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1976 – The Rajan case. 18 April 1976 – The Turkman gate demolition and firing . 1979 to 1980 – The Bhagalpur blindings was an incident in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India when police blinded 31 undertrials (or convicted criminals, according to some versions), by pouring acid into their eyes.
Adani Group scandal: In January 2023, Hindenburg Research revealed that it had short positions in India's Adani Group, alleged to be a close ally of Narendra Modi's administration, [97] and flagged debt and accounting concerns. Concurrently, Hindenburg released a report claiming that Indian conglomerate Adani Group "has engaged in a brazen ...
The West Bengal government introduced a new bill in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 3 September 2024 named the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment), 2024. West Bengal became the first state in India to make an amendment in central laws for crimes of a sexual nature against women and children.
In the six years between 2016/2017 and 2021/2022, a case of encounter killing has been registered once every three days in India, with 813 such cases of encounter killings, according to National Human Rights Commission of India data. There were no convictions of any officials involved in these killings during that period.
Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. [7] [8]India has been characterised as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape". [9] [10] Many rapes go unreported in various countries including India.
Suhas Katti v.Tamil Nadu was the first case in India where a conviction was handed down in connection with the posting of obscene messages on the internet under the controversial section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy; ... Tantri case; Tata Nano Singur controversy; V. Valentine's Day in India
Custodial deaths in India may refer to the deaths in police custody and also to the deaths of persons in judicial custody while undergoing trial or serving a sentence. In the financial year 2021–22, the National Human Rights Commission of India reported 2152 deaths had occurred in judicial custody and 155 deaths had occurred in police custody till 28 February 2022.