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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

SC: Notice issued to 4 states over Sharjeel Imam plea for clubbing of FIRs

Imam, who has been booked for hate speech, sedition and anti-terror law, has asked the SC to let a single agency investigate the case.

Is it enough to be ‘not as bad as Italy or France’?

Guj gov’t in image management mode after HC rap, even as Ahmedabad Civil Hospital remains in the eye of the storm

Student activist Safoora Zargar, denied bail, judicial custody extended till June 25

Youth leaders across the country come together in a rare live press conference to raise questions on the ongoing ‘witch hunt’ against student activists

COVID-19 and the Indian Supreme Court

In ordinary times the Constitution is of course very important,but it is in times of crisis that the Constitution and the mechanisms to enforce it, are tested. That is why in the current context the failure of the Supreme Court becomes even starker

Bail in one case, custody in another for two Pinjra Tod activists

They were merely protesting, says Delhi Magistrate while granting bail to the two JNU students. But the Delhi police then sought custody in another case related to the north east Delhi riots which was granted for 2 days.

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital “as good as a dungeon”: Guj HC slams state gov’t

Two days later, state government “discreetly” moves court for urgent hearing on Eid without informing litigant’s lawyers or Amicus Curiae!

State cannot use defamation to throttle democracy:  Madras HC

The court opposed the mechanical manner of registering defamation cases of the state and explored the criteria for prosecution in criminal defamation

Dilution of Section 498A belittles the ongoing domestic abuse suffered by women

The stance of some courts of law on sec. 498A of the IPC, making overarching general observations (of possible misuse) to a provision that has afforded relief to women experiencing violence within the home and family, retards the recognition that women’s rights movement has received and in fact, takes us back decades, to the 1970s

Delhi HC issues notice in plea claiming illegal detention of 25 year old student under UAPA

She was booked under various charges including some sections of UAPA for protesting against CAA and NRC and has been detained since April 9

SC: Four more petitions filed against CAA, notices issued

The court refused to grant interim stay on operation of the CAA and issued notices

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