NEW DELHI, Sept. 21 -- At a time when protection of civil liberties in different parts of the country has become a grave concern because of the high-handed behaviour of the police and other law-enforcing agencies, several high courts in the country have come to the rescue of the affected groups and individuals.
In a very significant order, the Delhi High Court on September 1 allowed the bail plea filed by Pinjara Tod activist Devangana Kalita in a case related to Delhi riots in which more than 50 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. The order was pronounced by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait.
Kalita is an accused in four FIRs related to the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests and the Delhi riots and has been in judicial custody in Tih...