Law

Madras HC outlined Tamil Nadu's important role in the freedom struggle to assert how independence was a collective effort.

The Mavelikkara court cited antitimed FIRs, unreliable eyewitness identification, absence of test identification parades, weak forensic evidence, and investigative lapses while holding that the prosecution failed to establish individual or collective liability beyond reasonable doubt.

The year saw very few definitive results despite ongoing judicial involvement. Instead, most high-profile disputes were steered into a holding pattern through interim stays, status quo orders, court-appointed committees, and procedural pauses.

SC stays Delhi HC order granting bail to Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao case. Timeline reveals legal contradictions, protests, and years of ongoing proceedings.

The case traces the killing of a 19 year old student leader outside Chengannur Christian College in July 2012, detailing how the probe shifted from local police to Crime Branch amid delays, accused absconding, and repeated High Court bail proceedings.