Preventive detention reserved for exceptional circumstances, not for mundane law and order problems: Supreme Court

A two-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta also berated the Telangana police for having police officers within its ranks who are oblivious to the fundamental rights guaranteed to citizens by the Indian Constitution.

https://theleaflet.in/preventive-detention-reserved-for-exception-circumstances-not-for-mundane-law-and-order-problems-supreme-court/

#SupremeCourt #PreventiveDetention #telangana #TelanganaPolice #LawAndOrder #FundamentalRights #constitution #law #india

The bench said to ‘unchain the shackles of preventive detention’, it is important that the safeguards enshrined in the Constitution, particularly under Articles 14 (equality), 19 (freedom) and 21 (life and liberty), are ‘diligently enforced’
#TelanganaPolice #PassRecklessDetentionOrders #Liberty #SC
https://www.news18.com/india/pernicious-trend-by-telangana-police-to-pass-reckless-detention-orders-to-curb-liberty-sc-8565064.html

Telangana police charged retired UoH Prof Haragopal, OU’s Padmaja Shaw, 150 others under UAPA last August; accused ‘unaware’

Court trial reveals that Telangana police filed a case under UAPA against 152 prominent human rights activists, retired professors, scholars. They have been accused of conspiring to “take over the power of the democratically elected government at gunpoint”.

#telangana #UAPA #HumanRights #activism #DraconianLaws #dissent #TelanganaPolice #india

https://thesouthfirst.com/telangana/telangana-police-charged-retired-uoh-prof-haragopal-ous-padmaja-shaw-150-others-under-uapa-last-august-accused-unaware/

What Khadeer Khan's Death Says About Telangana Police's 'Tech Revolution'

When it comes to rapid strides in the use of tech, Telangana Police has outdone others. The cost of this use of tech, without warrants and with great impunity, has been high.

#telangana #TelanganaPolice #StateSurveillance #surveillance #policing #law #KhadeerKhan #FacialRecognition #FRT #HumanRights #technology #torture #india

https://thewire.in/tech/khadeer-khan-telangana-police-tech

Telangana: The role of facial recognition system in the custodial death of Khadir

'What has happened to Mohammad Khadir is wrong. There has to be an investigation into this and corrections have to be made in Telangana with regard to policing practices'.

#telangana #TelanganaPolice #medak #StateSurveillance #CCTNS #FRT #FacialRecognition #AI #policing #CivilRights #HumanRights #CustodyDeaths #hyderabad #india

https://www.siasat.com/telangana-the-role-of-facial-recognition-system-in-the-custodial-death-of-khadir-2529787/

RT @unorthodox22@twitter.activitypub.actor
It is horrifying and disgusting how the Telengana Police is treating women. Who do we ask for protection when the police itself is assaulting us?
Shame on Hyderabad Police
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#HyderabadFlashProtest #Hyderabad #Telangana #TelanganaPolice