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The men, all of whom were from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, were protesting over what they called the state’s inaction on recruitment for government jobs on the basis of alleged fake caste certificates.
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.