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  • Inaugurating a special prison 'adalat' at Central Prison, Puzhal near Chennai on Tuesday, the Chief Justice pointed out that a large number of cases, which were filed 10 or 12 years before, were pending before the courts in north India.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Inaugurating a special prison 'adalat' at Central Prison, Puzhal near Chennai on Tuesday, the Chief Justice pointed out that a large number of cases, which were filed 10 or 12 years before, were pending before the courts in north India.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale addressing the special prison 'adalat' at Central Prison, Puzhal, on Tuesday.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale addressing the special prison 'adalat' at Central Prison, Puzhal, on Tuesday.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The rebels used to hold their jan adalat or people's courts in villages and forest areas to punish rich landowners, police informers, corrupt government officials, contractors and party betrayers.

    Maoists drop capital punishment in BiharAdd to Clippings Abhay N 2006

  • Regarding the “jan adalat” held in Manikonta in which 13 villagers were brutally killed – what gives the villagers or the party the right to impose death sentences?

    Independent Citizen Initiative : Appeal to Maoists Abhay N 2006

  • The fact that hundreds of people who were present in the jan adalat resorted to this extreme measure shows the pent-up anger and righteous indignation of the people intimidated since June 2005 without a let up.

    Maoist reply to Independent Citizen Initiative on Dantewada Abhay N 2006

  • The rebels used to hold their jan adalat or people's courts in villages and forest areas to punish rich landowners, police informers, corrupt government officials, contractors and party betrayers.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Abhay N 2006

  • And as for evidence let me tell you that the excellent evidence collected by us—recorded cassettes of the entire investigation in the jan adalat which we had placed by the side of the dead bodies for the world to know—had been taken away by the police.

    Maoist reply to Independent Citizen Initiative on Dantewada Abhay N 2006

  • On 3 July 2006, Maoists shot dead Congress leader Chhannu Ram Bhatti, who was also a member of the Salwa Judum campaign, in the presence of more than 500 tribals following a mock trial at Maoists' “jan adalat” at Nilwaya village under Kante Kalyan police station in Dantewara district in Chhattisgarh.

    The Naxal conflict in India : The Government's left hand does not know what the right hand does as justice remains as elusive as ever. Abhay N 2006

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