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Screens of Silence: What NCRB Data Misses about Cybercrime in India
As India’s online world expands, so does the gap between crime and accountability. NCRB data records numbers, but not the reasons behind their soaring increase; besides erasure of reporting of gendered cybercrimes constitute a glaring gap: there is an absence of adequate reportage within NCRB on stalking, cyberbullying, morphing, which are show a mere 5 per cent of rise
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Coach accused of threatening Brij Bhushan complainants was also named in a wrestler’s 2017 sexual harassment FIR
The case against Mahavir Bishnoi is still in court, next date July 2023
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Muslims Should Not Irrationally Reject The Uniform Civil Code Draft
SC orders petitioners to move HC on ‘Mahapanchayat’ immediately, also write to authorities: Uttarakhand Communal Tensions
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, June 14, directed petitioners to move the Uttarakhand High Court (HC) on a petition seeking to prevent a 'mahapanchayat' proposed to be held by Hindutva groups in Uttarakhand's Purola town in Uttar Kashi district. The apex court also ruled that the petitioners could/must immediately write to local authorities.
Stop Uttarakhand Mahapanchayat, could lead to targeted communal violence: Petitions urge CJI
Two leading authors and academics, Ashok Vajpeyi and Apoorvanand, and also India’s oldest human rights and civil liberties platform, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) in separate letter petitions, have brought to the attention of the highest court, that Muslim traders are being warned to leave Purola town and that the meeting by right-wing groups "could be a precursor to large scale violence". The Mahapanchayat announced by the right wing on June 15 threatens them further
POCSO: lack of witness not a ground for acquittal, says Meghalaya HC
The court held that if the survivor’s testimony is reliable then lack of witnesses to the incident cannot become a reason for acquittal
Police lathi charge Warkari devotees during annual pilgrimage walk: Alandi, Pune, Opposition sharply condemns attack
A “dispute” arose over the number of admissions into the revered Sree Kshetra temple of Alandi town, 22 kilometres from Pune city on Sunday evening
Umar who spoke of love & justice is in jail for 1,000 days, hate mongers roam free #1000 Days of Injustice
Social media and some events expressed dissent and protest against the young academic activist’s unjust incarceration
Denial of internet an assault on fundamental freedoms – a deep dive into Manipur’s incessant internet ban
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Manipur, has arguably, been in an incessant state of internet denial, subject to imposed internet bans since 2015; this curb on basic freedoms is at the hands of the BJP govt’s in the state and centre
“I changed my statement because I was scared, my family is living under constant threat”: father of the minor wrestlers’ complainant
Minor complainant’s father changes allegations of sexual harassment against Singh, what does this mean for the case?
How & Why India’s Law Commission has urged a cap on Free Speech: Sedition
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The 22nd Report of the Indian Law Commission flies in the face of serious judicial pronouncements, jurisprudence and modern thinking
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