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India Turns Down Second Mercy Petition
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India: Teenager at Risk of Repeat Detention
Nineteen year old Zaffar Shafi Hakeem was taken into custody by police immediately after being released from administrative detention on
India: Execution Suspended Until July
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India: For drafting an ideal Lokpal Bill
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Penniless in Saudi Arabia, Chutuk Bahadur Tamang of Sindhupalchowk is languishing in a jail in the foreign land since Mar
Act against the corrupt and punish them
A word that has been used so often that its meaning has been blunted – now it causes no reaction
Death penalty for honour killings: Rarest of rare cases
On May 9, in a significant ruling, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan