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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

Indian diaspora stands with Prahsant Bhushan

On Wednesday, many Indian organisations in America came together to voice their support for Prashant Bhushan and discuss the current condition of the right to free speech in India

SC grants Prashant Bhushan time before sentencing

Power-packed proceedings, where Bhushan put his opponents on the backfoot several times

Justice delivery must be Constitutional

Activist and journalist, Teesta Setalvad pens this blog expressing solidarity with senior advocate and human rights defender, Prashant Bhushan

I submit to any penalty which the court may inflict: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate makes submission at sentence hearing before HC in contempt of court case

Prashant Bhushan contempt case should be heard by at least a 5-judge bench: Justice Kurien Joseph

The former judge of the Supreme Court said that both the contempt cases against Bhushan involved substantial questions of law

Veteran politicians bat for Prashant Bhushan

Express solidarity with senior advocate saying SC decision may have “a chilling effect on free speech and expression of dissent”

Hum Dekhenge: Activists, lawyers and journalists stand in solidarity with Prashant Bhushan

Supreme Court will hear Senior Advocate on sentence on August 20, after it held him in contempt

Citizens for Democracy urges SC to reconsider decision on Prashant Bhushan

Statement expressing solidarity with senior advocate says tweets made by him were an expression of anguish felt by citizens who are at the receiving end of the brutal state power

Prashant Bhushan is an undeclared conscience keeper of the highest court: Odisha intellectuals

Yet another statement in support of Prashant Bhushan in connection with the contempt of court charges against him

Prashant Bhushan 2009 contempt case: Rajeev Dhavan pleads for reference to larger bench

The bench framed some questions to be considered during the course of the hearing and will decide whether to refer the case to a larger bench at the next hearing

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