The Court revealed that as per the report of the committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, some civil society organizations were obstructing families of the deceased from taking the identified bodies for funeral reported LiveLaw and Bar & Bench.
A Dalit teen is reported to have been brutally assaulted and humiliated by a group of youth, following which an FIR was filed against four suspects, one of which has been arrested. Contrary to media reports, the police have stated that preliminary investigation has revealed that reports of the victim being forced to drink urine are untrue.
Prabir Purkayastha, founder editor of the news portal, ‘Newsclick’, was arrested on Oct 4, 2023, under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, along...
Given the flip-flops by India’s constitutional courts on protection of the environment, this three part legal investigation delves deep: In Part 1, we look at how High Courts across different regions of India are contributing to, or departing from, the trajectory of environmental jurisprudence. This part looks at Central India: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand. A region that is home to some of the country’s richest forests, its most significant mineral reserves, and its most vulnerable tribal populations.
Claims of being first, the innovator of significant schemes like the “Naan Mudhalvan” to other policy decisions—are not borne out by facts; yet these were the concerted focus of a well-oiled social media machine orchestrated by the winner, TVK Vijay; the real issue however is, is the commercial, read can the corporate media be held responsible when it only dishes out mis-information?
While granting bail to Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, the Supreme Court on Monday, May 19, observed that UAPA conviction rates stand between 1.5% and 4% nationally, while remaining below 1% in Jammu and Kashmir.
India Economic & Social Justice Report, 2025, Author: Prof K S Chalam, published by: Institute for Economic and Social Justice, Vishakhapatnam, price: Rs 500, Pp: 180 (A-4 Size): This report is first of its kind to measure and indicate where both the Union and State governments stand in providing constitutional guarantees of Justice --both economic and social--- equally and to all citizens of the country.