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Businessman spent 57 days in jail over aamchur & garam masala in airport luggage. Here’s what went horribly wrongA businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High...- PM Modi empowered ED to cleanse cancer of financial crimes; not to target anyone: MoS Pankaj ChaudharyPankaj Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Finance, called the central agency the "nation's shield against financial crimes", stating that...
- Quote of the Day by Fred Korematsu: 'If you have the feeling that something is wrong...'—Inspiring quotes by the a national civil rights hero who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during WWIIQuote of the Day: Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American, defied Executive Order 9066, leading to his arrest and a Supreme Court case that uph...
- Supreme Court mulls compensation for wrongful convictionThe Supreme Court will examine compensation for individuals wrongfully arrested, prosecuted, or convicted, acknowledging many are made scap...
- ATS devastated our lives, denied real justice: Mumbai doctor freed after 19 years speaks on 11/7 acquittalDr. Tanvir Ansari, acquitted after 18 years in jail for the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, recounts his wrongful imprisonment and the devastat...
- When the state errs, let it compensateA Kerala man was acquitted by the Supreme Court after wrongly serving jail time in a double murder case. India currently lacks a law for co...
- US lawmakers seek to sanction Pakistan Army chief for political 'persecution', free Imran KhanUS lawmakers Joe Wilson and Jimmy Panetta introduced a bipartisan bill to sanction Pakistan's Army chief General Asim Munir for persecuting...
- Who is Iwao Hakamada, awarded $1.4 million by Japanese court for wrongful conviction?Iwao Hakamada, a death row inmate, has received a historical 217 million yen ($1.14 million) in government compensation for his wrongful in...
- Sing Sing: This is the A24 film’s streaming release date and where to watchA24’s film Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo, will stream exclusively on Max from March 21. Directed by Greg Kwedar, it follows an incarce...
- Liberty under Constitution supersedes PMLA conditions: Delhi court in Satyendar Jain bail orderA Delhi court has granted bail to AAP leader Satyendar Jain, citing delays in the trial and his 18-month incarceration. The judge reasoned ...
- SC reserves judgement on former TN minister V Balaji Senthil's bail plea in money laundering caseThe Supreme Court reserved its verdict on ex-Tamil Nadu minister V Balaji Senthil's bail plea. Senthil contested a Madras High Court decisi...
- We, the children, must receive protectionA recent investigation revealed that nearly 10,000 minors were wrongly held in adult prisons in India between Jan 2016 and Dec 2021, based ...
- Over 9,600 children jailed in adult prisons between January 2016 and December 2021: StudyA study by legal rights body iProbono reveals that over 9,600 children were wrongly held in adult prisons in India from 2016 to 2021. The s...
- Reading Mein Kampf doesn't a fascist makeThe power of ideas is undeniable, capable of influencing individuals and societies. However, possessing material deemed controversial or un...
- Biden calls Griner sentencing in Russia 'unacceptable'"Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney. It's unacceptable and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, lo...
- Lalu health stable, says Jharkhand prisons dept; Doctor gets show cause for comment on his kidney ailmentPrasad, who is serving jail term in connection with the multi-crore rupee fodder scam is presently staying at Ranchi- based Rajendra Instit...
- P Chidambaram not a criminal like 'Ranga, Billa' to be denied bail, Sibal tells SC in INX Media caseThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) re-arrested the veteran leader on October 16 in the consequential money laundering case pertaining to rout...
- Urgent law needed to rehabilitate wrongful imprisonment victims: Delhi High CourtIt directed the Law Commission to undertake a comprehensive examination of the issue and give its recommendations to the central government.
- Whose Kohinoor is it, in any case?The Supreme Court should determine why the absence of the Kohinoor from India so incensed the All India Human Rights and Social Justice.
- Government won't discriminate on basis of religion: Rajnath SinghThe NDA government will not discriminate against anyone in the country on the basis of religion, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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