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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists
Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices
Odisha: Graham Staines’ Brutal Murder; Mystery Hangs Over Dara Singh’s Release
The Bajrang Dal activist is serving a life term for one of the most heinous crimes in India, of burning alive the missionary and his two children inside their vehicle.
Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: A new chapter in Assam’s citizenship jurisprudence on discrepancies in documentary evidence
Examining the Supreme Court’s latest ruling and its impact on citizenship claims under the Foreigners Act in Assam, with a detailed analysis of how the Rofiqul Hoque case reshapes judicial scrutiny of documentary evidence
Delhi Court accepts closure report in sexual harassment of minor, Drops POCSO case against Brij Bhushan Singh
Case dropped after complainant expresses no objection and Delhi Police finds no grounds to proceed under POCSO Act; Court accepts police’s 550-page closure report
Vantara case against Himal Southasian dismissed by Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on 19 May 2025 dismissed...
SC: Interim bail granted to professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad; SIT to probe posts on Operation Sindoor
During the hearing, the bench led by Justice Kant expressed some disapproval of the petitioner's post.
“Shielding their own”: Supreme Court slams Madhya Pradesh police, transfers custodial death probe of a tribal man to CBI
In a scathing judgment, the Court denounces State inaction, delays, and intimidation of the sole eyewitness, reinforcing the constitutional demand for impartial investigation and institutional accountability
“No One is Above the Law”: Supreme Court demotes Deputy Collector for demolishing a slum settlement by flouting HC order
In a scathing yet balanced judgment, the apex court confirms contempt conviction of an Andhra Pradesh officer for defying a High Court order, orders demotion and fine in lieu of jail, and reaffirms that judicial authority is sacrosanct in a constitutional democracy
FIR meant to fail: MP High Court calls out state’s attempt to shield BJP minister, in hate speech case, to monitor probe
A day after directing registration of FIR against BJP Minister Vijay Shah for calling Col. Sofiya Qureshi a “sister of terrorists,” the Court pulls up the police for drafting a deliberately vague complaint as ‘gross subterfuge’, and steps in to ensure justice is not derailed
No to Dalits who are Christian, Muslim, how the AP HC limits its understanding of caste and faith
Relying on a discriminatory relic from the 1950s, the Presidential Order, the AP high court confines its understanding of caste discrimination, exclusion and untouchability to Dalit sections from among Hindus, Sikh or Buddhist; the recent decision thereby validates what has been increasingly viewed as the discriminatory presidential directive
Rape is aggression, domination, consent must be instant specific, not dictated by morality tests: Bombay High Court
In a landmark judgement delivered on May 6, Maksud Gaffur Sheikh v. State of Maharashtra, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC reaffirmed the legal sanctity of continuing and specific consent and rejected character assassination of survivors/victims in rape trials
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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
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Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.