Markam, a well-known forest rights and prisoners’ rights activist, was accused by the police and the NIA of involvement in Naxal activities and arrested on March 9, 2021. She was acquitted in four cases and granted bail in the last one.
In a year in which bulldozers became the symbol of justice in various places across the country, the courts had chance to give sharp responses in several cases. In many others, the judiciary’s role left much to be desired.
Three years after asking the CBI to investigate the killing of eight people in Edesmetta in 2013, the top court has closed the matter without any clarity on the outcome of the probe.
Despite the Justice V.K. Agarwal (retired) Commission holding the security forces responsible for killing innocent people, the Union government has sought action against the petitioner, activist Degree Prasad Chouhan.
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