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Who owns Mumbai’s streets? The Bombay High Court, street vendors and a decade of regulatory failure
What began as a case about encroachments has become a searching inquiry into the State's failure to implement the Street Vendors Act, the rights of pedestrians and informal workers, and the growing role of identification and verification in urban governance
Is the Centre overreaching itself in returning Collegium recommendations, again?
The Centre has, in the recent past, cherry picked recommendations and has defied the norm of approving reiterated names
Centre returns Saurabh Kirpal’s file to Collegium for the 5th time
If elevated as judge, he will become India’s first openly gay judge
“Every Indian citizen has the duty to prevent abuse of the Constitution”: Justice KM Joseph On Constitution Day
Defending the core values enshrined in our Constitution is the duty of every Indian citizen, said the fourth in seniority judge of the Supreme Court
Must take serious steps against ‘forced’ religious conversions: Centre Tells Supreme Court
In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Centre has stated that it is aware of the grave issue of “forced conversions”
60 cops, a Dalit man on horseback in his wedding procession and a happy bride
The cops even gave the newly-wed couple Rs. 11,000 in cash as a wedding gift
Delhi High Court directs Delhi Police to handover keys of Markaz Nizamuddin to Maulana Saad
Delhi High Court grills Delhi Police for continuing with its restrictions at Markaz Nizamuddin premises since March 2020, says the case was registered under Epidemic Diseases Act.
“Only accommodation of differences can promote Unity in Diversity”: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Constitution Day
India’s 50th Chief Justice also emphasized that the people of India, in their interaction with one another, must "breathe life into the Constitution" by practising the democratic ideals of equality, liberty, and fraternity
Banda BJP MP RK Singh Patel gets one year in jail for 2009 protest case
Patel then with the Samajwadi Party when the BSP was in power was found guilty of leading a protest that “went beserk”; 18 others got lesser punishment
“It frustrates the whole system”: Supreme Court voices deep anguish against Centre sitting over Collegium recommendations
For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court today minced no words in expressing anguish towards Centre for sitting over proposals reiterated by the Collegium for appointment as judges.
Supreme Court upholds Anand Teltumbde’s bail, Says will not Interfere
The Special Leave Petition filed by the NIA was dismissed by the CJI led SC Bench
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Who owns Mumbai’s streets? The Bombay High Court, street vendors and a decade of regulatory failure
What began as a case about encroachments has become a searching inquiry into the State's failure to implement the Street Vendors Act, the rights of pedestrians and informal workers, and the growing role of identification and verification in urban governance
India
Defectors & Democracy: A critique of the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution
The right of voters to recall representatives who defect—as seen in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh—and the requirement of intra-party democracy could form part of a broader institutional redesign. Such measures would deepen democratic values and, above all, signal a refusal by citizens to accept the corruption of their mandate. These may be among the reforms that India's Parliament and democracy most urgently need
Gender and Sexuality
A regressive 2026 amendment to rights of Trans persons is under legal challenge even as pride month is celebrated
Unable to stay the statute, High Courts have charted a middle path—protecting petitioners already undergoing hormone therapy while the broader constitutional challenge awaits adjudication by the Supreme Court
India
The what’s & why’s of Data Centres and how are they hijacking the India Story
While countries such as Singapore and Sweden are curbing the environmental costs of data centres through regulation and innovation, India is actively courting these resource-intensive facilities with little regard for their water and energy demands. From Stockholm's waste-heat recovery systems to zero-water cooling technologies, solutions exist. Yet India continues to trade away land, water and public resources with scant consideration for environmental sustainability or local communities.
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Telegram before NEET: When governance fails, censorship takes its place
Invoking exam security to suspend access to a platform used by millions raises serious questions about proportionality, transparency and the growing tendency to restrict communications whenever governance challenges arise
India
Yes, Savarkar did file 10 Mercy Petitions before the British, revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh refused to Compromise: Grandnephew tells Pune Court
Savarkar’s grandnephew who had lodged a criminal defamation case against LOP Rahul Gandhi, stated and admitted during his testimony that while there were other freedom fighters who refused to file clemency petitions before the British, his uncle Vinayak Savarkar had filed as many as ten!
Rule of Law
Court recognises mob lynching as aggravating factor, sentences seven to life for 2022 cow-vigilantism killing
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