Ishrat Jahan case: CBI court discharges last three accused, says ‘no question of any fake encounter’

The court said there was nothing on record to suggest that Jahan and others were not terrorists.

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· Mar 31, 2021 · 02:11 pm

Ishrat Jahan encounter: Gujarat government refuses sanction to prosecute three police officers

The three accused and another retired officer have now filed applications before the court seeking ‘dropping of proceedings for want of requisite sanction’.

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· Mar 21, 2021 · 12:32 pm

Hyderabad encounter: Supreme Court gives six more months to investigation panel to finish inquiry

A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde passed the order while hearing a plea filed by the panel, seeking such an extension.

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· Jul 24, 2020 · 02:55 pm

A reminder for UP: Supreme Court has said that fake encounters amount to state-backed terror

The trigger-happy approach of the state police towards alleged criminals has no place in a society governed by the rule of law.

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· Jul 23, 2020 · 07:30 am

Hours before Vikas Dubey’s killing, lawyer filed plea in SC seeking security for gangster

The petitioner, Ghanashyam Upadhyay, had expressed fear that Dubey would be killed in a staged encounter by the police.

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· Jul 10, 2020 · 02:02 pm

Telangana encounter: AIIMS team conducts second autopsy on bodies of four accused killed by police

The autopsy was videographed and the doctors were asked to express an independent view on the basis of the evidence they collected.

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· Dec 23, 2019 · 08:47 pm

Telangana encounter: High Court orders second autopsy of four accused within 48 hours

The court directed a team of forensic experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct the examination.

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· Dec 21, 2019 · 06:40 pm

‘Stop calling for summary executions after horrific crimes,’ former civil servants tell MPs

The former bureaucrats urged parliamentarians to ‘bring about the meaningful changes necessary to curb such crimes in the future’.

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· Dec 13, 2019 · 02:51 pm

Telangana encounter: SC orders judicial inquiry, says police version needs probe

The inquiry will be headed by former Supreme Court judge VS Sirpurkar.

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· Dec 12, 2019 · 12:27 pm

Telangana encounter deaths: SC looking to appoint a former top court judge to conduct inquiry

The Supreme Court said the Telangana High Court can proceed with its hearing in the case.

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· Dec 11, 2019 · 03:15 pm

‘Hats off’: Jaganmohan Reddy praises Telangana CM, police for Hyderabad encounter

The Andhra Pradesh chief minister said there was nothing wrong with killing the four men accused of allegedly raping and killing a woman veterinarian.

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· Dec 10, 2019 · 07:51 am

Telangana encounter: High Court asks for bodies of rape suspects to be preserved for four more days

The court ordered that the bodies will have to be transferred to a Hyderabad hospital in air-conditioned ambulances.

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· Dec 09, 2019 · 05:52 pm