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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

1700 custodial deaths in a year, yet no anti-torture law!

The national tally for reported encounter deaths was 112, in a year

SC restrains Sudarshan News from telecasting “UPSC Jihad” show, calls it ‘insidious’

The court orally remarked that it was thinking of appointing a committee for suggesting standards for electronic media

Is BJP’s Kapil Mishra above the law of the land?

Mishra wants Umar Khalid to be hanged; seems confident of continued patronage and protection for himself

Retired civil servants move SC; seek authoritative meaning of ‘hate speech’

The intervention has been filed in a petition that was filed by Firoz Iqbal Khan seeking stay on the broadcast of show “Bindaas Bol” on Sudarshan News

Stop filing chargesheet based on fabricated evidence, false confessions: PUCL 

Filmmakers, and social activists Rahul Roy, Saba Dewan were questioned by Delhi Police for seven hours, during investigation into North East Delhi riots

Nine more former police officers dub Delhi violence investigation ‘flawed’

Real culprits of the violence belonging to majority community are likely to go scot free, says the letter

Why do top cops not abide by service conduct rules when online?

Dr Sandeep Mittal a Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer is upset at being unfollowed by the IPS Association after his right wing tones tweets

Centre halts razing of 48,000 shanties along railway tracks in Delhi

The Supreme Court had, on August 31 ordered removal of shanties, which would have rendered about 2.4 lakh people homeless

CJI reserves order: Medha Patkar’s plea for temporary release of convicts

The plea was filed against Bombay High Court’s order upholding the classification made by the HPC denying parole to convicts under special Acts like UAPA, MCOCA

Slums and judicial manoeuvring

Have previous cases related to slums and ‘encroachment’ set the tone for how our courts view the issue?

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