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Aggrieved over the close links between the political class and the police, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana hit out at officers who wanted to be in the good books of the ruling party and misused the rule of law.

The court observed that the affidavits of the officers are not satisfactory. It seems that both the bank and the police are not serious. Proper efforts were not made to prevent fraud. They are told that the fraud took place from a remote area. Even the police are afraid to go to the Naxal area.

"The threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the highest in Police Station", the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at an event organized by the National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) on Sunday. He also inaugurated the legal aid app related to legal services.

The SC's repeated assertions on laws restricting habeas corpus, freedom of association, peaceful protest and dissent, particularly the untrammelled use of anti-sedition statutes and cyber regulations, is nothing new. Way back in 2016, I had offered a personal salute to Justices Dipak Misra

The Allahabad High Court has expressed displeasure over the Police officials for not informing the public prosecutor in time on the bail application, despite the directions from the Court.

The court has now kept the matter for further hearing on May 6. It also noted that both the applicants have already been granted bail.

The Maharashtra imbroglio has shown the need to keep a balance between institutions. It is best to apply the first principles of criminal law here police investigate, judges decide.

Apart from the inquiry, Singh sought the quashing of the order transferring him from the post of Mumbai Commissioner of Police alleging it to be arbitrary and illegal.

India is waking up to transgenders and their rights with various states absorbing them in the police and other jobs. But until societal mindsets change, their total integration will be slow.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has expressed deep concern on the illegal and brazen exercise of brute power by the police and action taken by them contrary to law against members of the legal fraternity.