Gauhati High Court division bench disposed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Dulal Bora taking a plea that the light bullet proof jackets being given to the policemen in Assam are of a poor quality.
The India Justice Report (IJR), which, since 2019, has been reporting on justice delivery in India, recently analysed prison statistics in India, 2020. It takes a closer look at prisons through the pandemic with a focus on overcrowding, vacancies and access to hospitals, among others.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court in a writ petition observed that the ambit and parameters of the provisions of Sections 124A, 153A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 would require interpretation.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has ordered the framing of murder charges against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case registered in Delhi's Saraswati Vihar police station during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.