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From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh

Justice for Namma Gauri

After the Karnataka SIT's stellar investigation in the Gauri Lankesh assassination conspiracy, 17 people were arrested and one is absconding

SC directs 48,000 shanties to be razed along railways track in Delhi

The order was in connection with a petition filed by MC Mehta in 1985 in which the court has been intermittently passing orders in the interest of control of pollution on Delhi

SC: Punjab SHO denied pre-arrest bail in custodial torture case

The petitioner had approached the apex court challenging the Punjab and Haryana HC order denying him anticipatory bail as the SIT found some truth in allegations

Northeast Delhi riots: Crime Branch questions activist Umar Khalid again

The former JNU scholar was last questioned in August under the same investigation, and his phone was seized

Bhushan’s conviction for contempt has chilling effect on freedom of expression: ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists has called for a review of the contempt law in India while juxtaposing it with international standards on freedom of expression of lawyers

Dr Kafeel Khan released at midnight from Mathura Jail

Mother happy to be able to "see, touch and feel" her son, even as Khan remains apprehensive that the Yogi government might frame him in some other case

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: The judgment behind the Re. 1 penalty

A closer look at the rationale behind the now famous judgment and the possibility of placing greater onus for lawyers' conduct on the Bar Council

Kafeel Khan’s speech does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence: Allahabad HC

The court granted his release from detention under NSA while observing that his speech did not incite violence and the detention order came as a response to his bail order

Tablighi Jamaat: Bom HC judge disagrees with colleague’s remark on “indirect warning to Muslims”

Justice Sewlikar has said he does not conform to Justice Nalawade’s views that taking action against Tablighi Jamaat attendees was a warning for Indian Muslims in light of anti-CAA protests

Grateful and humbled by the solidarity and support: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate and human rights defender issues statement after Re 1 fine in Twitter related contempt of court case

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