brother officer’, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava

Do not be scared, raise your voice against injustice: Dr Umar Khalid

Dr Umar Khalid recorded this video statement just before his arrest on Sunday

UP’s Special Security Force Act: The good, the bad, the ugly

A look into the provisions of the Act and what it entails

This ‘investigation’ is a criminal conspiracy by Delhi Police: Activists

Activists demand immediate end to the ‘investigation’ into the February 2020 communal violence and the setting up of a judicial enquiry commission to punish the real culprits and ensure justice

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