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Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
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Assam: CBI arrests Opposition leader’s brother
Ashok Saikia furnishes proof of loan repayment, was there an ulterior motive behind arrest?
Tripura Police demand suspension of 68 Twitter profiles for comments on communal clashes
Accounts were accused of spreading "distorted" content about the recent communal clashes in the state, some more may have been booked under UAPA
Evicted families will be rehabilitated only if name appears in NRC: Assam Gov’t to Gauhati HC
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State claims 1,000 bhigas of land set aside for rehabilitation, but it is not for “encroachers”
Lakhimpur Kheri killings: Two more farmers arrested for alleged lynching of BJP workers
Farmer leaders calls for a judicial investigation overseen by the Supreme Court
Notice under UAPA: A never ending spiral of detention
Two lawyers issued notice under UAPA to appear before Tripura Police for releasing a fact finding report on targeted violence against Muslim minorities in the state. Is there any way to escape the dreadful UAPA, once such a notice is issued?
EXCLUSIVE: Lives shattered further for evicted families in Assam as three infants die
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The families were left shelter-less and to the mercy of the elements after they were thrown out of their homes and their huts levelled to the ground
Tripura violence: Delhi-based lawyers booked under UAPA over social media posts
Advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, who lead the group says there is nothing anti-national and unconstitutional in the posts or the fact finding report
Every crime against SC/ST cannot be offence under the Atrocities Act: K’taka HC
The court held that if motive for crime is not casteist attack, then the special Act for protecting scheduled castes and scheduled tribes cannot be invoked
Dainik Jagran fails to get injunction against Alt News
An Alt News article had alleged that Dainik Jagran had undermined Covid-19 deaths by claiming that mass burials were quite common at the Shringverpur ghat; the court said one cannot stifle freedom of speech
Protest was secular, chargesheet is communal: Dr. Umar Khalid’s counsel
Senior Advocate appearing for Khalid in his bail plea argued that the police witness was identified only one month before his arrest; Chakka Jam is not an offence, used in many agitations
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