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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

Sadaf Jafar speaks to Sabrang India about her nightmarish experience in jail

The social activist was brutally beaten up and subject to communal abuse by police authorities

Young Lawyer beaten to death: UP

Image Courtesy: amarujala.comLucknow: 32 year old lawyer Shishir Tripathi...

Electoral bond scheme: CIC pulls up govt for not providing donor info

CIC took serious note of government agencies providing incomplete and vague information on RTI application seeking names of anonymous donors.

Rihai Manch member Robin Verma granted bail

He was arrested and beaten up after being detained by the Lucknow police

Allahabad HC: Bombay lawyer’s email about situation in UP turned into PIL

The email said that the situation in the State of Uttar Pradesh is antithetical to core constitutional values and warrants interference of this Court.

Allahabad HC: NHRC directed to probe into AMU police excess

The High Court directed that the inquiry be completed within a month

Police failure to protect JNU from terror attack needs to be independently investigated

Image Courtesy: countercurrents.orgThe terror attack on JNU last night...

CJP’s big win: SC hears petition, orders no children be sent to detention camps in Assam

CJP’s application sought directions from the apex court that drew attention to the Constitutional, legal obligations and prayed, specifically that no child excluded from the NRC is either sent to detention camps nor separated from their parents in Assam.

Adv. Mohammed Shoaib’s petition hearing postponed by Allahabad HC

The Rihai Manch President was arrested during the anti-CAA protests on December 19, 2019 and his whereabouts are said to be unknown

Breaking! SC on CJP petition: No children be sent to detention camps in Assam

Image Courtesy: thenation.comThe Supreme Court has directed the Assam...

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