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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

Evicted families will be rehabilitated only if name appears in NRC: Assam Gov’t to Gauhati HC

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

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

Bhopal jailbreak encounters: 5 years on, families of 8 victims await justice

The police version until date remains mired with discrepancies, and many questions remain unanswered as eight undertrials were killed in an encounter in an incident which was hailed as ‘good riddance’ by the then ruling BJP government as the victims were suspected terrorists

CJP aids families of victims of Assam Police firing move HC

Court issues notice, seeking response from the State in connection with the incident where two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were shot dead when Assam Police opened fire on families protesting forced evictions

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