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How Courts Prise Open Small Spaces for Liberty: Union of India v. Saleem Khan

By distinguishing “association” from proscribed membership, the Court reaffirmed that the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial overrides Section 43D (5)

Teesta Setalvad freed!

Released from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Jail on Saturday night

Essential ingredients of investigation, including custodial interrogation, have been completed: SC on granting Teesta Setalvad interim bail

Order sheds light on key observations of the court and the reasoning behind the order

Centre opposes Twitter’s plea to set aside blocking orders under Section 69A of the IT Act

Says Twitter is habitually non-compliant and does not have the authority to decide whether a content threatens national security

Scheduled Caste Reservation: Supreme Court asks Centre to explain its stand on converted Dalits within three weeks

Court pulls up Centre for not filing a response during the long gap of 18 years

Teesta Setalvad granted interim bail by Supreme Court

Court grants relief till bail application is heard by Gujarat High Court

Rape accused allegedly rapes survivor again upon being granted bail

Accused was booked under POCSO and the Indian Penal Code, and arrested again

Kashmiri Pandits’ killing: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar will hear a petition filed by NGO

What Case Against Teesta Setalvad Means for Protest in India

It tells civil society and opposition outfits to join hands and raise democratic movements to push back Hindutva forces.

Teesta Setalvad bail: SC makes key observations about FIR, long adjournment

Court also questioned State about “tenor and direction” of the investigation

Statewide protest call over police inaction against rape accused Karnataka seer

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PUCL slams recently passed Rajasthan anti-conversion bill as “draconian and unconstitutional”

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On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….