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Due Process Strengthened: Supreme Court mandates written, language-specific grounds for arrest under special laws and general laws
Building on Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha judgements, the Court constitutionalised a uniform standard—every arrest, whether under IPC/BNS or special enactments, must be supported by written grounds communicated in the arrestee’s own language, failing which the arrest stands void
Lawyers’ Group files criminal complaint against UP CM over brute state action against CAA protesters
Strongman chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Adityanath, the aggressive man in saffron robes faces a criminal complaint filed by the Guernica 37 Chambers at the Office of the Swiss Federal Prosecutor as he made his way to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum. His visit ends today.
Hate Watch: Notice served to BJP MLA Raja Singh for hate speech at Ajmer Dargah: Hyderabad
A failure to comply with the notice could result in the MLA's arrest as per Section 41 A (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
Independent Views, Gender Orientation must not affect candidacy for judgeship: SC
Making public the union government's objections to recent recommendations by the Supreme Court (SC) Collegium, the latter has reiterated its earlier choices and recommended the elevation of 17 advocates and three judicial officers as judges of the high courts of Karnataka, Allahabad and Madras.
WFI leadership accused of sexual harassment by Indian women wrestlers, absence of redressal mechanisms the focus
The culture of harassment and impunity within WFI is underlined as Indian women wrestlers demonstrate outside Jantar Mantar
Rule of Law means Certainty that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution
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Bhima Koregaon case: 5 years on, charges not framed despite repeat extensions
The Special NIA Court has said that it will first need to dispose the discharge applications filed by the accused, before deciding on framing of charges
Gauhati HC overturns FT’s order declaring a resident of Assam as Foreigner
While quashing the order, the bench observed that the Tribunal did not appropriately consider the material on record
Not providing information amounts to smothering the very purpose of RTI: Guj HC
The Court directed the Ahmedabad Police to furnish Rules under the Gujarat Police Act and make available all laws which govern the Police, for public access, on their website
Executive’s attacks on Judiciary’s Independence condemnable, assault signals an authoritarian regime: PUCL
The strong and detailed statement issued by a civil liberties platform that saw its birth during the Emergency points out how during the arguments in the NJAC case, the union government refused to allow a neutral body to oversee appointments
Summoned by cops after he files RTI on RSS, victim approaches Bombay HC
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