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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

How many Birth Certificates digitized across states: Activist files RTI

Saket Gokhale demands answers from MeitY to gauge extent of document digitization in the run up to the NRIC

Anti-Shaheen Bagh plea to be heard in SC on Monday

SC deferred hearing the plea as Delhi election is scheduled to take place on February 8 and court did not want to influence it.

Illegal and inhuman: Child rights groups condemn Bidar police’s investigation of children

They condemned the interrogation of children and the charges of sedition slapped on parent and authorities

Why no FIR filed against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma: Court asks Delhi Police

Brinda Karat had moved court after written complaints to SHO and Commissioner failed to elicit any response

Did UP Police lathi-charge women anti-CAA protesters in Azamgarh?

Women were holding Shaheen Bagh style sit-in protest, when male police officers allegedly rained lathis on them

Chinmayanand granted bail, did judge shame survivor?

Allahabad HC order says it was a “complete matter of quid pro quo”, raises questions over survivor’s silence.

Election Commission fires Delhi DCP Chinmoy Biswal

The action by the EC came after repeated incidents of shootings at CAA protesters in the capital

SC extends power to grant anticipatory bail till completion of trial

Appellate or superior court also granted power to consider the correctness of the order granting anticipatory bail at the behest of the State or investigating agency.

AIMPLB objects to SC interference in religious matters

Entry of women into mosques is now being discussed in court among other rights of women in Islam

Bhima-Koregaon case transferred to NIA to compromise independent probe: Front Line Defenders

The organization also said that the case was transferred so that the Maha government couldn’t carry out a review of the inquiry

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