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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

Delhi HC: ED does not have the power to arrest on their “whims and fancies”

A single judge bench of the HC limited power of arrest that the Enforcement Directorate has under Section 50 of the PMLA and re-iterated the three-fold conditions that the ED has to comply with to exercise their power of arrest

Kheda Flogging case: HC sentences guilty policemen to 14 days simple imprisonment, order stayed for 3 months

Bench quoted Mother Teresa while imposing a fine of Rs. 2000 on each of the convicted police officers

Tripura HC takes firm stand in case of persecution of Christian converts, orders state to take strict steps against harassing organisations

HC: “Persecution in the name of religion entirely unconstitutional, India is a secular country and everybody has the fundamental right to preach, profess and choose his own religion”

Sion, Mumbai: Police officers beat young student with stick while the boy decries innocence

Video on social media shows Ayaan Rizwan Khan being physically restrained and subjected to police brutality

Kheda Flogging case: Muslim victims refuse to compromise and settle with accused police officers

After the initiation of contempt proceeding, the four accused cops indicated that they be spared punishment and rather be made to pay compensation; final verdict on October 19

Marriage Equality Case: No right to marry, form civil unions or adopt says SC

By a ratio of 3:2, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court held that the state cannot be obligated to grant legal status to civil unions; unanimously declined to allow recognition to same-sex marriages

Supreme Court to hear petition on arbitrary seizure of electronics this November

In the era of rising surveillance, should the Court not restrict the arbitrary powers being employed by police against journalists?

Whenever there is a strong executive, there has been a visibly weak judiciary: Justice Dr. S Muralidhar

Delivering a lecture in Kerala, on invitation by the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) on the independence of the Indian judiciary, the former chief justice of the Orissa High Court who was given a resounding and unusual send off when he retired in August 2023, spoke candidly on the various issues before the judiciary.

‘Reorganisation’ of J & K into two union territories, constitutional? Part III of the analysis in the 370 case

The third part of the series examines the validity of the union government’s action in reducing the status of Jammu and Kashmir, without consulting the state legislature, to two union territories

Jharkhand HC: Case against BJP leader for abusing driver under SC/ST Act quashed

The court held that ingredient of SC/ST Act are absent as there was no proof to the effect that BJP leader Pratul Shahdeo also did not belong to the caste of the complainant

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