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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

Delhi HC asks govt to expedite DNA testing of Delhi riot victim

The government was unable to present legal provision which requires court orders to conduct DNA test

Post SC order, Tamil Nadu government releases 1,184 prisoners to curb n-Cov 19 spread

States like Maharashtra, Punjab and the UT of Delhi may soon follow suit to decongest prisons to curb Covid-19 there

Covid-19: Courts to hear emergency cases on video conf, suspend regular functioning

Over a week ago the Supreme Court of India decided to only hear urgent cases, and conduct court matters over video conferencing. On March 23 television news reports flashed that lawyers have been told not to  visit judges chambers. 

United against Hate condemns implication of Khalid Saifi and Ishrat Jahan in false charges

Saifi and Jahan were arrested during the anti-CAA protest in Delhi and were later falsely charged for being masterminds of the Delhi violence

Delhi rape case: Four convicts executed

​​​​​​​Four men convicted in the 'Nirbhaya' rape case were hanged early on Friday morning after last minute pleas for stay on execution were rejected by the SC

Madras HC paves way for police permission for anti-CAA protest when Covid-19 ban is lifted

The court said the police could not stifle fundamental rights after the police denied permission for the protest citing public inconvenience

Govt cannot make compensation conditional: Calcutta HC

The court held that the victim has every right and the liberty to choose the mode of expending the compensation

PIL in Allahabad HC seeks stay on UP govt’s ordinance, calls it ultra vires to Constitution

The PIL says that the state is playing mischief upon the Constitution

MHA on CAA petition: Whole expanse of Article 21 cannot be made available to illegal migrants

This was one of the submissions of the MHA in the counter affidavit given in the Supreme Court

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi nominated to Rajya Sabha

Gogoi has presided over key cases like NRC, Rafale and Ayodhya dispute

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