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Asthana's Appointment as Delhi Police Commissioner 'Illegal', in 'Direct Contravention' of SC Ruling, Says Congress
28 Jul 2021
'What do they fear? What does Mr. Asthana have against Modi and Shah? His appointment coming after his name was revealed among the list of those snooped upon using NSO's Pegasus begs us to ask the…
PTI
Delhi Riots: HC Stays Rs 25,000 Costs on Delhi Police, Refuses to Interfere with Trial Court Strictures for Now
28 Jul 2021
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav had pulled up the police for lack of efficacy and fairness in the investigation in the case and said that it had been done in a most casual, callous, and…
PTI
Gujarat-Cadre IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana Appointed Delhi Police Commissioner
28 Jul 2021
Usually, an officer from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre is appointed to the post. During his stint in the CBI Asthana was engaged in an unsavoury spat with then…
PTI
Delhi Govt Rejects Police Panel of Lawyers on Cases Related to Farmers’ Protest
16 Jul 2021
On Thursday, Delhi government accused the Centre of putting pressure on it to replace its prosecutors appearing in cases related to the anti-farm laws stir, with those of Delhi Police.
Newsclick Production
Delhi Riots: Court Unhappy with Police Investigation
15 Jul 2021
While hearing a case from the riots in Delhi last year, the Karkardooma court strongly reprimanded the Delhi Police and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on it.
Newsclick Report
Thousands of Villagers from Khori Detained by Delhi Police for Protesting Demolition
08 Jul 2021
The Khori Mazdoor Awas Sangharsh Samiti, an organisation representing the interests of the villagers who are about to be rendered homeless, alleged that "people of the village are picked up and…
Newsclick Report
‘Lathi-charged While Protesting Stan Swamy’s Death’, Say Delhi SFI Activists; Notice Served to Four
07 Jul 2021
The SFI activists had gathered to protest at Jantar Mantar following the death of Father Stan Swamy, the eldest of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Maoist link case.
Abhilasha Chattopadhyay
‘Long Trial Process Tends to Become Punishment’: Former Justices Critique Bail and Jail under UAPA
06 Jul 2021
Justice Anjana Prakash pointed out that most detention acts had been subsequently repealed because of widespread misuse of their provision while the UAPA has made a ‘backdoor entry’.
The Leaflet
Delhi HC Order Not to be Cited as Precedent, Says SC; Agrees to Examine Delhi Police Appeal Against Bail to UAPA Accused Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Asif Tanha
18 Jun 2021
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the appeal filed by the Delhi police against the Delhi High Court’s order granting bail to UAPA accused Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Tanha in…
Ajaz Ashraf
Next Step: Courts Must Penalise Officers for Misusing UAPA
17 Jun 2021
Why the Delhi High Court has frowned upon the tendency of the police to arbitrarily invoke draconian laws.