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India: Top court orders transport, internet restored after protest crackdown
At a special Sunday sitting on October 11, the Supreme Court directed that Delhi's Metro and rail services be restored,…
India: Top court to hear contempt plea over metro shutdown during protest
The Supreme Court will hear a contempt plea on Sunday, October 11, alleging that Delhi Metro stations were kept closed…
India: Lawyers detained at Supreme Court protest freed after top-level intervention
Lawyers detained outside the Supreme Court during the CJP protest on October 10 were released after the Supreme Court Bar…
India: Police probe violence at student-led march on Parliament
Delhi Police's Crime Branch has begun a probe into the violence at the July 20 Cockroach Janta Party march to…
India: Court to hear opposition youth wing’s challenge to protest ban
The Delhi High Court agreed on October 8 to hear on Friday the Indian Youth Congress's plea against Delhi Police's…
India: Top court ends 22-year-old case on legislators’ powers over the press
A seven-judge Supreme Court bench closed the two-decade-old N. Ravi reference on legislative privilege and free speech as infructuous on…
India: High Court finds investigation agency gave false reply, orders complaint
The Delhi High Court has directed criminal complaint proceedings against six CBI officers after finding that the agency's 2016 reply…
India: Supreme Court orders Delhi police overhaul on women’s safety
The Supreme Court told the Centre and Delhi Police on October 5 to ensure that every woman in the capital…