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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

What CJI Chandrachud’s two-year tenure looks like

Hijab ban case, challenges to UAPA, CAA, anti-conversation laws could all be adjudicated during his tenure

Delhi violence: Will not take such mishaps leniently: says Court as Delhi police brings “irrelevant witness”

Incorrect date of incident in charges, non-framing of charges in some complaints were the issues that cropped up during the trial court hearing

Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest: Stringent Conditions Apply

The activist while being granted his request for house arrest, has been imposed with restrictions like no use of mobile phones, no contact with outside world and surveillance of his partner’s phone as well as the premises, whenever need be

Elgar Case: 4 Days After SC Order, Navlakha Yet to be Placed Under House Arrest

Formalities of release of the human rights activist, jailed in Mumbai’s Taloja prison, are “still under process,” said his lawyer.

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

Rampant Hate Speech demands debate around definitions: India

Re-defining crimes of hate speech need to factor in the de-humanising and violent impact of its systemic use

‘Scapegoat’, Bail granted to  Muslim woman accused of being Pakistani: Karnataka HC 

In judicial custody for 16 months with fundamental freedoms snatched away, Khatija Mehrin’s is one more example of malafide police action

Six Members in the Supreme Court Collegium until May 13, 2023

The arrangement has been made to make space for Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who will be the successor to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud if seniority is followed.

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’

Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts: Rajiv Gandhi assassination 

Nalini, Ravichandran, Jayakumar, Suthenthiraraja @ Santhan, Murugan and Robert Pius: Six convicts in the assassination case

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The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.

September 26 ECI Press Note: Does it not render SIR redundant?

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Unpacking a Coded Defence: What an IIT Professor’s post reveals about attitudes in elite institutions

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

Scrap SIR, Restore Names of Genuine Voters, Stop Disenfranchisement: Forum for Social Harmony – Nagorik Udyog

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SIR row: ‘Enough is enough’: Civil society demands rollback of voter revision, accountability from ECI

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Youth Congress escalates fight against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as SIR controversy fuels nationwide protests

From marches at Jantar Mantar to a demonstration outside the CEC’s residence, the Youth Congress is taking its campaign against Gyanesh Kumar into the streets, as opposition parties, students, trade unions and civil society groups prepare fresh protests