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SC: ECI’s ‘wisdom’ on revision of electoral rolls challenged, does a disenfranchisement crisis loom over Bihar, with thousands being declared ‘‘D’ (doubtful) voters?

Aman Khan -
The ECI's credibility, already under sharp public scrutiny post-Lok Sabha Elections 2024, is further strained by its Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) order of June 24, a controversial directive announced even after electoral rolls were finalised in January 2025: the move faces multiple judicial challenges before the Supreme Court. Hearings are scheduled before a vacation bench tomorrow, July 10
India

Bengali-Speaking Migrants Detained En Masse in Odisha: National security or targeted persecution?

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Over 440 people, mostly Bengali-speaking migrant workers, have been detained in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district under suspicion of being “illegal Bangladeshis”, prompting a political storm, allegations of ethnic profiling, and appeals for immediate release
Farm and Forest

A Silent Emergency: Farmer suicides surge in Maharashtra amid apathy, debt, and systemic collapse

Tanya Arora -
767 farmers died by suicide in just three months in 2025, yet the state's response remains bureaucratic, inadequate, and dispassionate. A ground-level crisis marked by despair, debt, and denial
India

Political Movement against Privatization of Electricity is the Need of the Hour

Dinkar Kapoor -
Electricity workers, employees and officers have been on agitation for the last 224 days against the privatization of Purvanchal and Dakshinchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam...
Farm and Forest

As 30 crore workers, farmers join July 9 strike against govt.’s policies, will there be media coverage of the shut down?

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Centrally recognised trade unions say workers have supported the 17-point charter of demands of the strike, called against Union Government’s policies
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts

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A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice
Rights

Bordering on illegality? 18 alleged Bangladeshis “pushed back” without due process, Legal challenge filed in High Court

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CM Sarma announces fresh deportations and vows to expand the eviction campaign; PIL in Gauhati High Court allege constitutional violations, unlawful detentions, and a pattern of arbitrary expulsions targeting Muslims and marginalised groups
India

The Erased Record: A constitutional challenge to the election commission’s 45-day data destruction mandate

A Legal Researcher -
The unilateral directive by the ECI to destroy CCTV footage after 45 days transgresses both boundaries, conformity with existing laws and adherence to the Constitution. It is a quintessential "colourable exercise of power"—an action that, while ostensibly within the ECI's administrative domain, is in substance an encroachment upon the legislative field and an affront to constitutional principles
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The Fight for Ancestral Forest Rights: Tharu tribe challenges seven-year administrative blockade

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The Mess, called ECI’s Final Voter List for Bihar

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Mere Presence Does Not Imply Guilt: Supreme Court defines clear test for liability under unlawful assembly

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In a significant ruling on mob liability, the Court acquitted ten men convicted for a 1988 double murder in Bihar, laying down a definitive test to distinguish innocent bystanders from participants in an unlawful assembly
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