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Kerala High Court’s Observations on Protest in Educational Institutions Unacceptable & Restrictive: NAJAR

The National Alliance for Justice, Accountability & Rights (NAJAR) have urged the Kerala High Court to reconsider its position on the right of all, including students, to peaceful protest

Postponing Tripura municipal elections is last recourse: SC

The Supreme Court has asked the Tripura state government to give details of security arrangements in place from polling till counting of votes

High ranking officers’ plea for action against Hate speech unheeded: Zakia Jafri SLP

Petitioners’ counsel argues, “I am not concerned with prosecuting individuals. I deal with issues of polity, of how law deals with men who behaved like animals, when properties were burnt, when women were harassed. I am looking at my Constitution. Can this be allowed under rule of law?”

Gauhati HC asks Centre and Assam State gov’t to indicate stand on funding for Legal Aid

CJP had moved petition to showcase inadequacy of competent legal aid for people excluded from NRC

SC issues notice in RB Sreekumar espionage case

CBI petition had challenged grant of Anticipatory Bail to the retired Gujarat DGP who was implicated in the 1994 case where he was accused of kidnapping and criminal conspiracy

Conversion approval not required for interfaith marriage registration: Allahabad HC

Court bats for interfaith unions; reiterates consent from family, clan State, not required before marriage between consenting adults of different faiths

Gov’t U-turn in Hyderpora encounter: Bodies of 2 Srinagar residents exhumed, to be returned to families

While the authorities had previously denied requests to return the remains claiming the deceased were militants, the gov't has now reversed the decision in what appears to be a victory for the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who have also demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings

Won’t allow Kashmir to be turned into a graveyard: PADG 

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings

UAPA is used as preventive detention law, without it being one: Ex-civil servants petition SC

Petitioners point out that abysmally low rates of successful prosecutions show that the Act is arbitrarily used more to quell dissent

Delhi: Police complaint against standup comedian Vir Das for ‘maligning India’s image’

Another police complaint has been lodged against Vir Das in Delhi by one Aditya Jha, said to be a BJP member 

Zakia Jafri SLP: Mass mobilization, hate speech, Intel warnings ignored in investigation

Petitioners delves into Intelligence agency messages which had warned the police to take preventive action, and also some transcripts of the Tehelka tapes

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Kerala High Court’s Observations on Protest in Educational Institutions Unacceptable & Restrictive: NAJAR

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Goa SIR: Bombay High Court orders ECI to restore names of six voters deleted from final electoral roll

The Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) directed the Election Commission to restore the names of six family members within 10 days, questioning why voters who had shifted residence were compelled to submit enumeration forms containing declarations about their previous addresses

Delhi Police: Ankita Bhandari’s parents detained, ‘Dragged, driven around, no help to unwell wife,’ says father

Activist Yogita Bhawana who has been championing and supporting the cause of #Justice for Ankita Bhandari, tweeted a video around 12 noon, Thursday November 5, showing the callous conduct of the police

RSF classifies ‘Press Freedom Predators,’ Adani, OpIndia make it to the 2026 List

Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), evolves a unique way to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2. The 2026 list profiles 33 “press freedom predators” who targeted journalists and media outlets in 2026. “What do they have in common? A hatred of press freedom,”

University of Hyderabad professor calls alumnus ‘Dalit untouchable idiot’; complainant rejects department’s bid to close matter with apology

An alumnus of the University of Hyderabad has rejected the History department’s attempt to settle a complaint against professor Dr Vijay Ramdas Mandala with an apology, and demanded disciplinary action against him. The professor allegedly called the alumnus a “Dalit untouchable idiot” and described students from Bihar and Jharkhand as “third-rate, poverty-ridden idiots” in an email

Diwali travel rush exposes unchecked profiteering by private bus operators as fares soar to Rs 7,000

Passengers slam Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik over alleged regulatory failure as Pune RTO announces inspections until November 20

The spectacle of protest: Why the Ambedkarite movement must guard its autonomy

In an era where digital capitalism turns dissent into a brand, true anti-caste politics must resist binary thinking and protect its historical independence