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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman
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
Is UP’s new Ordinance on recovery of damages an example of abuse of power?
UP govt is not the first one to have taken the ordinance route to create a law to suit its agenda, especially when such ordinance will immediately validate its ‘formerly’ unlawful acts.
Kerala nun rape case: Court dismisses Bishop Mulakkal’s discharge plea
Mulakkal has been charged with rape, unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.
Gyanvyapi land dispute case: Allahabad HC stays Varanasi court’s order to commence hearing
HC had imposed interim stay on hearings in October 1998 in case involving Kashi Vishwanath temple and Gyanvyapi mosque that share common premises
Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”
Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers
‘Naming & shaming’ instead of rule of law: UP recovery of damage to public & private property ordinance, 2020
The Ordinance is out. On Sunday, March 15, the Uttar Pradesh recovery of damage to public and private property ordinance 2020 was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday. The ordinance ignores tested jurisprudence and caution from constitutional courts that point to the absence of due process in such a “Name and Shame” policy. Intrinsic to this understanding is the arbitrary, unchecked power such an ordinance gives wings of the state, tilting power away from the people into the hands of the state, its police, without any checks and balances
Delhi HC adjourns all riot related cases till March 20
Court also issues notice in cases of hate speech allegations against Sonia Gandhi, Waris Pathan, Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and others.
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