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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish

Intense harshness of the state action to crush the voices of dissent in UP: People’s Tribunal

An investigation into multiple instances of police excesses committed against people peacefully protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across Uttar Pradesh throws up horrifying revelations about how the regime is going about implementing it ugly communal agenda.

Rohith Vemula March: The Caste Turn for Student Delhites?

First published on February 23, 2016Rohith Vemula gives them...

Calling Smriti Irani’s Bluff: Twisted Truths in Parliament

First published on February 25, 2016Goebbels was an interesting...

Rihai Manch President finally walks out of jail

He was granted bail on Wednesday after being arrested by the UP police and sent to an unidentified location

Muzaffarnagar arrests go kaput: 19 get bail due to lack of evidence

Police unable to prove grievous crimes like rioting and attempt to murder against CAA protestors

She hit me so much that the helmet broke”: Pawan Rao Ambedkar on UP police

The activist who was released on bail last week, wasn’t even a part of the protest but was brutally attacked by the Lucknow cops

“As if Jama Masjid is in Pak”, Delhi Judge rebukes cops in Bhim Army Case

"You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is Pakistan. Even if it was Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided India," a judge told Delhi Police.

Delhi HC dismisses PIL to reopen road near Shaheen Bagh

Arterial road connecting Delhi with NOIDA had been shut since December 15 in wake of anti-CAA protests

The policeman, the patsy and the true tale of terror

What does the arrest of Dy SP Davinder Singh mean for the Afzal Guru case as well as the wider narrative surrounding terror attacks in India?

Gov’t employee not devoid of right to free speech: Tripura HC

Court also observed that mere presence of a government employee at a political rally is not proof of participation

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