In the tribal areas of the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, the challenges posed by land use changes and deforestation have significant implications for...
As the Supreme Court formulated a National Task Force to address the issue of violence against medical professionals, the concerns of ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and health sanitation workers remain outside its purview, exposing a glaring gap in the nation's commitment to equitable healthcare safety for all.
In two separate judgements delivered by the Bombay High Court, the court said people should not be required to come out on streets to ensure that police act in cases involving sexual offences
The Bombay High Court issued an order to the Maharashtra government to ensure greater transparency and accountability in its fight against manual scavenging as evidence presented in court contradicted the state's claim of having eradicated the practice, revealing ongoing instances of manual scavenging and associated fatalities.
A 16-year-old minor gang-rape survivor has died by suicide, apparently unhappy with the local panchayat’s decision in Jharkhand, in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar, a 21-year-old gang-rape survivor hanged herself after a police sub-inspector allegedly refused to register a case against three men for the crime, family alleged cops forced to change gang-rape FIR
CJP flagged the recent incidents of communal violence in Maharashtra, erupted due to provocative and communal hate speeches by Sakal Hindu Samaj and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s leaders
The BJPs ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ move is merely meant for optics. It is bereft of any deeper commitment to the message inherent in the national flag, of sacrifice, peace and unity in diversity.
Court allows preliminary objection while continuing stay on deportation; petitioner explains delay to challenge FT order through prolonged detention, lack of access to the detenue, financial constraints, and absence of legal aid
Repeated attempts by present day academics to whittle down the tradition followed and forged by young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh are bound to fail; as history endures with the traditions laid by these very men
Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence
Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour