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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

No law to back your actions: SC to UP govt. defending ‘name and shame’ posters

The SC has not put a stay on the Allahabad HC order, but has referred the matter to a larger constitution bench

India Justice Report 2019: Where India stands on police, prisons, judiciary and legal aid

The report shows that while Maharashtra performed well on all parameters, UP and Bihar performed the worst

Protest against indiscriminate arrest of hundreds of Muslims in violence affected NE Delhi

Students and faculty of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

“Everyone has been Silenced”: a comprehensive report on UP violence and its aftermath

The report by Citizens Against Hate (CAH), gives detailed account of alleged episodes of police excess, destruction of property and targeted violence in UP

Delhi violence: Allegations of indiscriminate arrests of Muslim men

Over 100 allegedly arrested or detained from Mustafabad, including Muslim man guarding Hindu temple

Chennai court deems Rajnikanth speech against Periyar defamatory, at best

The Chennai district court said the speech did not amount to promoting enmity or intentional insult to disturb peace

Police accuse couple of ‘IS links’, arrest them for ‘instigating anti-CAA protests’

Duo hailing from Kashmir was allegedly in touch with IS members from Khorasan module

Politically unaffiliated organisations supporting public causes can get foreign funding: SC

Landmark judgment on FCRA shot in the arm for many NGOs facing funding hurdles

UP govt caused “unwarranted interference in privacy”, says HC

Allahabad HC directed Lucknow administration to remove the banners and filed compliance report by March 16.

Bidar court says school play not seditious, what does it imply?

The court made this observation while granting anticipatory bail in the case and also dismissed other offences laid out in the case

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