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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish

Foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz pay small fine, may go home soon

Delhi Police say that none of the 956 foreigners were charged with serious crimes, yet Indian Muslims however continue to deal with hate

AMU alumni Sharjeel Usmani arrested for allegedly clashing with cops during anti-CAA protests

Usmani was reportedly arrested by a joint team of the Aligarh police and anti-Terrorism Squad from his home in Azamgarh

Van Gujjar Mustafa Chopra and grandsons secure bail

The elderly member of an indigenous transhumance community had been physically assaulted by policemen and then arrested on trumped up charges!

Gangster Vikas Dubey’s ‘encounter’ reopens debate on extrajudicial killings

He was shot dead enroute to Kanpur a day after he ‘surrendered’ in Madhya Pradesh, and was being brought to Uttar Pradesh 

Police not competent to file FIR under sec 188 of IPC: Madras HC

The court relied on a precedent that held that the complaint should come from a public servant and the police can only exercise preventive action

Suspension order of accused cops revoked, Khwaja Yunus’s mother moves Bombay HC

Bombay HC had ordered not only the suspension of 4 police officials in 2004, but also directed that a departmental enquiry be ordered against them

Bom HC directs state to follow ICMR guidelines in temporary prisons; asks to adopt random testing

The bench headed by the Chief Justice dealt with many issues pertaining to health of prisoners in the light of COVID19 and issued certain directions to ensure that guidelines of COVID19 are followed in prisons as well

Publish Draft EIA in 22 Indian Languages, Delhi HC to Modi Sarkar

The Delhi High Court has directed the Modi government...

Madras HC’s acquittal of accused in Udumalpet’s honour killing of a Dalit denies public justice

The court, reversed the lower court’s order convicting the father in law of the deceased, while failing to explore caste violence and prejudice that was the motive behind the crime.

Bombay HC stays FIRs against Arnab Goswami

Bombay HC suspended proceedings in the matter of two FIRs filed against him for communalising the coverage of the Palghar mob lynching incident and gathering of migrants outside Bandra station

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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish