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Monitoring Torture: SC’s suo motu action on custodial deaths and CCTV camera non-compliance

The Court’s suo motu action highlights how weak compliance with its 2020 CCTV directions has left detainees vulnerable and accountability elusive.

Hijab Ban case: Supreme Court pulls up petitioners for seeking adjournment

Supreme Court has set the next hearing date set to September 5

Rectify this horrendously wrong decision: Ex-bureaucrats to SC on remission to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

134 former civil servants under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group urge Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentence granted to convicts

UP: 26 booked for holding ‘unlawful’ assembly for namaz at home

Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media

Bilkis Bano: Hundreds Gather at Jantar Mantar Against Remission of Sentence to 11 Convicts

Protests were held across cities by rights groups, academicians and students.

Delhi Police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui’s show

There were possibilities that the VHP would protest against the show

Remission to Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Offends Gandhi’s Ideas of Swaraj

There are many reasons why the remission in the Bilkis Bano rape-murder cases stand apart. Not least is the need to bring consistency in the State’s words and deeds, and correct arbitary actions.

No Permit required for transportation of cow, its progeny within Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court

Court held that mere transportation of a cow and its progeny within states is not a violation of the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act

Pegasus case: SC appointed Committee says GoI not cooperating

Committee examined 29 mobile phones and found malware on five devices

Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice in petition challenging remission of convicts’ sentences

Subhashini Ali, Revati Laul and Prof. Roop Rekha Verma had moved petition demanding cancellation of remission granted

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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)

Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away

Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues

Akola 2023 targeted violence: Police officers must shed communal colours when they put on their uniforms says Supreme Court

The Hindu, New Indian Express and Indian Express all reported that the top court on Thursday, September 11, directed action against police who ignored a teenage Muslim assault victim and eyewitness to murder during the 2023 Akola communal riots; the SC ordered a probe by SIT comprising Muslim and Hindu officers

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

Civil liberties body says bill criminalises faith, dialogue, and choice; demands Governor/President intervention

From Tribunals to DCs, 10 Days to Prove Citizenship: Assam’s radical shift in “foreigner” expulsions

Cabinet move under the 1950 Act empowers District Commissioners to expel alleged foreigners in 10 days, raising constitutional concerns over due process and separation of powers

Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today

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