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Punjab & Haryana HC: Users must be given blocking notices immediately; sets aside Facebook page takedown
The Court held that blocking intimations issued by the police must comply with the rank requirements under the IT Rules, 2021, and that withholding the notice from affected users violates the principles of natural justice
4 years behind bars, bail granted to two accused arrested under UAPA
The accused who had been arrested in 2018, alleged to have Maoist links in the murder case of two TDP leaders
SC raises concern over frivolous use of NSA
The court observed that the SP leader was detained for about a year without application of mind by the detaining authorities
Preventive detention laws have a colonial legacy with a high potential for abuse and misuse, only to be used in rarest of the rare...
Even today, numerous preventive detention laws and anti-terror legislations, which allow for arrest without a trial and the denial of anticipatory bail, remain a vital component of India's legal system
UP: Five days after attack on father of Dalit gang rape survivor, two infants and survivor set on fire at home by gang-rape suspects
The authorities' reluctance to include appropriate provisions under the SC/ST (PoA) Act and abiding by provisions for providing police protection to fame worsens situation of Dalit women in India
14 months on, Kashmiri journalist, Fahad Shah’s detention under PSA quashed
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the detention order against Peerzada Fahad Shah was liable to be quashed
Encounter Killings in UP raise doubts about complicity: PUCL
Representation Image The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has...
SC reprimands Mumbai Metro on its bid to fell additional trees in Aarey, imposes Rs 10 lakh fine
Despite the violation, an order authorising the cutting of 177 trees was issued
Extra-judicial killings in UP: A badge of honour or a matter of shame?
In March 2023, stark figures revealed by the state government proudly showcased that the police in Uttar Pradesh (UP) had carried out more than 10,000 encounters over the past 6 years, episodes in which 178 persons accused of crimes, were shot dead
250-year-old mosque in Delhi partially demolished in “anti encroachment drive”
Advocate Mehmood Pracha came to the demolition site and demanded a copy of any order that authorizes the demolition, however no such copy was provided
In false cow slaughter cases, four Hindu Mahasabha members held: UP Police
Now, the police are now looking for the remaining three accused, all Muslims, reports The Indian Express. According to the investigation, the five accused Muslim men had enmity with the four named in the false cow slaughter FIR.
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