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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years

A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction

J&K HC quashes detention of NCP member, says his activities were of a normal politician in a democracy

The single judge bench quashed the February detention order and directed that he be released forthwith

“A very sorry state of affairs,” says Bombay HC on health status of prison inmates in the state

The court has asked the Advocate General of the state to appear in the case and provide data on number of under trails and inmates above age of 60

Delhi police granted 2 more months to file chargesheet in Delhi riots case under UAPA

The sessions judge found the justifications given to be valid and hence granted the extension

7,020 individuals and 63 organisations demand justice for Araria rape survivor

​​​​​​​Sign petition to Patna HC Chief Justice asking for release of the survivor and two women’s rights activists who were jailed by a lower court judge for ‘contempt of court’

Tablighi Jamaat: HCs come to the rescue of foreign nationals, grant bail, ask govts to avoid criminal trial

The foreign nationals who came to attend the congregation in Delhi and are now in prisons from violating visa norms, are being safeguarded by the courts of law

SC refuses to entertain Yatin Oza’s plea to stay contempt proceedings by Guj HC

The plea was withdrawn after the CJI asked Oza to approach the high court with his grievance

Is the SC directed industry-worker negotiation plausible?

Many questions have been raised on how this large-scale exercise will pan out and how the Centre will be able to keep a check on the same

Do all Lives Matter in India?

Exposing the striking differences in the responses of Indian state as compared to the United States while dealing with police action vis a vis vulnerable groups

Six months since Jamia violence, police brutalities not forgotten

As we witness worldwide #BlackLivesMatter protests and criticisms of police brutality in the USA, we also need to take a look at our own police system and how it perpetrates violence.

Places of Worship Act case: Jamiat-Ulema-i-Hind moves SC, pleads to be made party

A plea to declare section 4 of the act as unconstitutional is currently before the SC. Case could have ramifications for Gyanvyapi mosque and others

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