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Prabir Purkayastha Case: Mandate of providing grounds of arrest to PMLA/UAPA accused, some safeguards

Through some recent judgements of Senthil Balaji, Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha, the Supreme Court has cemented the crucial right of an accused to be provided with grounds of arrest in writing, a constitutional right under Article 22, the failure to do so, vitiates the arrest itself

M’tra: Shiv Sena UBT’s Amol Kirtikar from Mumbai NW alleges election manipulation, files complaint with CEC, SEC

In a strongly worded complaint to the Central Election Commissioner (CEC) and State Election Commissioner (SEC), Maharashtra, Amol Gajanand Kirtikar, Shiv Sena candidate (Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has alleged tampering with EVMs as also a failure to follow due standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down for storage of the microprocessor and Software Loading Unit (SLU) as per the SC guidelines in its April 26, 2024 order; Kirtikar will also be challenging the election itself in Court

Lucknow demolition drives resume a day after central government’s oath taking ceremony

As the election results have come out and oath taking of cabinet ministers has finished, the bulldozers seem to have resumed as Lucknow’s Akbarnagar area saw a demolition drive that had been stayed by the Allahabad High Court in December, 2023.

Stand Together for Democracy: We The People Campaign

Join the 'We The People Campaign' as civil society across India stands united, holding the Constitution, demanding sovereignty of the Constitution, restoration of democratic...

‘Attack on free expression’: ABVP ‘insults’ Udaipur professor for FB post

People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, condemning what it called "insult of Professor Himanshu Pandya" by students affiliated with with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) in Udaipur, has said he was evicted from the class where he was teaching after raising "ugly slogans", forcing him to "leave the university".

Students, organisations protest as allegations against NEET examinations pile up

Protestors took Delhi, Kanpur and Bhopal, by storm with student organisations, opposition youth wings, taking to protest against the allegations of malpractice levelled against the NEET.

An Open Letter to Prashant Kishor, Who Has Misled Indians

The real reason why you are so unambiguously hostile to the Congress is because you saw yourself as a saviour of the Grand Old Party once it would have been annihilated in the 2024 general elections.'

Untangling the Electoral Web: A path towards transparent financing

Investigating pathways to a more transparent election financing system that promotes free and fair elections.

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