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Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody
Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served
Gujarat: HC questions state on public flogging of Muslim men in Kheda
Gujarat HC asks Public Prosecutor to provide the specific law that allows flogging in public view and circulation of video of people in custody
“No harm caused by thirty minutes of Namaz, won’t inconvenience anyone”: Madras HC
HC Bench refuses to direct interim stay on the practice of offering Namaz along a path leading to the Kasi Viswanathar Temple at Thirupparankundram
Young Muslim labourer allegedly dies 30 minutes after release from custody
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The victim had been apprehended by local police on suspicion of gambling, died on the way to the hospital, survived by 3 children and an expecting wife
Manipur Violence: SC bench seeks updated status report from State on rehabilitation, law & order situation
Sr. Adv. Colin Gonsalves claimed that the situation in Manipur has worsened, no police action despite open calls for violence made against the Kuki community
Karnataka HC: Petition by Twitter contesting centre’s blocking orders dismissed, Rs. 50 lakh fine imposed
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Court held the company's argument to be "devoid of merits," orders payment of fine within 45 days
Tripura decides to release 5 convicts who completed 66% of their sentence
This, despite the prisons not being overcrowded in the state
Jharkhand: Court convicts 10 in mob lynching case, sentence to be pronounced on July 5
Conviction comes 4 years after Tabrez Ansari, a 22-year-old Muslim man, was tied to an electricity pole, assaulted, and made to shout religious slogans
Karnataka HC: Proceedings against Pramod Muthalik for delivering offensive statement quashed
The Bench noted lack of recording of independent eyewitness statements, no data to substantiate that accused made inflammatory statements as reasons
Eid-al-Azha: Jurisprudence on animal sacrifice, maintaining balance between customs & harmony
Even as the Courts have refused to entertain pleas on animal sacrifice, how necessary is it that we inclusively question its relevance in today’s world?
11 arrests in Nashik for killing man, brutally assaulting another for ‘transporting beef’
Police officers said members of a cow vigilante group assaulted the two men with iron rods and wooden sticks near Igatpuri.
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Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO
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Bihar: SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision
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