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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Didn’t give speech, told police about dharna plan: Delhi police chargesheet believes Kapil Mishra

Riot chargesheet states Mishra’s reply that he “didn’t give” a provocative speech, but instead was informing cops about holding a dharna

Communal violence was to uproot elected govt: Delhi police riots chargesheet

Final chargesheet alleges a “conspiracy” by handful of activists, students ‘planning’ over whatsapp etc, an “engineered, vicious and visceral communal violence”

‘UPSC Jihad’ is prime example of virulent Islamophobia: Petitioner in Sudarshan News case

The petitioner filed a rejoinder to the counter affidavit filed by Sudarshan News, and stated that the channel failed to address the statements made in the show which amount to hate speech

Hate speech demeans a community’s right to live with dignity: Jamia students in SC

These students had earlier approached the Delhi High Court and had managed to get a stay in August on broadcast of the show

Why are retired IPS officers attacking Julio Ribeiro for seeking fair probe into Delhi riots?

Another 26 retired IPS officers write to oppose Ribeiro’s letter to Delhi Police commissioner asking him to probe riots investigation

Tablighi Jamaat members attacked in Beed

Verbally abused, beards and skull caps pulled, minority community members recall being beaten within an inch of their lives

Kashi- Mathura: Will temple politics be revived?

Having milked the Ayodhya dispute dry for electoral gains, the right-wing is scrambling to find its nex target

Brinda Karat asks Police Commissioner to act against communal activity in Shiv Vihar

Non-festive, aggressive processions sloganeering ‘Jai Shri Ram, Har Har Mahadev’ taken out after dark, in sensitive area of North East Delhi

NHRC directs Assam gov’t to pay compensation to hate crime survivor

Shaukat Ali was physically assaulted and forced to eat pork in the run up to general elections last year

1,300 marginalised from over 11,000 students pass competitive exams

In the last four years, the Centre says that a little more than 1000 students have passed competitive examinations.

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