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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention

From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions

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

Who will police the police?

Image courtesy:blog.ipleaders.in  In a recent horrifying incident, 22-year-old Rehan was...

Move towards Judicial transparency, Orissa HC evaluates own performance, lists challenges

“For any institution, introspection is necessary to overcome the drawbacks and to enhance efficiency,” the 2021 annual report has stated in a chapter titled 'Introspection and Challenges'.

LHMC’s sanitation workers detained for asserting rights

While the hospital disregards court orders, protesters are detained for lack of permission for protesting

UP cops electrocute Muslim youth, insert stick in his rectum, violate judicial precedents on torture

Victim who had been held on suspicion of cow slaughter has been hospitalized, suffering with repeated seizures, 5 policemen responsible

Kolkatta police arrest Vlogger from Goa for Criticising Mamata Banerjee, TMC Leaders in ‘Foul Language’

Roddur Roy had, in a Facebooklive concert, blamed the TMC administration for alleged mismanagement at singer KK's last concert.

HM Image mustnt be impaired, filmmaker Avinash Das refused bail

Gujarat Court rejects anticipatory bail to filmmaker Avinash Das 23 days after he was booked for sharing a picture of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with ex-IAS officer arrested in a money laundering case.

Assam Police register 16 cases against Popular Front of India (PFI)

Police allege PFI to be linked with Bangladesh based terror group

Spate of arrests in Orissa’s Dhinkia, protesting activists held

Supporters of the anti-Jindal protests condemned police attempts to keep local leaders from meeting families

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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention

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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

Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

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

While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri 

Five Things Mamata Banerjee Said After Meeting CEC Over SIR

In November, the chief minister had asked the CEC to halt the SIR in the poll-bound state, claiming that the BLOs had not been provided adequate training, support or time.

Parade of Public Shaming: How Rajasthan police’s illegal “arrest rituals” replace due process with public defilement

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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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