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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

Vadodara Jail police staff on mass leave, seek equal benefits

Months before the state election, one more protest makes discontent among several lawyers of the population, evident

Women, married or unmarried have the right to safe & legal abortion: SC

A 3-member bench also held that the artificial distinction between married and unmarried women cannot be sustained and that women must have the autonomy to have free exercise of these rights, be it abortion or any other

Akhlaq’s Lynching: 7 Years on, Only 1 of 25 Witnesses Testify as Trial Reaches Evidence Stage

The accused have been reportedly painting Akhlaq's family as one that killed the cow and have been pressuring them, saying they will withdraw their case of cow slaughter if cases against them are dropped.

Gujarat Riots Case: Gujarat ex-DGP R B Sreekumar granted interim bail by Gujarat HC

Sreekumar allowed to make fresh application for regular bail; Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea adjourned, to be heard along with Sreekumar’s on November 15

Draconian UAPA provisions, constitutionality challenged in the SC

The most recent challenge to the UA(P)A is a petition filed that makes the case that vague language and arbitrary provisions violate allow governments to abuse powers and violate the fundamental rights of the citizens

TN Govt penalised Rs 5 Lakh by SC,  filing unnecessary plea challenging pension of employee

The Supreme Court recently imposed an exemplary cost of Rupees 5 lakhs on the State of Tamil Nadu for filing an unnecessary Special Leave Petition

Sikhs are not Hindus, allow registration of marriage under Anand Marriage Act

A Sikh couple has moved Bombay high court for protection of their cultural rights and for directions to the state government to frame and notify rules under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 so that they can register their marriage under it

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, SC opens itself to public viewing, live streaming begins

Proceedings in three constitution benches of the Indian Supreme Court were today opened to public viewing as proceedings were live streamed

Delhi police impose section 144 around Jamia, Okhla, student assembly restricted

Representation Image | Courtesy: PTI The Jamia Millia Islamia has...

Supreme Court hears more petitions on NRC Assam deportation, grants protection to petitioners

Directing that no coercive action is to be taken in the dozen deportation cases, the Supreme Court bench seeks reply from the Assam Government on excluding the names of the petitioners

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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse

Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation

Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.