The Allahabad High Court criticised the National Human Rights Commission for allegedly accepting the police version “as gospel truth” while closing the 2009 custodial death case of disabled man Nahar Singh, also known as Sneh, in 2011.
A court in Madurai sentenced nine policemen to death for the brutal custodial torture and killing of a father-son duo in Thoothukudi. The shocking case, which outraged the nation, was termed “rarest of rare” due to its extreme brutality and abuse of power.
The Delhi High Court has sought Kuldeep Sengar’s response to the Unnao rape survivor’s plea seeking death sentence in her father’s custodial death case. The Court will first decide whether her delayed appeal can be entertained.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court condemned police brutality, calling Ajith Kumar’s custodial death “beaten to death for nothing.” Justice Sreemathi, hearing bail pleas of accused officers, expressed deep anguish and warned that the judiciary would “teach a lesson.”
The Allahabad High Court flagged concern over Uttar Pradesh police shooting accused in the legs and branding incidents as encounters, directing the DGP and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to appear via video conference for accountability and judicial scrutiny statewide.
