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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.

If Sedition goes, so must criminalising provisions of UAPA: CCG

The group of former Civil Servants issue detailed analysis in an Open Statement on the Sedition Provision in the Indian Penal Code

Take immediate cognisance of illegal demolition of Parveen Fatima’s home: Petition to CJ Allahabad HC

Petition, likely to be heard tomorrow, appeals for immediate intervention due to the grossly illegal act of the demolition; urges commensurate reparation for loss, harassment and indignity

Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against Alt News Founder Mohammed Zubair

Fact checker Mohammed Zubair has been booked for allegedly calling three Hindu Seers ‘Hate Mongers’ on Twitter

Nagaland Killings: Police file case against 30 security personnel

The personnel belonging to the 21 Para (Special Forces) had opened fire upon miners belonging to the Konyak tribe in December

SC must apply principle of continuing mandamus to all basic rights violations: Illegal Demolitions

Responding to Illegal Bulldozer Raj, the doctrine of an unconstitutional state of affairs

Selectively targeted says journalist Saba Naqvi, named in Hate Speech FIR

"I am committed to the secular and liberal ethos of India and stand against any fundamentalism, hate speech and injustice," Saba Naqvi said

Publicity not PIL, SC rejects petition challenging excavation around Puri temple, fine of Rs 1 lakh

“The construction is being carried out for the purpose of providing basic and essential amenities like toilets for men and women  cloak rooms, electricity rooms etc. These are the basic facilities which are necessary for the convenience of the devotees at large” said Supreme Court.

“Concrete action plan needed to curb child exploitation and labour” Rajasthan HC

“Appropriate action plan is required to be prepared and implemented to prevent such activities so that the children are not put to such kind of exploitative practices as child labour” said Rajasthan HC.

Gyanvapi Case: Varanasi Court rejects plea seeking permission to worship alleged ‘Shivling’ inside the mosque

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves SC seeking to be impleaded as a respondent in the PIL challenging the constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

FIRs against Naveen Jindal Nupur Sharma, senior journalist Saba Naqvi not spared: Delhi police

The FIR is against several individuals cutting across faiths, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IFSO) KPS Malhotra said

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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….