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From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
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Madras HC: Legal bar on ED’s detention, split verdict, PMLA case against Senthil Balaji
Justice Banu holds the ED to have crossed legal limits; is it time to bring the powerful central agency, an alleged tool of the union, under scrutiny?
Tabrez Ansari Lynching: Jharkhand court grants 10 years rigorous imprisonment
The judge found the 10 guilty of committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder, Rs. 15000 fine imposed on each accused
Bombay HC issues notice seeking response from Maha government on formulation of inter-faith marriage committee
The PIL had been filed by four NGOs, including Citizens for Justice and Peace, contending the said govt. resolution to be discriminatory, promoting divisiveness
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
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