How Human Shields, Chemical Weapons and Humanitarian Aid, all three of which fall under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) have been disproportionately used in the ongoing conflict
The divisive bench directed the Assam government to carry out a departmental review in cases where foreigner tribunals have declared applicants or proceedees to be citizens of India or foreigners without properly analysis
Through its judgment, the Tribunal emphasises on State’s obligation under Transgender Act 2019 to ensure inclusion of the transgender community in mainstream society, formulate welfare schemes, provide opportunity in public employment to the community
5 Dalit labourers and a child were attacked earlier this week in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai after a minor altercation took place. The police have arrested two suspects in connection to the case
Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the reportedly brutal crackdown and arrest of human rights defenders associated with the Damkondawahi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti by police authorities in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra....
The leading opposition party alleged that speeches by Modi and Shah were 'false, derogatory and vitriolic,' part of a 'pattern,' yet EC had 'not once since' 2013 stepped in and enforced its mandate.
Two days ago, Bihar's Education Department released the list of school holiday, which was then blown out of proportion by the media, sparking a misinformation wave
Building on Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha judgements, the Court constitutionalised a uniform standard—every arrest, whether under IPC/BNS or special enactments, must be supported by written grounds communicated in the arrestee’s own language, failing which the arrest stands void
Officials at Attari–Wagah reportedly told the pilgrims, “You are Hindu, you cannot go with a Sikh group,” sending them back despite valid travel documents
As India’s online world expands, so does the gap between crime and accountability. NCRB data records numbers, but not the reasons behind their soaring increase; besides erasure of reporting of gendered cybercrimes constitute a glaring gap: there is an absence of adequate reportage within NCRB on stalking, cyberbullying, morphing, which are show a mere 5 per cent of rise
Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan reasserts constitutional and gender equality, procedural fairness, and the emotional agency of Muslim women in a landmark judgment
The passing of 90-year-old Bhadant Gyaneshwar, President of the Kushinagar Bhikshu Sangh and a disciple of Bhante Chandramani—who gave Baba Saheb his deeksha at the historic Deekshabhumi in Nagpur on October 14, 1956, on Dhammachakrapravartan Day—represents a great loss for the Buddhist fraternity worldwide