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Hate Speech Before the Supreme Court: From judicial activism to institutional closure

How a six-year constitutional conversation — spanning ‘Corona Jihad’, ‘UPSC Jihad’, Dharam Sansads, contempt petitions, and preventive policing — culminated in the Supreme Court reserving orders and closing most hate-speech cases

‘Vicious cycle’ against Mohammed Zubair: SC

Court asks UP Police not to take ‘precipitative action’ against him until July 20

Arguments to continue in Teesta Setalvad’s bail application on July 20

Setalvad’s team has finished making their arguments, the State will now make their submissions

Freedom of Speech does not mean hurling abuses at the Prime Minister: Allahabad High Court

High Court refuses to quash FIR against man for derogatory remarks made on PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union Ministers.

Mohammed Zubair seeks urgent hearing before SC on his plea against FIRs

Zubair sought to quash 6 FIRs against him by Uttar Pradesh police

Lucknow: Were Lulu mall “namazis” part of conspiracy to disrupt communal harmony?

The men didn’t face the correct direction, and finished namaz in 18 seconds!

Gyanvapi case: Plea before SC for carbon dating of “Shivling”

Seven Hindu women including an advocate, a professor and five social workers have moved the petition also calling for a GPR survey

Gauhati High Court issues notice on plea challenging ban on sale of beef in municipal area

Plea filed against complete ban on business of selling beef in Assam’s Sonari Municipal area

Muhammad Zubair gets bail in 2018 tweet case

Delhi court grants bail to the fact-checker, but he stays behind bars in connection with two more cases

Amravati murder case: Special Court extends remand of 7 accused

National Investigation Agency has raised national security concerns

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Hate Speech Before the Supreme Court: From judicial activism to institutional closure

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Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom

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Five Things Mamata Banerjee Said After Meeting CEC Over SIR

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How defending a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper triggered FIRs, highway blockades, and a law-and-order crisis in Uttarakhand

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Hearing in batch of CJP-led petitions challenging state Anti-Conversion laws defers in SC; Interim relief applications pending since April 2025

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