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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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Love Jihad: Madhya Pradesh approves draft Bill
The new draft Bill provides for jail term up to five years and a fine of Rs 25,000 for forceful conversions and mandates maintenance of women and children from such marriages
J&K journalists allege soldiers assaulted them during a show
Army claims that media violated Covid-19 protocol and approached actor Amisha Patel the chief guest
They call me a terrorist, beat me up: ex Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan
Most undertrials have told courts that they are being harassed, and called terrorists by other jail inmates
Prison life, a great leveller: Stan Swamy shares a poem from jail
Jesuit Priest Father Stan Swamy (83) writes he’s pained to see so many young inmates in Taloja Jail, shares a christmas message of compassion
Our father, Sanjiv Bhatt is paying the price for being, honest, upright, courageous: Aakashi & Shantanu
Sanjiv Bhatt has now spent over two years, and three months in jail, for a 30 year old case, his children wrote an open letter on his birthday December 21
Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to 8 anti CAA-NRC protestors
The court noted that there was no evidence to prove their guilt
Gopesh Das: A victim of institutional murder
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As his wife rotted behind bars in a detention camp, Das died alone of a broken heart and crushed hopes of her release
Allahabad HC grants Faisal Khan bail
Court bars peace activist from using social media till end of trial
SC issues contempt notices to Rachita Taneja and Kunal Kamra
Supreme Court has decided to go ahead with legal proceedings against the two, who have been accused of ‘scandalising’ the court with their tweets
Every workplace must declare zero tolerance for Gender insensitivity: Delhi HC
The court observed that internal committees need not demand high standard of proof in complaints of sexual harassment
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Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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India
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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