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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

Karnataka changes dome-like structures on bus stops in Mysuru

Mysuru: After being warned by Hindu activists and the BJP...

Centre seeks time to respond for ‘detailed consultations’: Plea challenging Places of Worship Act in SC

The CJI-led bench has granted time until December 12 to the Centre to file its response which has been pending since March 2021, in the many petitions filed challenging the Act

Hate Watch: Suresh Chavhanke spews venom against Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

On the occasion of National Education Day, Chavhanke makes Islamophobic comments against Maulana Azad, India’s former education minister, tags the prime minister

Gyanvapi case: SC extends interim order; ‘Shivling’ to remain protected without obstructing right to offer namaz

The Supreme Court will has extended the interim order ‘until further orders’

Where 4 Muslims were publicly flogged by cops, 39 others live in ‘exile’: Gujarat, Kheda

Over a month after the flogging incident, Undhela, the village at the heart of the controversy wears a deserted look

Hate-Offender Raja Singh granted conditional bail, investigations into offences continue

As a part of his bail conditions, Singh has been instructed that he should not take out any processions, should not speak to the media, and should desist from making any inflammatory speech on social media

Mangaluru court dismisses 2 interim applications by Juma Masjid (Mosque) authorities

Majoriatrian supremacist groups have created a conflict around this place of worship from April 2022

Police complaint against Vir Das’s show in Bengaluru by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Earlier, a show by another stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was cancelled in Bengaluru, as police claimed the organisers had not taken permission

BJP has strayed away from Nehruvian vales of secularism: IAMC report

The IAMC report highlights global impact of spread of Hindutva ideology amidst increasing cases of violence and infringement of rights of minorities

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The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.

Gauhati High Court treats documentary inconsistencies as fatal, upholds Foreigner Tribunal opinion

Ruling underscores how Foreigners Tribunal cases in Assam continue to operate under a reverse burden framework that places the entire obligation of proving citizenship upon the proceedee

Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI’s power to revise electoral rolls

The SC has upheld the ECI’s power to conduct SIR expressly stating that the contested process does not violate either election law nor rules; Court however directs that cases of voter exclusion should be provided routes and methods of adjudication

“₹4 a Kilo for a Crop That Costs ₹20 to Grow”: Nashik’s onion farmers erupt in protest over deepening price crisis

Farmers in the thousands blocked the Mumbai–Agra Highway in Maharashtra’s onion belt, demanding fair procurement prices, compensation for distress sales and relief from export restrictions; the protests were supported by the Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders who were also detained

Attempts to communalise Mira Road Eid preparations defused by residents and police

Outside fringe mobilisation attempted to turn a long-standing local practice into a communal flashpoint

Himalayan Courts: Young folds & new cracks in environmental jurisprudence

This third part of a careful and exhaustive legal analysis looks at the environmental jurisprudence of the Himalayan High Courts over the last decade that reveals an unsettling paradox: the vocabulary of ecological protection has never been richer, yet the physical landscape has never been more legally vulnerable. The courts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have masterfully preserved the text of environmental law while pronouncing judgements that blunt its teeth.

Bhodu Sekh Case: Union agrees before Supreme Court to repatriate deported Bengali-speaking individuals pending citizenship inquiry

Union tells Court those sent to Bangladesh will be brought back and their citizenship claims examined in India; clarifies decision is confined to the exceptional facts of the case