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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali
Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village
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Filmmaker Avinash Das booked for sharing picture of Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal
Avinash Das has been booked by Ahmedabad police for sharing the photo, accused of intention to malign Shah's image
Delhi Violence: Delhi HC issues notice in Gulfisha Fatima’s bail plea
Delhi HC seeks response from Delhi government on appeal challenging Trial Court’s order denying bail in the larger conspiracy case
Bombay HC directs Maha gov’t to withdraw pending criminal cases against farmers and social activists
They had been protesting CAA and other government policies; Aurangabad Bench of the HC directs State gov't to file affidavit and submit a report
Now, jail authorities deny GN Saibaba plastic water bottle!
First the NIA had denied late Fr. Stan Swamy a sipper in Taloja jail, now Nagpur Jail authorities deny the 90 percent physically disabled political dissenter a plastic bottle to drink water
Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC denies bail to the three accused
The Court rejected a review application seeking bail and factual corrections in the order refusing the accused default bail
Barpeta Sessions Court hauls Assam Police over the coals for “manufactured case” against Jignesh Mevani
Court, while granting bail to the Vadgam MLA in the assault case, noted that the police had abused process of the law
BREAKING: Jignesh Mevani gets bail in assault case in Assam
Barpeta court grants him bail on personal bond of Rs 1,000
Bombay HC dismisses Gautam Navlakha’s plea seeking house arrest
Court directs Superintendent of Taloja Central Jail to ensure medical facilities are provided to the human rights defender and senior journalist
Barpeta court rejects Jignesh Mevani’s bail in assault case
Mevani sentenced to five days police custody, could move bail application before a higher forum tomorrow
BREAKING: Jignesh Mevani re-arrested after getting bail in Assam
Barpeta Police arrest him in unknown case after he was granted bail by the CJP Kokrajhar; Congress Party holds protests and demonstrations in Assam and Gujarat in support of Mevani
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